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Visualize Floor Map
The data center floor map is linked in real-time to
the AutoCAD® floor plan. Any changes made to the CAD
background are immediately visible and recognized as
new objects in dcTrack™. dcTrack™ users can define
their own custom views for quick access to their
resources. A management dashboard offers several
color-coded charts to easily view heat and power
load distributions as well as data network and
cabinet resources throughout the data centers. |
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Visualize Cabinet Elevations
dcTrack™ provides a quick and simple method for data
center mangers to visualize a group of cabinet
elevations on a single screen. Cabinets can be
grouped by physical adjacencies such as data center
rows or logical groupings based on cabinet content.
With another click, the elevation views can be
changed to front, rear, or descriptive text views.
Whether viewing the cabinet row from the front or
rear, the cabinet left to right order can be set to
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Visualize Item and Port Trace
Once the cabinet elevation is visualized, dcTrack™
provides extensive views to drill down on item and
port details. By simply clicking on an item in the
cabinet view, a detailed image of the item is
presented depicting all ports with dynamic labels.
This image can be changed to front or rear views
with a single click. The end-to-end circuit map of a
port is visualized by clicking on a port label for
further drill down. |
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Visualize Power Path
dcTrack™ offers a unique tool to visualize the full
electrical circuit dependency beginning with the
data center power source downstream to the power
strip receptacle. dcTrack™ automatically calculates
the power load at intermediate points in the
electrical circuit path including UPS, PDU, breaker
panel, outlet, power strip and power strip branch
fuses. The PDU and related cabinet will be
highlighted on the floor plan. |
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Cabinets
In this screen, the user manages the cabinet
location assignment and can easily and quickly view
its contents both visually and in text format. This
eliminates the need to maintain separate drawings in
third-party applications such as AutoCAD® or
Microsoft Visio®. This screen provides a quick
summary of the cabinet’s network and environmental
metrics such as network ports, power usage, heat
dissipation, and weight. |
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Server and Network Items
These screens allow the user to view, edit and add
server and network items. From a single server
screen, dcTrack™ can support standalone servers,
blade servers, and virtual servers. The user can
assign unlimited number of network and power ports
and applications to each device, which can be
instantly visualized on the device front and rear
views. Built-in intelligence will allow the user to
assign IP addresses and VLANs from available
networks as well as assign color codes. |
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Data Cabling Items
In this screen, the user can manage the cable
infrastructure as it is installed in the data
center. dcTrack™ supports all known cable types,
connectors and topologies. It supports various
design architectures such as distributed and
centralized topologies. The system is flexible to
support and manage real-life labeling scenarios.
Cable panels can be of any size and can be assigned
to any rack unit or to positions above or below the
cabinet. Horizontal wire managers are also
supported. |
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IP Address and VLAN Management
dcTrack™ simplifies IP space management in the data
center thus eliminating cumbersome and error-prone
spreadsheets. Define subnets using an intelligent IP
address calculator and assign each subnet a name, a
location, a VLAN number, and color codes. Then
assign subnets to switches to manage VLANs.
Remembering subnet ranges and default gateways with
complex subneting is a daunting task. Let the IP
query identify the subnet and its details for any IP
address with ease. |
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Power Distribution Management
dcTrack™ is unique in that it offers complete
management of the power infrastructure in the data
center. Power management begins with the UPS power
feeds. It handles virtually any power distribution
design whether it is PDUs or RPPs, whether it is
homerun distribution or overhead power busways, or
whether it is single phase or 3-phase sources and
loads. This screen helps visualize the circuit
breaker panel as it exists in the PDU. This is
critical in keeping all three phases in the data
center balanced. |
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Power Outlets and Power Strips Management
dcTrack™ offers advanced power management to help
data center managers achieve maximum efficiency in
power consumption. Real-time SNMP plug-ins allow
users to capture actual power draws, temperature,
and humidity from smart power strips. dcTrack™ is
also capable of tracking power strip branch circuit
fuses. Users have maximum flexibility in tracking
virtually any power strip attribute: Voltage, phase,
plug type, port density, or mounting position. |
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Automate Data and Power Connections
Once items such as servers and network equipment are
assigned, dcTrack™’s built-in intelligence and
automation tools simplify the building of
relationships between these items. Whether it is a
single or multi-hop connection, whether it is a
network, SAN, point-to-point, or power connection,
dcTrack™ can build these end-to-end connections
based on user-defined rules. Such rules can include
IP subnets, VLANs, cable color code, cable labeling,
and power circuit diversity. |
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Automate Move Management
When moving a device or a server from one cabinet to
another, a chain of related tasks occurs. dcTrack™’s
built-in automation tools do the hard work. The
process begins by suggesting a suitable cabinet that
has sufficient rack unit space and power resources.
Additionally, based on user-defined rules, it will
guide the user in finding the optimal network
resources such as IP subnet, VLAN, and cable color
code. Disconnect and new connection work orders are
then automatically generated. |
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Change Management
dcTrack™ change management offers a clear and
well-defined workflow to support and enforce best
practices throughout the data center organization.
Any significant change such as adding, deleting, or
moving an item requires the user to follow a
structured request process. Once requests are
reviewed and approved by dcTrack™’s gatekeeper, then
work orders are issued to affect the requested
change. Each step in this process is tracked by
date, time and user name for future audit trail. |
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Library
dcTrack™ comes loaded with an extensive visual
library of items including servers, hosts, network
equipment, PDUs, power strips, and data cabling
panels. It also includes a comprehensive library of
power and data connectors. Each item comes ready
with attributes such as manufacturer name, model,
size, rack units, power draw, and heat dissipation.
It also includes front and rear views of each item.
Users can also edit and add items to the library as
needed. |
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Reports and Search Utilities
dcTrack™ includes many valuable and well-laid out
reports that include text and graphics to provide
system details and environmental capacity metrics
for proactive and effective management. The reports’
user interface has a comprehensive filtering and
sorting utility. The search and trace utilities
provide quick methods for looking up items or
connections by providing key information about the
item or any component of the connection path. The
results can be exported to an Excel® file. |
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