Adding equipment to the floor layout

Positioning components closely together Changing the layout to fine-grained might make it easier for you to position a component against another. Before moving the floor-mounted equipment in the layout, select Planning > Data Center in the Application bar and select to view a room in Floor Layout (by double-clicking the room that you want to add equipment to in Navigation). Drag the component icon into the position in the floor layout that matches its position in the data center: When you drag equipment, green highlights where it can be placed; red highlights where it cannot. If you cannot move the components close enough to one another, you can change the grid layout to fine-grained in the floor properties and use the snap to grid option to be able to move the components along the fine-grained grid lines. Right-click the floor layout and select Properties > Floor, and then select Fine-grained Grid layout. Right-click the component icon and select Snap to grid. Drag the component icon to the position of your choice. Tip You can move multiple items at the same time by using Ctrl-click or Shift-click. Aligning selected components in the floor layout Select multiple pieces of equipment by using Ctrl+click or Shift+click. Right-click and select Align Equipment. This is useful, for example if you have imported a big data center layout with some misaligned equipment. Adding selected components to a new row Select multiple pieces of equipment by using Ctrl+click or Shift+click. Right-click and select Add to New Row. You have moved the selected equipment into a new row in the floor layout. The new row fits the equipment. This is useful to quickly create rows and position equipment, for example if you have a layout with both horizontal and vertical rows.

Adding rows to a room Click the Generate Rows icon in the room design toolbar and follow the instructions in the Generate Rows wizard to get a quick standard row layout from which to start. Or drag and drop individual rows from the Genomes pane into the layout and flip or resize as needed to get a customized row layout. Adding other elements to a room Adding room fixtures such as gaps and block, inner walls, cages, doors and windows allows you to create a more accurate model of the data center, making it easy to navigate the room. Click the Genome Library icon and double-click Room Fixture to add the folder and elements to the Genomes pane. Drag the element icons from the Genomes pane into position in the room layout. Right-click an element in the layout and select Properties to edit e.g. name, size, or type properties, or use the icons in the room design toolbar for editing. Gaps and blocks Gaps and blocks represent areas in the room layout in which equipment cannot be placed. A gap is a section over which cables and cooling lines can be routed (such as a walkway or ramp).  A block is a section over which cables and cooling lines cannot be routed (such as a support column). Walls and cages Inner walls are represented as solid, mesh, or glass. You can copy properties from one wall to another or set a default wall type to be applied to all new walls. Doors Doors are represented as slide or swing doors. Swing doors are color-coded in the layout based on security type. ITA_doors_360038495253.png Door Type Color No lock Gray Biometric Purple Card Blue Key Orange

Adding equipment to the floor layout Prerequisite: Select Planning>Data Center in the Application bar and select to view a room in Floor Layout (by double-clicking the room that you want to add equipment to in Navigation). Drag the component icon into the position in the floor layout that matches its position in the data center: To add new equipment, drag it from the Genomes pane. To add existing equipment from another position in the data center infrastructure, drag it from the Navigation pane. When you drag equipment into a selected room, green highlights where it can be placed; red highlights where it cannot. Right-click the component icon and select Properties, for example to define a custom name for it, or to use other menu options. Repeat steps 1 and 2 to add all floor equipment to the floor layout. Tip You can move multiple items at the same time by using Ctrl-click or Shift-click. You can switch to Planning>Device Association to associate the components added to the layout with devices monitored by the Data Center Expert or other external system to get live data from the devices in operation.