Working with the inventory

Available in ITA version 9.1.1 and newer   Create a server room, an electrical room, a supporting infrastructure space, a storage room or a location. Give it a name and define its shape and properties. Note: You use the desktop client to add equipment.   ITA_9_36001365959811_UI_asset_management_1.gif Click to show or hide a specific set of properties including:   General Physical Power Labels Audit trail Sensors Customer properties Customer   ITA_9_36001365959811_UI_asset_management_2.gif   Also see Editing rack inventory What´s new in IT Advisor 9.x

The web client rack inventory allows you to see any part of the ITA data center infrastructure model you have access to and drill down through locations and rooms to the rack inventory. You may have been granted rights to view or edit all or parts of the rack inventory.   Infrastructure overview and drill down   Locations and rooms from the ITA desktop client are represented in the web client in a non-hierarchical structure, making it easy to click or tap through locations, rooms, cages, and racks to a specific server or other asset in a rack.   Room   The room layout provides an overview of the floor-mounted equipment in the room. You can switch between overlays to reveal relevant details on top of your equipment, such as power as graphs and numbers, and available u-space.   This information is also available as property tiles to the right of the layout. The information updates with relevant information for the selected equipment.   The audit trail reflects any changes to the selected room or equipment.   Zoom and overview Use the zoom and full screen options to get a better view of specific details or an overview of the full solution. Open rack Double-click a rack to open it in the rack layout.   Cage   If you are using IT Advisor for Colo, you can see the cages you have been granted access to in the room layout.   Glass Light blue Mesh Dotted lines Solid Black   Rack   The rack layout provides an overview of the rack-mounted equipment in the selected racks and enables you to edit your rack inventory.   Expand/collapse rack Use the expand/collapse icon to toggle viewing a rack from the front only or from the front and rear at the same time, for example to see rear-mounted rack PDUs. 103583993_360037928654.png Open multiple racks Click the + icon to open multiple racks at the same time, allowing you to compare or drag equipment between them. If you open several racks, selecting zoom fit and full screen view will allow you to better see all racks at the same time. 103583995_360037928654.png Show sensors in rack If you want to see temperature sensor data displayed directly in the rack layout at the sensor's position, select to show sensors.     Editing rack inventory   In the web client, changes to the rack inventory happen immediately. You don't have to click to save your changes as in the desktop client. And there's no undo.   If you regret adding a piece of equipment, delete it; if you regret moving a piece of equipment, move it back.   In case you accidentally make a quick move and didn't pay attention to where the equipment ended up, use the audit trail.   Adding equipment   In the rack layout, open the rack where you want to position the new equipment. Click ADD EQUIPMENT to open the Equipment library. Find the equipment to add by searching the library. Drag it into the rack.   Moving equipment   In the rack layout open both the source and target racks. Double-click to open the source rack. Click COMPARE above this rack to open a list of other racks in the room. Select the target rack from the list of racks. Drag the piece of equipment you want to move from the source rack into position in the target rack.   Deleting equipment   Select the equipment you want to delete. Click Actions... in the information panel to the right of the layout, and select Delete.   Auditing rack inventory changes with the audit trail   Use the audit trail to monitor rack inventory changes on-the-fly. Click the icon in the Elevated view to the right of the rack layout.   There is no need to generate a report. It updates immediately as you add, move, or delete equipment, disconnect cables, or make other changes.

You can switch overlays in the Floor view in web client. Click the Overlay icon ITA_overlay_icon_5660389924125.png in the right toolbar to show the list of overlays.   Each overlay displays different data:   Physical: Rack physical capacity Power: Power usage for each rack if available Sensors: Sensors in the data center if configured Labels: Colors of equipment based on the label assigned Saved Queries: Colors of equipment in the floor view based on the query defined in the equipment browser Colo: Colo states in the floor view    

Open the room with the racks you want to edit and double-click a rack to open it in the Elevated view.    To select more racks and open multiple racks next to each other, click the pin icon in the lower left ITA_pin_icon_360037928494.png and then search for the racks you want to view. These racks appear in Pinned Items. To move equipment between racks, click the plus icon to create a list of the assets you want to work with.   Important: Any changes to the rack inventory in the web client also update the model on the IT Advisor server and in the desktop client.   ITA_920_elevated_view_360037928494.png   Add, move, or delete rack equipment   To add equipment from the equipment library to the asset list:   Click the plus icon + to open the equipment library.  Click Assign Asset Slots. Select the slot where you want to assign rack equipment and ether browse or search for the equipment.   Press Done.  Click + Add. Click the equipment and then click the Rack U-position to add it to the rack.     ITA_920_assign_asset_slots_360037928494.png   To move equipment in the layout:   Drag and drop equipment to other positions and/or racks. See Compare racks from the same or different rooms   To delete equipment in the layout:   Click the Erase icon in the left panel. Click the equipment you want to delete, and then confirm. Configure, edit, or delete power connections   The application provides two ways of configuring power connections for rack equipment: From power consumers point of view, From rack PDU point of view, if the  PDU supports extended power information.   Configure power connections from power consumers point of view   Select the power consumer for which you want to configure, edit, or delete power connections, such as a server. In the equipment information panel to the right, click the Power Connection icon ITA_power_connection_icon_360037928494.png and look for a power consumer inlet with nothing connected to it. A free inlet is labelled Disconnected.  Click the arrow to the right to see the list of possible power sources. Select the desired power source.   ITA_920_power_connection_360037928494.png   For power sources without power outlet information, select the phase from list of available phase configurations.   For power sources with power outlet information, select available outlet.   To remove existing power connection, click the selected phase or outlet again.   Configuring power connections from rack PDU point of view   Extended power information only. See Working with Rack PDUs Select the power outlet for which you want to configure, edit, or delete the power connection. In the equipment information panel to the right, click the Power connection icon ITA_power_connection_icon_360037928494.png and check the Connected state. Use the dropdown to the right to see the list of possible power consumers. Click the desired power consumer to establish the connection. To remove an existing power connection, click the selected power consumer again.   Edit equipment properties Select the equipment for which you want to edit properties, such as a server. In the equipment information panel to the right, edit any property. Some properties may not be editable.   ITA_info_icon_360037928494.png General information ITA_physical_icon_360037928494.png Physical information ITA_custom_properties_icon_360037928494.png Custom properties ITA_label_icon_360037928494.png Labels - Add color coded labels ITA_asset_visuals_icon_360037928494.png Asset visuals - Add images for the front and rear of the asset ITA_power_icon_360037928494.png Power data ITA_power_connection_icon_360037928494.png Power connections ITA_network_icon_360037928494.png Network ITA_sensors_icon_360037928494.png Sensors ITA_customer_icon_360037928494.png Customer ITA_audit_trail_icon_360037928494.png Audit trail ITA_keyboard_shortcuts_icon_360037928494.png Keyboard shortcuts   Compare racks from the same or different rooms   Navigate to the Floor view. Open the Pinned Item tool on the left. ITA_pin_icon_360037928494.png Select a rack on the floor and click the Pin icon in the right property section.  Note: There is no limit on how many racks you can pin and view in Elevated view.   To view pinned racks, select the Elevated tab.   To manage pinned items from Elevated tab, select the Pinned Items tool and click Manage Pins.   Search in the current room or across different rooms to compare racks.    ITA_pin_from_Floor_view_360037928494.png

You can configure power connections between floor equipment (PDU, UPS, ATS, and Switchgear) using the power connection wizard in the floor view.   To access the wizard:   Go to a room and open the floor view. Select a PDU, UPS, ATS, or Switchgear. Click the power connection icon    to see details about an existing power connection for the equipment you selected. If there is no power connection configured, click Connect.     Select the room where the device that supplies the power is located. You can choose either the current room or another room in the same location. Click Start.       Select the device supplying the power. You can search or you can select the device in the floor visual. Click Next.     In the connection properties for the device, You can see power measurements for the device if they are available. This will help you make the right decisions about capacity for the power connections.     Click Confirm.   To remove the power connection, select the device, click the power connections icon, and click Disconnect.   Note: The color coding for the power paths is configured in the desktop client. It is visible in the web client in the floor and rack editors, and in the floor view when the Power overlay is selected.

You can configure power connections between rack PDUs and floor equipment (PDU, UPS, ATS and Switchgear) using the power connection wizard.   To access the wizard:   Go to a rack and open rack view. Select a rack PDU. Click the power connection icon    to see details about an existing power connection for the rPDU you selected. If there is no power connection configured, click Connect.     Select the room where the device that supplies the power is located. You can choose either the current room or another room in the same location. Click Start.     Select the room. The first view is the current room. Click Next.     Select the device supplying the power. You can search or you can select the device in the floor visual. Click Next.     In the connection properties for the device, define the breaker panel, mode, position, and phase, and a name if desired. You can see power measurements for the device if they are available. This will help you make the right decisions about capacity for the power connections.     Click Confirm.   To disconnect a rack PDU from the device that supplies the power, select the rack PDU, click the power connections icon, and click Disconnect.   Note: The color coding for the power paths is configured in the desktop client. It is visible in the web client in the floor and rack editors, and in the floor view when the Power overlay is selected.

In IT Advisor 9.2.0 and newer, you can work in the ITA web client using multiple browser tabs for easier navigation. You can have the same room open on multiple monitors.   Select a room in the Inventory. Select the Link Mode tool in the lower left corner. ITA_link_mode_icon_4403399870481.png In the Link Mode window:   Select Sync with other Windows to update the Floor Selection automatically when navigating in the Floor view.  Click Launch Elevated to launch Elevated view in a new browser tab.  Click Launch Floor to launch Floor view in a new browser tab.       

Full application search Search functionality was updated in ITA 9.4.1. Use the search box in the upper left to search for locations, rooms, or any asset in the entire application.    If there's only one server matching your search, the system drills right down to it, opening the rack layout, highlighting the server, and showing the property tiles on the right.  If more than one item fits your search, you can select from a limited list of items.   The ITA web client / Tenant Portal supports exact string matches and character patterns using partial strings or wildcards:   Full String Begins-with partial string When the search text entered is found in the beginning of the words, for example, for equipment named "Blade enclosure 23 1", partial search works for searched entries: Bla, encl, 23, 1. Wildcard characters supported: *, #, % For equipment named "Blade enclosure 23 1",  a wildcard search works for *ade, *clos*, *clos#, *closu%. The minimum number of characters to enter for a search is 2, except when there is a string or substring with a single character in the name or property of the equipment.   Note: This is different from the behavior in the desktop client where search only returns results from the rooms you have opened on your local machine.   Equipment browser   When you open the equipment browser, you can browse both floor-mounted and rack-mounted equipment in the entire inventory even from multiple different rooms.   Results are presented in a table in the center of the screen with support for infinite scrolling. In the left panel, select the columns you want to display. Drag and drop column headers to change their order. Click the column header to change the sorting.   Click each row in the table to show a panel on the right side of the screen that provides the same functionality as the standard inventory view.   You can narrow down results using the filters in the left panel:   Location: Single room or single location Type: Multiple equipment types at once Name: Equipment whose name starts with typed value Manufacturer Model Barcode Serial number Installation date Custom Properties   After you create a set of filters and columns, you can save it for future use in the Saved queries section located at the top of the left panel.   All results can be exported in CSV format using the icon in the top right corner.   Note: This is different from the behavior in the desktop client where search only returns results from the rooms you have opened on your local machine and limits them to first 1000. See Working with the Equipment Browser in ITA   Quick search in open room   When a room is open, click the Explorer icon and use the filter in the left panel to search for any piece of floor-mounted equipment in this room. This allows you to quickly navigate in a large room to locate a specific piece of floor-mounted equipment.   The quick search does not work in the same way as the full inventory search and does not support wildcards, etc. It is simply meant as a quick way to find floor-mounted equipment in a large open room layout. Start typing the first characters of the equipment you want to locate and the search immediately lists the matches in the room.   Search using: Full string Partial string  When the search text entered is found in a word, need not be at the beginning of the word (e.g. for equipment with name "Blade enclosure 23 1", partial search works for searched entries: lad, ncl, losur.