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# Add an enclosure to manage its content

Adding a c7000 enclosure using its IP address or host name, along with the enclosure OA (Onboard Administrator) user name and password, brings the enclosure and its contents under appliance management. Before adding an enclosure, you must create or select an enclosure group. You can also update the enclosure firmware or enclosure and logical interconnect firmware while adding the enclosure.

To learn more about the logical interconnect groups that are associated with enclosure groups, see Create a logical interconnect group and Create an enclosure group.

| NOTE: The name associated with the enclosure is the enclosure name (set in the OA), not the OA name. If the enclosure that you are adding contains Virtual Connect Fibre Channel interconnects, see Update the interconnect firmware for HPE Virtual Connect Fibre Channel interconnects.

### Prerequisites

- Minimum required session ID privileges: Infrastructure administrator or Server administrator

- If an enclosure group does not exist, you must create it.

- If you have an SNMP read community string you prefer to use, Update the SNMP read community string before you begin adding an enclosure.

- The enclosure OA user name and password.

- The enclosure primary or standby OA is configured with a host name or IP address.

- Power supplies are configured and the enclosure power is turned on.

- The firmware repository contains at least one firmware bundle.

Adding a c7000 enclosure using REST APIs
Select an enclosure group URI. `GET /rest/enclosure-groups` Add an enclosure. To update the firmware, specify the value `EnclosureOnly` or `EnclosureAndLogicalInterconnect` for the `updateFirmwareOn` property. `POST /rest/enclosures`

| NOTE: You might want to forcibly add an enclosure, for example, if the enclosure is managed by another appliance. You must set the `force` attribute to `true`. However, if the enclosure is managed by VCM or VCEM, you might be able to migrate the enclosure into HPE OneView instead, which saves the configuration information. See Migrate a c7000 VCM enclosure using REST API. Forcibly adding an enclosure removes any existing configuration. `POST /rest/enclosures`

See also

- Quick Start: Initial configuration using REST APIs

- Enclosures

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