Visualization of rack

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  • Updated February 1, 2024
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    Summary of Visualization of Rack

    Rack visualization in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application allows users to graphically represent a datacenter rack. This feature enables the observation of equipment and shelves loaded into front and rear accessible racks, ensuring each item is placed in its designated slot. Key functionalities include monitoring rack utilization, pending change tasks, and optimizing equipment placement.

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    Key Features

    • View Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for rack utilization.
    • Monitor the number of pending change tasks.
    • Explore KPIs for various equipment types to optimize placements.
    • Toggle between front and rear views of the rack.
    • Access details on reserved units and users.
    • Navigate directly to the rack form from the canvas.
    • View lifecycle stages of equipment.
    • Check available and used slot counts.
    • Switch between default and dark views in preferences settings.

    Prerequisites

    To create a rack, you must:

    • Create or select a model in the equipment holder model associated with the Equipment Rack Model categories.
    • Create or select a relationship in the network model relationships with the Rack to Slot Relationship type to define the number of rack slots.
    • Create or select a template with the rack model in the inventory model field for the rack.

    Next Steps

    To visualize and manage a rack:

    • Initiate rack creation based on the rack model and rack slots from the template.
    • Add or remove equipment or shelves from the rack as needed.

    For detailed procedures, refer to the relevant sections on creating change requests from the Network Inventory Workspace.

    Using rack visualization in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application, you can visualize a rack in the canvas. Here you can observe the loading of equipment and shelves into the front and rear accessible racks, with each item placed in its designated slot.

    Overview

    Rack visualization is a graphical representation of a datacenter rack used to store and organize all equipment.

    A rack where front and rear view of a rack loaded with equipments, and shelves along with the equipment or shelf details.

    The previous screenshot is an example of a rack. From the Overview tab of a rack, you can:
    • See the KPI (Key Performance Indicator) of a rack using rack utilization.
    • See the number of pending change tasks.
    • Explore the KPI for different equipment types to optimize the placement of routers, shelves, or other network infrastructure.
    • See only the front or rear view of the rack.
    • See both the front and rear views of the rack.
    • See all the reserved units and reserved by which user.
    • See the rack and rack models.
    • Navigate to the rack form from the canvas.
    • See life cycle stage of equipment.
    • See all the equipment and shelf details by selecting the info icon ().
    • See the number of continuous slots available.
    • See the number of slots used out of the total available slots.
    • Switch between the default and dark view using the preferences settings.

    Pre-requisites

    To instantiate the creation of a rack, you must:
    1. Create or select a model in the equipment holder model with the Equipment Rack Model categories to associate it with a rack.

      To learn more, see Create an equipment holder model.

    2. Create or select a relationship in the network model relationships with the Rack to Slot Relationship type to define the number of rack slots.

      To learn more, see Define a network model relationship.

    3. Create or select a template with the rack model in the inventory model field for the rack.

      To learn more, see Create an inventory template.

    Visualizing and managing a rack

    1. Initiate the rack creation based on the rack model, and rack slots based on the template.

      To learn more, see Create a change request from Network Inventory Workspace.

    2. Add a piece of equipment, or shelf it to a rack.

      To learn more, see Create a change request from Network Inventory Workspace.

    3. Remove a piece of equipment, or shelf it from a rack.

      To learn more, see Create a change request from Network Inventory Workspace.