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Data Center Visualization
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Visualize AutoCAD®
floor plan drawings in real-time without the
need for an AutoCAD® license or software.
Changes made to AutoCAD® floor plans are
immediately visible in dcTrack™. |
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Visualize color-coded
floor plans that summarize low, medium, and
high utilizations of key data center
attributes such as heat dissipation, power
usage, weight, and rack mounting space. |
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Navigate interactive
hyperlinked drawings for deep visibility of
floor space, cabinet front and rear
elevations, devices images, and ports. |
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Drag and drop network
and power port labels on the front and rear
images of items to depict their exact
physical locations. |
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Visualize relationships
and dependencies between user departments,
applications, PDUs,
cabinets, servers, and networks. |
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Visualize a group of
cabinet elevations based on physical or
logical groupings. |
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Visualize end-to-end
power and network circuit maps including all
intermediate circuit points. |
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Visualize PDU and RPP circuit breaker
panels. The breakers are hyperlinked to trace
the entire circuit downstream identifying all
connected items. |
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Use an extensive visual library of items
and connectors depicting equipment front and
rear views and attributes such as rack units
and weight. Easily add to library by
importing manufacturers' free Visio®
stencils. |
Multi-site Support
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Manage multiple data
center sites regardless of their geographic
locations. |
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Store all sites in one
ODBC-compliant, scalable SQL server
database. |
Asset Management
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Track financial asset
information including purchase date,
purchase price, department cost center, and
asset tag. |
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Track physical asset
information including rack units,
dimensions, weight, manufacturer, model, and
serial number. |
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Track logical asset information
including function, operating system,
administrators, and user departments. |
IP and Network Management
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Manage logical
relationships and connections between
servers and network switches based on IP
subnet addresses. |
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Define subnets using an
intelligent IP address calculator that
computes, among other things, the number of
hosts in a subnet based on a subnet mask. |
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Identify VLAN, color code, and subnet's
physical location based on an IP address. |
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Manage VLANs by controlling the list of
subnets served by each switch. |
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Assign a new IP address
automatically when a server is being moved
to a location served by a different subnet. |
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Configure a server port
with multiple virtual IP addresses or
implement Port Teaming for two or more
ports. |
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Manage network switches and ports
whether they are stackable or chassis form
factor. |
Servers and Host Devices
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Track and visualize the
precise position of network and power ports
on the front and rear of servers and
devices. Visually track the server rack unit
position in the cabinet. |
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Track server network
and power attributes including positions,
labels, connector types, protocols, speed,
MAC and IP addresses, voltage, phase, rated
and actual watts. |
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Manage all server types
including standalone, virtual and blade
servers. |
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Manage virtual server
information including clusters, datastore locations, virtual switches
and ports. |
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Track server
applications including their criticality,
dependency and user department.
Power Management. |
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Monitor and track in
real-time power loads throughout the data
center including smart power strips, PDUs, and UPS systems. |
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Monitor power loads of
all data center power feeds in order to
maintain load balance across all feeds thus
preventing overloads during feed shutdowns
or failures. |
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Manage power loads to
achieve a balanced load across all three
phases and sources. |
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Manage power loads in
power strips down to branch circuit fuses. |
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Determine the power
loads at any point in the circuit path. The
power readings are available for power
strips, power outlets, breakers, breaker
panels, PDUs and UPS systems. |
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Receive automatic alerts when power is
being exceeded at any point upstream in the
circuit path. |
Data Cabling
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Track and manage
virtually any cable infrastructure topology:
centralized or distributed network racks,
outlet port densities, cabling media, cable
labeling scheme, and port color coding. |
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Track fiber and copper
cabling including cable categories and
connector types. |
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Document and visualize
cable routes within the data center on the
floor plan. |
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Document cable tray routes, whether
under floor or overhead, and associated
cables. |
Data and Power Connectivity
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Provision data and
power circuits using built-in automation and
intelligence tools. End-to-end data circuits
can be automatically provisioned based on
user-defined rules such as color code, VLAN, or simply the next available
port. |
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Provision power
circuits to maintain best practices. The
system will automatically select diverse
power sources; maintain balance across all 3
phases, and ensure circuit limits are not
exceeded. |
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Prevent connectivity
errors. Alerts are generated if the
connections are between two different media
types, incompatible connectors, mismatched
color codes, or other improper practices.
Warnings alert the user when a proposed
connection requires further attention. |
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Trace data and power connections by
providing information on any item or port in
the circuit path. The end-to-end connection
trace result is visualized both graphically
and in tabular text format. |
Change Management
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Maintain best practices
and improve operational efficiencies by
using a well defined change management
process. |
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Enable data center
users to generate change requests to be
reviewed and approved by authorized data
center managers. Request forms support
moves, adds, and changes (MACs) of
assets as well as connections and disconnects of
power and data cabling. |
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Generate, schedule, and
forward work orders based on approved
requests to data center technicians to
affect change. |
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Send e-mail
notifications automatically throughout all
stages of the change process to requesters,
approvers, and technicians. |
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Maintain a complete
history of requests and work orders in
compliance with internal and regulatory
audit requirements. Time, date, and user
names of the persons who acted on each
request stage are also recorded. Old
requests can be archived. |
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Automate device moves using built-in
intelligence tools to determine suitable
cabinet destination based on available
resources. Resources include available rack
units, power sources, data cabling, color
codes, network VLAN
and IP addresses. |
Administration
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Flexible search
features allow exact or partial matches on
any field. Search results can be easily
exported to Excel® or text files. |
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Dropdown lists are
customizable by the administrator. |
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Security features limit user access by
administrator-defined four access levels. |
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