diff --git a/app/controllers/api/physical_racks_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/physical_racks_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18611841b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/api/physical_racks_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+module Api
+  class PhysicalRacksController < BaseController
+    def refresh_resource(type, id, _data = nil)
+      raise BadRequestError, "Must specify an id for refreshing a #{type} resource" unless id
+
+      ensure_resource_exists(type, id) if single_resource?
+
+      api_action(type, id) do |klass|
+        physical_rack = resource_search(id, type, klass)
+        api_log_info("Refreshing #{physical_rack_ident(physical_rack)}")
+        refresh_physical_rack(physical_rack)
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def ensure_resource_exists(type, id)
+      raise NotFoundError, "#{type} with id:#{id} not found" unless collection_class(type).exists?(id)
+    end
+
+    def refresh_physical_rack(physical_rack)
+      desc = "#{physical_rack_ident(physical_rack)} refreshing"
+      task_id = queue_object_action(physical_rack, desc, :method_name => "refresh_ems", :role => "ems_operations")
+      action_result(true, desc, :task_id => task_id)
+    rescue => err
+      action_result(false, err.to_s)
+    end
+
+    def physical_rack_ident(physical_rack)
+      "Physical Rack id:#{physical_rack.id} name:'#{physical_rack.name}'"
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/api.yml b/config/api.yml
index 6c07c3dd8d..994d952974 100644
--- a/config/api.yml
+++ b/config/api.yml
@@ -1762,6 +1762,30 @@
       :post:
       - :name: refresh
         :identifier: physical_chassis_refresh
+  :physical_racks:
+    :description: Physical Racks
+    :identifier: physical_rack
+    :options:
+    - :collection
+    :verbs: *gp
+    :klass: PhysicalRack
+    :subcollections:
+    :collection_actions:
+      :get:
+      - :name: read
+        :identifier: physical_rack_show_list
+      :post:
+      - :name: query
+        :identifier: physical_rack_show_list
+      - :name: refresh
+        :identifier: physical_rack_refresh
+    :resource_actions:
+      :get:
+      - :name: read
+        :identifier: physical_rack_show
+      :post:
+      - :name: refresh
+        :identifier: physical_rack_refresh
   :physical_servers:
     :description: Physical Servers
     :identifier: physical_server
diff --git a/spec/requests/physical_racks_spec.rb b/spec/requests/physical_racks_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b25af9547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/requests/physical_racks_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+describe "Physical Racks API" do
+  context "GET /api/physical_racks" do
+    it "returns all Physical Racks" do
+      physical_rack = FactoryGirl.create(:physical_rack)
+      api_basic_authorize('physical_rack_show_list')
+
+      get(api_physical_racks_url)
+
+      expected = {
+        "name"      => "physical_racks",
+        "resources" => [{"href" => api_physical_rack_url(nil, physical_rack)}]
+      }
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
+      expect(response.parsed_body).to include(expected)
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "GET /api/physical_racks/:id" do
+    it "returns a single Physical Rack" do
+      physical_rack = FactoryGirl.create(:physical_rack)
+      api_basic_authorize('physical_rack_show')
+
+      get(api_physical_rack_url(nil, physical_rack))
+
+      expected = {
+        "name" => physical_rack.name,
+        "href" => api_physical_rack_url(nil, physical_rack)
+      }
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
+      expect(response.parsed_body).to include(expected)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "Physical Racks refresh action" do
+    context "with an invalid id" do
+      it "it responds with 404 Not Found" do
+        api_basic_authorize(action_identifier(:physical_racks, :refresh, :resource_actions, :post))
+
+        post(api_physical_rack_url(nil, 999_999), :params => gen_request(:refresh))
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:not_found)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "without an appropriate role" do
+      it "it responds with 403 Forbidden" do
+        physical_rack = FactoryGirl.create(:physical_rack)
+        api_basic_authorize
+
+        post(api_physical_rack_url(nil, physical_rack), :params => gen_request(:refresh))
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:forbidden)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with an appropriate role" do
+      it "rejects refresh for an unspecified Physical Rack" do
+        api_basic_authorize(action_identifier(:physical_racks, :refresh, :resource_actions, :post))
+
+        post(api_physical_racks_url, :params => gen_request(:refresh, [{"href" => api_physical_racks_url}, {"href" => api_physical_racks_url}]))
+
+        expect_bad_request(/Must specify an id/i)
+      end
+
+      it "refresh of a single Physical Rack" do
+        physical_rack = FactoryGirl.create(:physical_rack)
+        api_basic_authorize('physical_rack_refresh')
+
+        post(api_physical_rack_url(nil, physical_rack), :params => gen_request(:refresh))
+
+        expect_single_action_result(:success => true, :message => /#{physical_rack.id}.* refreshing/i, :href => api_physical_rack_url(nil, physical_rack))
+      end
+
+      it "refresh of multiple Physical Racks" do
+        first_physical_rack = FactoryGirl.create(:physical_rack)
+        second_physical_rack = FactoryGirl.create(:physical_rack)
+        api_basic_authorize('physical_rack_refresh')
+
+        post(api_physical_racks_url, :params => gen_request(:refresh, [{"href" => api_physical_rack_url(nil, first_physical_rack)}, {"href" => api_physical_rack_url(nil, second_physical_rack)}]))
+
+        expected = {
+          "results" => a_collection_containing_exactly(
+            a_hash_including(
+              "message" => a_string_matching(/#{first_physical_rack.id}.* refreshing/i),
+              "success" => true,
+              "href"    => api_physical_rack_url(nil, first_physical_rack)
+            ),
+            a_hash_including(
+              "message" => a_string_matching(/#{second_physical_rack.id}.* refreshing/i),
+              "success" => true,
+              "href"    => api_physical_rack_url(nil, second_physical_rack)
+            )
+          )
+        }
+        expect(response.parsed_body).to include(expected)
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end