About scopes

A scope is a grouping of resources that can be used to restrict the range of an operation or action. For example, you can create scopes based on:

  • Organizations (Marketing, Research and Development, Finance)

  • Usage (Production, Development, Testing)

  • Skills (Linux, Windows)

The resources are arranged by categories. All the resources in these categories can be added to or removed from a scope:

  • Enclosures

  • Server Hardware

  • Networks (Ethernet, FC, and FCoE)

  • Network Sets

  • Interconnects, excluding SAS resources

  • Logical Interconnects, excluding SAS resources

  • Logical Interconnect Groups, excluding SAS resources

  • Switches

  • Logical Switches

  • Logical Switch Groups


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NOTE: Resources in other categories are considered to be included in all scopes, and they cannot be removed.


When scopes are defined and resources assigned to them, you can:

  • Restrict your view of the user interface (UI) to the resources in the scope.

  • Filter email notifications for alerts based on the scope of the associated resources.

More information


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NOTE: Scope APIs are subject to incompatible changes, including redefinition or removal, in future releases.


List all scopes
List information about a specific scope
Create a scope
Modify a scope definition
Change scope resource assignments
Delete a scope