---
title: "Retrieves specified rackable unit"
method: GET
path: "/rackable_units/{uuid}"
tags: ["rackable_unit"]
---

# Retrieves specified rackable unit

`GET /rackable_units/{uuid}`

Retrieves specified rackable unit

## Path parameters

- `uuid` string, UUID, required

## Response `200`

Success

- RackableUnitIntentResponse — Response object for intentful operations on a rackable_unit
  - `status` RackableUnitDefStatus — Rackable unit entity status definition. A rackable unit is the physical chassis which contains a set of nodes. This entity is currently defined in context of a cluster only. Hence, multiple rackable unit entities may be present with same serial and same model, if they belong to different clusters (when viewed from PC).
    - `serial` string, required — The rackable unit serial
    - `message_list` MessageResource[]
      - `message` string, required — If state is ERROR, a message describing the error.
      - `reason` string, required — If state is ERROR, a machine-readable snake-cased string.
      - `details` object — Custom key-value details relevant to the status.
    - `model` string, required — The rackable unit model
    - `resources` RackableUnitResources, required — Rackable Unit input definition
      - `rack_reference` RackReference — The reference to a rack
        - `kind` string, required — The kind name
        - `name` string
        - `uuid` string, UUID, required
    - `state` string — The state of the rackable unit entity
  - `spec` RackableUnit — Rackable Unit entity definition
    - `resources` RackableUnitResources — Rackable Unit input definition
      - `rack_reference` RackReference — The reference to a rack
        - `kind` string, required — The kind name
        - `name` string
        - `uuid` string, UUID, required
  - `api_version` string, required
  - `metadata` RackableUnitMetadata, required — The rackable_unit kind metadata
    - `last_update_time` string, date-time — UTC date and time in RFC-3339 format when rackable_unit was last updated
    - `kind` string, required — The kind name
    - `uuid` string, UUID — rackable_unit uuid
    - `spec_version` integer — Version number of the latest spec.
    - `creation_time` string, date-time — UTC date and time in RFC-3339 format when rackable_unit was created
    - `spec_hash` string — Hash of the spec. This will be returned from server.
    - `should_force_translate` boolean — Applied on Prism Central only. Indicate whether force to translate the spec of the fanout request to fit the target cluster API schema.
    - `owner_reference` UserReference — The reference to a user
      - `kind` string, required — The kind name
      - `name` string
      - `uuid` string, UUID, required
    - `categories` object — Categories for the rackable_unit
    - `name` string — rackable_unit name

## Other responses

- `default` — Internal Error

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