Batch Create Expected Machines

Create multiple Expected Machines in a single request. All machines must belong to the same site.

Org must have an Infrastructure Provider entity. User must have authorization role with PROVIDER_ADMIN suffix.

Alternatively, Tenant Admins with TargetedInstanceCreation capability can also create Expected Machines if they have an account with the Site's Infrastructure Provider.

Maximum batch size: 100 Expected Machines per request.

Request body

siteIdstring uuid required

ID of the site the Expected Machine belongs to

bmcMacAddressstring required

MAC address of the Expected Machine's BMC (Baseboard Management Controller)

defaultBmcUsernamestring nullable

Username for accessing the Expected Machine's BMC

defaultBmcPasswordstring nullable

Password for accessing the Expected Machine's BMC

chassisSerialNumberstring required

Serial number of the Expected Machine's chassis

fallbackDPUSerialNumbersstring[] nullable

Serial numbers of the Expected Machine's fallback DPUs (Data Processing Units)

skuIdstring nullable

Optional ID of the SKU to associate with this Expected Machine

rackIdstring nullable

Optional rack identifier for this component

bmcIpAddressstring nullable

Optional BMC IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). When set, pre-allocates a reserved IP for the BMC.

namestring nullable

Display name for this component

manufacturerstring nullable

Manufacturer of this component

modelstring nullable

Model of this component

descriptionstring nullable

Description of this component

slotIdinteger nullable

Slot ID within the rack

trayIdxinteger nullable

Tray index within the rack

hostIdinteger nullable

Host ID within the tray

isDpfEnabledboolean nullable

When true, this host is eligible for DPF-based provisioning.

labelsLabels

Example request

[
  {
    "siteId": "f97df110-f4de-492e-8849-4a6af68026b0",
    "bmcMacAddress": "00:1A:2B:3C:4D:5E",
    "bmcIpAddress": "192.168.1.100",
    "defaultBmcUsername": "admin",
    "defaultBmcPassword": "password123",
    "chassisSerialNumber": "CHASSIS-12345",
    "fallbackDPUSerialNumbers": [
      "DPU-001",
      "DPU-002"
    ],
    "skuId": "lenovo.sr650v2.cpu.1",
    "rackId": "rack-01",
    "isDpfEnabled": true,
    "manufacturer": "Lenovo",
    "labels": {
      "environment": "production",
      "rack": "A1"
    }
  }
]

Response

Created

idstring uuid

Unique identifier for the Expected Machine

siteIdstring uuid