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WITH COVID-19,
REMOTE
DATA CENTRE
MANAGEMENT
IS NOW AN
ABSOLUTE
NECESSITY TO
MAINTAIN UPTIME
AND BUSINESS
CONTINUITY
WHILE REDUCING
THE STAFF
REQUIRED TO GO
ON-SITE.
toolkit such as intelligent PDUs, KVM
over IP switches, serial console servers,
baseboard management controllers, cloud
monitoring, IT systems monitoring, IT service
management (ITSM), building management
(BMS) and electrical power management
(EPMS). But to complete the remote data
centre management toolkit and bridge
information across organisational domains,
all data centre managers must-have Data
Centre Infrastructure Management
(DCIM) software.
DCIM enables data centre managers to
centrally manage all their resources and
capacities in a single pane of glass to
maintain uptime, improve efficiency of
capacity utilisation and increase productivity
of people.
Consider the following use cases for
remote data centre management with
DCIM software:
• Remotely plan space, power and
connectivity. DCIM software provides a
virtual visual instance of your data centre
in 3D with colour-coded floor map overlay
reports displaying real time data such
as cabinet space, budgeted and actual
power, plus network and power port
availability to help you easily identify the
ideal location to deploy assets. Similarly,
‘what-if’ analysis helps you understand
the potential impact of additions and
decommissions in your data centre. With
this information at your fingertips, you
can identify stranded space and power
capacity to defer capital expenditures or
understand if additional resources are
necessary in order to meet demand. Plus,
a comprehensive DCIM solution with
an Auto Power Budget feature will unlock
precious rack capacity as each individual
server make/model instance is assigned
a unique power budget value that’s
automatically set from real-time outletmeasured
readings from intelligent rack
PDUs. The values are the exact loads of
your devices under your compute stress in
your environment.
• Direct technicians to complete
changes accurately. With limited on-site
hands at data centres and colocation
sites, accurate and productive remote
direction of technicians on where to go
and what to do can be a difficult process
without the right tool. Without a single
source of truth of all assets across all
locations, you will not have confidence
that you are directing technicians to
the correct location to make the correct
changes. DCIM software enables remote
planning and initiation of clear work
orders and instructions for remote hands.
Cabinet elevation views provide the exact
U position of your assets and device
views while high-fidelity front and back
images show technicians exactly where
the data and power ports are located
to ensure that connections are made
correctly. DCIM ensures that work activity
is done accurately the first time, reducing
the need for additional trips to the data
centre and mitigating the number one
cause of downtime: human error.
• Remotely monitor power and
environment sensors across multiple
locations. Managing multiple remote
sites with their own power and cooling
systems is easy with DCIM.
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