Creating a dynamic resource group

You can create a resource group for a dynamic set of managed devices based on a set of criteria.

About this task

You can create a dynamic resource group using one or more of the following criteria for each device type.

Criteria Chassis Dense chassis Servers Flex System switch RackSwitch switch Storage device
Add-in card name     Check mark icon (except ThinkServer)      
Contact Check mark icon   Check mark icon   Check mark icon Check mark icon
Description Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon   Check mark icon Check mark icon
Fully-qualified domain name Check mark icon   Check mark icon      
Hostname Check mark icon   Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon  
IPv4 address* Check mark icon   Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon
IPv6 address Check mark icon   Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon  
Location Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon   Check mark icon Check mark icon
Machine type Check mark icon   Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon
Model Check mark icon   Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon
Overall health state Check mark icon   Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon
Processor cores     Check mark icon      
Product name Check mark icon   Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon
Rack Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon   Check mark icon Check mark icon
Room Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon   Check mark icon Check mark icon
User-defined name Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon Check mark icon
Note: For IPv4 addresses, you can specify a single address or a range of addresses, separated by dash or using an asterisk as wildcard (for example, 1.1.1.* or 1.1.1.1-1.1.1.255 without spaces).

Procedure

To create and populate a dynamic resource group, complete the following steps

  1. From the Lenovo XClarity Administrator menu bar, click Hardware > Resource Groups. The All Resource Groups page is displayed.
  2. Click the Create icon (Create icon) to create an empty group. The Create Empty Group dialog is displayed.
  3. Select Dynamic Group to group of devices based on a set of criteria.
  4. Click Create. The Edit Dynamic Group dialog is displayed.
    Illustrates an graphical view of an empty rack in the Rack View page.
  5. Add criteria for this dynamic group.
    • Select the operator to use for the group set. This can be one of the following values:

      • AND. Members must satisfy all specified values.

      • OR. Members must satisfy one or more of the specified values.

    • Click Create Criteria to add and a new criteria rule to the set.

    • Click Create Criteria Set to add a subset of criteria rules.

    Note: New criteria and criteria sets are always added to the bottom of the list.
  6. Click Apply to save the group criteria and create the group, or click Preview to see what devices are included in the group using the current criteria without creating the group.

After you finish