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Appendix J: Integration
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dcTrack Overview
dcTrack
®
is a powerful and intelligent data center management and
automation application.
dcTrack has been designed by data center and IT professionals to
provide broad and deep visibility into the data center. It empowers data
center managers to plan for growth and change by optimizing their
current operations, assets, and infrastructure.
With dcTrack, you can view everything in the data center from servers,
blades, virtual servers and applications to data networks, IP addressing
space and cabling. dcTrack also allows you to track real-time power
consumption and manage raised floor space and rack elevations.
Use dcTrack to build your floor map data center map directly in the
application, or import an existing floor map into the dcTrack. Further,
dcTrack allows you to import AutoCAD
®
2012 (and earlier) objects to
build a data center map.
If you currently maintain data center information in spreadsheet format,
that data can be imported into dcTrack using the Import wizard.
Isolate potential problems with end-to-end power and data circuits by
visually tracing them. This allows you to identify all intermediate circuit
points and locate problems.
By using dcTrack's workflow and change management feature, data
center managers are better able to enforce best practices across the
enterprise and meet ITIL framework guidelines. You can also opt to skip
the Change Control workflow process and work in Request Bypass so
requests are processed immediately.
dcTrack
®
can be used as a standalone product or integrated with
Raritan's Power IQ
http://www.raritan.com/products/dcim-software/power-iq
®
for power
and environmental monitoring.
Adding the PX to dcTrack Management
The PX is categorized as a power item in dcTrack. dcTrack offers an
import wizard for conveniently adding the PX as well as other IT
equipment to dcTrack for management. You can import either all devices
in a cabinet or all devices in a data center into dcTrack.
For detailed instructions, see the section titled Import Cabinets with the
Import Wizard or Import Items with the Import Wizard in the dcTrack
Administrator Guide.
To import data into dcTrack:
1. Note down the data of all equipment, including PDUs, in a cabinet or
a data center in a spreadsheet.