DATA CENTER PLANNER INSTALLER/USER GUIDE
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i TA B LE OF C ON TE N TS Product Overview 1 Features and Benefits 1 Attributes 1 Visualization capabilities 2 Layout design capabilities 3 Software Requirements 5 Getting Started 5 Server 5 Client 5 Browsers 5 Network connection 6 Other software 6 Supported database types 6 Supported languages 6 Configuration assumptions 6 Minimum system recommendations 7 Hardware considerations 7 Tuning considerations 7 Installation Installing Data Center Planner Installing Data Cent
ii Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide License enforcement 23 License activation 23 License return 24 License repair 24 License details 24 Proxy settings 24 Integration with other Emerson Network Power Products Supported Products 27 27 DSView™ management software 27 Rack Power Manager 27 Liebert SiteScan™ web software 27 Integrating with Data Center Planner 27 DSView software integration 27 Rack Power Manager integration 28 Liebert SiteScan™ Web integration 29 Importing Cer
Table of Contents iii Perimeter walls 49 Interior walls 50 Annotations 51 Doors and windows 52 Shapes - ovals and rectangles 52 Buttons Context menus 53 55 Modes 55 Keyboard Shortcuts 55 Pan and Zoom 56 Floor Tile Grid 56 Operations and Status Bar 56 Multiple Users 57 Preferences 57 Preferences - units 57 Preferences - user-defined properties 58 Export and Import Features Exporting Asset Data Exporting asset data to a .
iv Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Position and angle of racks on a plan 78 Colorization capacities and metrics 78 Consumption 80 Space and network computation 81 Copying a plan or using Save As 81 Creating a new plan 81 Opening an existing plan 83 Cutting, copying and pasting assets on a plan 83 Deleting a plan 83 Multiple asset properties in plan view 84 Plan colorization 84 Rack View 84 Adding assets to a rack 86 Adding assets to racks with different configurations 86
Table of Contents v Real world power 105 Real world power scheduler 106 Capacities 107 Plan capacities 107 Rack capacities 108 Capacity search 109 Capacity search in plan view 109 Capacity search in rack view 110 Device Library 110 Device properties 111 Device search 113 Requesting, downloading and importing device symbols 113 Inventory 115 Placed assets 115 Unplaced assets 117 Templates 118 Creating a template 118 Adding a template 119 Deleting a template 119 Plan
vi Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Project tag search Project Tasks 128 128 Committing tasks 130 Deleting tasks 131 Reservations 131 Reservation properties 131 Zero U and shelf space reservations 131 Reservation colorization 132 Visualization of reservation removes 132 Reservation roll-up 132 Cumulative reservations 132 Manager reservation override 132 Appendices 135 Appendix A: Best Practices 135 Appendix B: Changing Configured Database Password 136 Appendix C: Exter
1 Product Overview 1 Features and Benefits Avocent® Data Center Planner is an enterprise class application designed to enable management of server room and data center physical infrastructures. With Data Center Planner, information technology managers can gain quick and valuable insight into space, power, heat, weight and network connectivity consideration and capacity. At the heart of this application is a powerful design tool used to model the data center down to the physical device and rack levels.
2 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide • Global view - Shows a geographical view of the infrastructure, formed by the combination of a static map overlay, locations, data elements and a visual representation of relationships between locations. • Plan view - Shows a high-level view of the data center floor plan. • Rack view - Shows a single rack or multiple racks and all their components. • Asset view - Shows a single asset and its properties. • Connection view - Shows asset port connections.
Chapter 1: Product Overview Layout design capabilities This feature enables the computer-aided design of the IT infrastructure's physical organization, letting you quickly design or replicate the actual infrastructure and capture it in the application modeling data store.
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5 Software Requirements 2 Getting Started This chapter describes the configuration and software requirements for installation of the Data Center Planner software. Server • Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition SP2 • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP1 (32-bit) Standard Edition • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) Standard Edition • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5.
6 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Network connection For use over wide area network (WAN), a connection of 1.5 MB or more and network latency less than 150 ms is required. Other software • Adobe® Reader® • Microsoft Excel® 2003 • Crystal Reports® 2008 or 2011 (optional) The minimum screen resolution required is 1024 x 768. At this resolution, it is necessary to view the application in full-screen mode.
Chapter 2: Software Requirements 7 Minimum system recommendations While the default installation of Data Center Planner assumes a single server installation of the application and database server, with co-resident application and database servers, the multi-tier architecture of the application allows it to be distributed across multiple servers in order to offer increased scalability and performance.
8 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide /var/lib/pgsql/data/ for Red Hat Linux installations. For a new installation, the directory for Microsoft Windows is C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.4.2\data\ or in opt/PostgreSQL/8.4.2/data/ for Red Hat Linux. Two configuration variables may be set in that file: • The shared_buffers variable sets the amount of memory cache used by all PostgreSQL processes. It should be set to 10-25% of total memory available to the database server.
Chapter 2: Software Requirements 9 Configuring SQL Server’s tempdb The SQL Server tempdb system database is a global resource that is available to all users connected to an instance of SQL Server. It is used to hold temporary and internal objects that SQL Server uses to perform many different operations. Performance issues Because tempdb is used by all databases contained in an instance of SQL Server, it can become a bottleneck for performance.
10 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide MODIFY FILE (NAME = ‘tempdev’, SIZE = 250MB); GO
11 Installation 3 Installing Data Center Planner The following steps take you through the Data Center Planner installation process. NOTE: Data Center Planner does not support network drive installations. The software must be installed on a hard drive partition. In addition, the installation is not supported on a domain controller. It must be installed on a system with a properly configured hostname, which resolves to the IP address of the server where the application is installed.
12 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide • On the Existing Microsoft SQL Server Database Configuration screen, enter the database server, database name, username and password. Check the Use Unicode Encoding checkbox if required, and click Install. NOTE: When selecting Microsoft SQL, a domain name is required, use Username:domain\username. An instance name is not required, but you can use MS-SQL-ServerName\InstanceName. 13. It may take several minutes for the database to load. 14.
Chapter 3: Installation 2. Enter the username and password created in user management by the administrator. 3. Click Options to expand all options. Leave the default Authentication Source as Internal. 4. Enable the Remember User checkbox if you want the system to remember your log in information. 5. Click Change Password if you want to change your password. a. Enter your Username. b. Enter your old password. c. Enter a new password. d. Confirm the new password by entering it again. e.
14 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide 6. Accept the default location on the Choose Install Folder screen, and click Next. On a Linux machine, the path will be different. 7. Accept the default on the Installation Upgrade screen, and click Next. 8. On the Pre-Installation Summary screen, click Install. This may take several minutes. 9. Click Done when the installation is complete. 10. Click OK on the Install Complete message.
Chapter 3: Installation 4. Enter ./Uninstall_Data_Center_Planner. Press Enter. 5. Enter cd $AMP_HOME. Press Enter. 6. Enter cd uninstall. Press Enter. 7. Enter ./Uninstall_AMP. Press Enter. 15 To remove the PostgreSQL 8.2 application packages: 1. At the prompt, enter rpm -qa /grep -i postgres. Press Enter to view the packages. 2. Enter rpm -e . Press Enter to delete the packages. To remove the PostgreSQL 8.4.2 application packages: 1. At the prompt, enter cd /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4.
16 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide 4. Go to Start - Run. 5. Enter regedit. 6. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE - Software - Microsoft - Windows - CurrentVersion - Uninstall. 7. Remove Data Center Planner and Avocent Management Platform, if they exist. If an uninstall fails on a Linux machine, use the following steps to uninstall the software: 1. From the Linux terminal, enter cd $AMP_HOME/uninstall. Press Enter. 2. Enter ./Uninstall_AMP. Press Enter. 3. Enter cd /home. Press Enter. 4.
17 User Management 4 Managing Users Before using Data Center Planner, an administrator must create users and assign roles to users. Data Center Planner utilizes existing and custom authentication methods to create and authorize new users and establish roles and effective rights. The administrator does not have rights for any other part of the application. They can only log into the application and select User Management and Licensing to manage users and activate licenses unless other rights are assigned.
18 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide • Role - A set of rights used in conjunction with a user and a target to create permissions. Each role has a unique name within the system. • Groups - Groups can be created and users assigned to a group or groups. The current roles are: Avocent Administrator - Performs user management functions only, such as add, assign and edit users, permissions and roles.
Chapter 4: User Management 19 11. Under the Permissions pane, expand the AllUsers option. 12. Click on the new user just created. 13. Under Actions, Roles, click Assign Role. 14. From the Available roles column, click on a role, then click the right arrow to move the role to the Selected roles column. 15. Click OK. The new role is added to the Roles, Assigned column. 16. Click User in the left, and on the bottom of the content screen, you can enter contact information for the user.
20 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide 4. Select a user under the User name column. 5. Click Edit under User in the Actions column. 6. Click Change Password. 7. Enter a new password. 8. Confirm the new password. Click OK. 9. The Change password was successful message opens. Click OK. Roles Roles are managed from User Management in the primary menu, are related to permissions and contain rights, collection and targets associations. To add a role: 1.
Chapter 4: User Management 2. Change the name and click Available Rights in the left tree. 3. Expand the Avocent Data Center Management option. 4. Expand the appropriate option for Collection, Project or Plan. 5. Enable or disable the appropriate boxes to edit the role, and click OK. 6. The new associated rights are displayed in the Rights column.
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23 Licenses 5 Rack Licensing The application licensing is on a per rack basis. For example, a 100-rack license allows you to define 100 racks across all floor plans. Defining a total number of racks that exceeds your application license will create a notification pop-up at each subsequent log in. The maintenance licensing provides access to application and shape database maintenance upgrades for the term of the maintenance license.
24 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide know that you require this type of license activation. You will provide your sales team with the hostname of the server where Data Center Planner will be installed. A license certificate will be generated with that host name and sent to you by email before you start the installation. To perform an off-line activation after receiving the .lic file: 1. 2. Microsoft Windows: • Place the .lic file in the [AMP_HOME]\bin.
Chapter 5: Licenses 3. • Enter a User name and Password, • For proxy servers requiring Microsoft domain authentication, enter the name of the domain in the Domain field. 25 Click the OK button. The message: “Proxy settings successful” will be displayed. This success message only indicates that the proxy information has been stored. It does not verify that the proxy information is correct. If the information entered is incorrect, activation may fail.
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27 6 Integration with other Emerson Network Power Products Supported Products Data Center Planner supports integration capability with three Emerson Network Power products concurrently. DSView™ management software Avocent DSView software provides data centers with secure, centralized management for physical and virtual IT assets.
28 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Managed Assets on page 103. Data Center Planner can retrieve real world power readings for PDUs that are being managed by the DSView software via the web server interface with the DSView software. For additional information, see Real world power on page 105.
Chapter 6: Integration with other Emerson Network Power Products 7. Click Test to test the connection. 8. If the test is successful, click Save. 29 Liebert SiteScan™ Web integration Data Center Planner can retrieve real world power readings for PDUs that are being managed by the Liebert SiteScan Web software via the web server interface with Liebert SiteScan Web. For additional information, see Real world power on page 105.
30 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide 4. Click the Details tab, then click the Copy To File... button. Click Next. 5. Select Base-64 encoded X.509 (.CER). Click Next. 6. Enter dsview or rackpower as the file name, then click the Browse button. 7. Select the root of the C: drive as the location to save the file. This should always be the default location. 8. Click Next and Finish.
31 Collection Management 7 Collection Management allows Data Center Planner to restrict users access to specified plans and assets. Administrators can select plans and floor-mounted assets to create a new collection and assign it a role with write or read-only rights, so that the user can access plans and floor-mounted assets appropriately.
32 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Access to Import/Export to/from .xls file Description You can only use the import or export feature for plans and assets for which you have access. Creating Collections To create a new collection: 1. Log in as an administrator and select Collection management from the primary navigation panel. 2. Select New in the Collection Management, Actions column. -orSelect the down arrow next to Collection Management from the primary navigation pane and select New.
Chapter 7: Collection Management To delete a collection: 1. Select the collection to be deleted, and select Delete in the Collection Management, Actions column. -orSelect the down arrow next to Collection Management in the top pane, and select Delete. 2. A confirmation message displays. Click Yes to delete the collection.
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35 Database Information 8 Connecting to an Existing PostgreSQL Database This option allows you to connect to a PostgreSQL database that already exists on your system. To connect to an existing PostgreSQL database using a Windows server: 1. On the Database Selection screen during the installation, select the Connect to existing PostgreSQL database radio button and click Next. The Existing PostgreSQL Database Configuration screen opens.
36 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide • Database Name - Create a name. • User Name - Enter postgres. • Password - Enter the password created when AMP was first installed and click Next. The Pre-Installation Summary screen opens. On a Linux machine, this screen will appear different. 19. Click Install. The installation begins. Upon completion, the Install Complete screen opens. 20. Click Done to complete the installation. See Installation on page 11.
Chapter 8: Database Information 37 • User Name - Enter postgres. • Password - Enter the password created when AMP was first installed and click Next. The Pre-Installation Summary screen opens. On a Linux machine, this screen will appear different. 23. Click Install. The installation begins. Upon completion, the Install Complete screen opens. 24. Click Done to complete the installation. 25. Continue as instructed in the Installation section. PostgreSQL 8.
38 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide To backup the database on a Linux server: 1. Stop the Avocent Management Platform ESB service by using one of the following steps: 2. At the terminal or command line of your Linux server, enter: service smx stop. 3. The prompt will return, Stopping ServiceMix Application Server… 4. If successful, the prompt will return, Stopped ServiceMix Application Server. To issue pg_dump to backup the Avocent Management Platform database: 1.
Chapter 8: Database Information 39 To create the blank database for the restore: 1. Type: CREATEDB "AMPDB" –O postgres –U postgres TEMPLATE="AMPDB" 2. Type:psql -U postgres -d AMPDB -f AMPDB-Backup.sql 3. Start services with service smx start. To restore the database on a Linux server: 1. Stop the Avocent Management Platform ESB service. 2. At the terminal or command line of your Linux server, type: service smx stop. 3. The prompt will return Stopping ServiceMix Application Server… 4.
40 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide a. Click Start - Run. At the command prompt, enter net stop "Avocent Management Platform ESB". b. You will see the: The Avocent Management Platform ESB service is stopping… To issue pg_dump to backup the Avocent Management Platform database: 1. Click Start - Run to open a command prompt window. 2. At the command prompt, change the directory to c:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.4.2\bin. 3.
Chapter 8: Database Information To drop the AMPDB database: NOTE: The restore will not work if there is any existing data in the AMPDB tables. 1. Using command prompt, click Start - Run. 2. Change the directory to c:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.4.2\bin. 3. Issue the command DROPDB –U postgres AMPDB. 4. If prompted, enter your postgres user password. 5. The response is a dropdb -U postgres AMPDB. To create the blank database for the restore: 1.
42 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide To connect to an existing Microsoft SQL Server database: 1. During the installation, on the Database Selection screen, select the Connect to existing Microsoft SQL Server database radio button and click Next. The Existing Microsoft Server Database Configuration screen opens. A new database will be created at the location of the existing database. 2. Go to the system where the existing database is located and select Start, Programs, Microsoft SQL Server.
Chapter 8: Database Information To move from PostgreSQL to Microsoft SQL: 1. Export all plans to a spreadsheet with the plan exporter. 2. For each project, generate a .pdf to save the project information. After the reinstall, you can recreate your projects using the project properties .pdf file as a reference. 3. Import your plans and recreate your projects.
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45 Functional Components 9 Data Center Planner Console The Data Center Planner console is divided into the following areas: navigation, information and plan management. Figure 9.1: Data Center Planner Console The following table lists the console descriptions. Table 9.1: Console Descriptions Number 1 Area Banner Description Contains the logged in username, Avocent Management Platform online Help and log out link.
46 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Number Area Description 2 Secondary Navigation Panel Options to open global view or connections view. This panel can be closed to allow more room to manage plans. 3 Primary Navigation Panel Options to open Data Center Planner, user management or licensing. 4 Main Menu User interface menu functions. 5 Toolbar User interface toolbar functions. 5 Tool Panes Search area for devices, templates inventory, capacities and planning calendar.
Chapter 9: Functional Components 47 Table 9.2: Main Menu Descriptions Function Drop-down File-New Create a new floor plan. Open Open a current floor plan. Save As Save a floor plan with a new name, copy a plan. Delete Plan Delete a floor plan. Templates Save a new template and open as existing template. Import From .xls file: Import a floor plan. Full: Import the entire library. Partial: Import up to 10 symbols. Export Export to a .pdf/.png document.
48 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Function Drop-down Project Properties Open the projects properties pane. Connections Table Open the list of connections table. Workspace Show/hide status bar at bottom of the screen. Show Grid Show/hide grid in a floor plan. Show Asset Labels Show/hide asset labels on a floor plan. Asset labels can also be turned on in the preferences, user-defined properties dialog box. Snap Snap objects to the grid or no snap.
Chapter 9: Functional Components Function/Available Views 49 Description Selection Operation Turns on selection in the content area. This button must be clicked to select items on any screen. When enabled, a blue border is visible around the button. Pan/Zoom Operation This button must be clicked to pan or zoom items on any screen. When enabled, a blue border is visible around the button. Wall Add a wall. Add Points Add points to a wall. Remove Points Remove points on a wall.
50 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide 2. Click Yes to delete the wall. Interior walls This option allows you to add, delete and move interior walls on a floor plan. The wall information can be edited in wall properties. Table 9.5: Interior Wall Properties Field Description Wall Thickness Thickness Thickness of the interior wall in units. The unit of measure chosen in Preferences. Closed Enable a line with 3 or more points to be closed. Vertices Dimensions Units of measure.
Chapter 9: Functional Components 51 Wall Points When points are added to a wall, the wall can be dragged to many configurations. Any number of points can be placed on any location on a wall. To add points to a wall: 1. Select Add Points on the toolbar and click on the wall. A point is added where you clicked. 2. Add a point at a different location. 3. Click Wall on the toolbar, then click between the two added points to move the wall out to a different configuration.
52 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide 2. In each case, a confirmation message prompts you to delete the selected item. Click Yes to delete. Doors and windows Doors and windows can be placed on perimeter and interior walls. Doors can swing inward or outward, left or right. To add doors or windows to the floor plan: 1. Open a floor plan and click a Door or Window on the toolbar. 2. Click on the floor plan and place the object on a wall. 3.
Chapter 9: Functional Components 2. Click on the floor plan to place the shape in the desired location. 3. Use the resize/rotate icons to change the size or rotation of the shape. 53 -orChange the information in the properties pane. 4. Click Save. Table 9.8: Shape Properties Property Value Rotation Degrees rotated. Origin X (ft) Shape X origin is the top, left corner of the rack. Origin Y (ft) Shape Y origin is the lower, left corner of the rack. height (ft) Shape height.
54 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Button View/Pane Description Clear Calendar, Devices Clear all criteria fields. Commit Plan, Rack, Asset, Connection This button commits project tasks. Create Template Calendar Create a template. Current State Calendar, Toolbar These button return you to the current state of the selected floor plan, rack, asset or connection and the calendar to the current date. Delete Plan, Rack Deletes selected actions.
Chapter 9: Functional Components 55 Context menus Context menus contain right-click actions. Each menu option and view may contain different right-click actions. Depending on your rights, these functions are dynamic and may change as the menu items are clicked or views change. Table 9.
56 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Pan and Zoom To zoom and pan the plan in the content are: 1. Click the toolbar buttons Zoom In, Zoom Out, Zoom Window or Zoom to fit to change the scale of the plan. 2. The Zoom In (+) magnifying glass moves the area in closer. 3. The Zoom Out (-) magnifying glass moves the area out farther. 4. When the Zoom Window action is enabled, a magnifying glass icon is visible to surround the area to zoom. 5.
Chapter 9: Functional Components 57 To enable or disable the status bar: 1. Select Workspace - Status Bar from the menu options. 2. When the toolbar pointer is selected, selection actions are executed. 3. When the toolbar hand is selected, pan/zoom actions are executed. 4. Current operations: • Selection. • Pan/Zoom. • Add/Edit/Annotation. • Add Oval. • Add Rectangle. • Add Asset Type. • Add/Edit Walls. • Add/Edit Windows. • Add/Edit Doors. • Add Shelf Space.
58 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Table 9.13: Preferences - Units Descriptions Field Description Units Feet, inches, meters, centimeters Power kW, watts Heat BTU/hr, kW Weight lbs, kg To change the default preferences for units: 1. In any view, select Edit - Preferences from the menu options. 2. Select Units and change the information as needed. 3. Click Apply, then click Save. Preferences - user-defined properties This option allows you to add custom properties to the application.
Chapter 9: Functional Components 59 NOTE: Only the user-defined properties that were selected in the pop-up box and assigned to the rack will be displayed when you hover the mouse over the rack in Plan view. The following table describes the available user-defined properties. Table 9.14: User-Defined Properties Options and Descriptions Field Description Name Asset property name. Click the column title to sort the column alphabetically. Type Asset property type.
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61 Export and Import Features 10 Exporting Asset Data This option allows you to export asset information to a spreadsheet. NOTE: Upon exporting, non-editable columns appear in color on the spreadsheet. To export asset information: 1. In asset view, select File, Export To .xls file. 2. On the Asset Data Exporter, click the Export button. 3. Enter a file name and save to the appropriate location. If problems occur during the export, the screen shows a list of errors.
62 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide 7. The document contains the following information: • .pdf Date. • Plan Name. • Rack Name. • Asset Name. • General Details - Manufacturer, model, description, product line, weight. • Capacity Type (max) - For power, weight and heat, consumed and remaining. • Contained Assets - Name and model. • User-defined Properties - Property and value. • Connections - Port number, parent name (rack or asset) and RU location.
Chapter 10: Export and Import Features 63 NOTE: The application supports plan-to-plan connections, but does not support connections between different floor plans when importing. You can create a plan-to-plan connection and export it, but if an import is attempted, an error is listed in the Errors section of the Plan Import dialog. Exporting Floor Plan Data Exporting floor plan data to .xls spreadsheet This option allows you to export floor plan information to a Microsoft Excel software spreadsheet.
64 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide 2. On the rack data exporter, click the Export button. 3. Enter a file name and save to the appropriate location. If problems occur during the export, the screen shows a list of errors. NOTE: The Cancel button is available only during the export and is grayed out before and after the export. 4. Close the export screen. 5. Open the .xls file to view the rack spreadsheet.
Chapter 10: Export and Import Features • Capacities - Capacity Type (max) - Power, weight and heat, consumed and remaining. • User-defined properties - Property and value. • Connections - From port, to device, to port, parent, location. • Asset Reservations are shown on a separate page, containing the following information: • Rack name. • Asset name. • Added - Project name. • Added - Project date. • RU location - Number location. • Removed - Project name. • Removed - Project date.
66 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Table 10.1: Plan Importer Descriptions Function Description Last File The Last file exported. Import to Update Check this box if importing a floor plan with changes to the .xls to update a current floor plan. Last Import Date of the last import. Current Import Current Import can show the following: No Import, Uploading file, Processing Data, Import completed or Import failed.
Chapter 10: Export and Import Features Sheets and Recognized Column Values PLAN ID PLAN TILE SYSTEM FLOOR TILE SYSTEM ID FLOOR TILE SYSTEM NAME GRID ORIGIN Floor Tile Systems FLOOR TILE UNITS TILE WIDTH TILE HEIGHT TILE LABELS TYPE X TILE LABELS ORDER X TILE LABELS OFFSET X Tile Perimeter Points Walls Wall Perimeter Points FIRST ROW PARTIAL TILE HEIGHT ORIGIN X (Must begin with 0) ORIGIN Y (Must begin with 0) ORIGIN UNITS ANGLE ANGLE UNITS POINT Y VERTEX ID ORDER PLAN ID PERIMETER IS CLOSED PLA
68 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Sheets and Recognized Column Values PLAN ID PLAN NAME FLOOR ASSET ID FLOOR ASSET NAME FLOOR SHAPE SOURCE MANUFACTURER Floor Level Assets MODEL PRODUCT LINE ASSET DESCRIPTION SHAPE TYPE ID SHAPE ID DERATE HEAT DERATE HEAT UNITS Rack Shelf Space Template Assets DERATE POWER APPLIED DERATE POWER AGGREGATED ORIGIN X ORIGIN Y ORIGIN UNITS ANGLE ANGLE UNITS Property fields are recognized also SHELF SPACE FIRST SLOT SHELF SPACE CONTAINER ID SHELF SPACE SLOT COUNT
Chapter 10: Export and Import Features 69 NOTE: Upon exporting, non-editable columns appear in color on the spreadsheet. To export template data to a spreadsheet: 1. In plan, rack or asset view, select the Templates pane. 2. Double-click on the template to export. 3. Click the Export All button. 4. Click Export. A directory opens to save the file. 5. Enter a file name and save to the appropriate location. If problems occur during the export, the screen shows a list of errors.
70 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide To enter properties for the assets being imported: 1. Select the Settings worksheet and enter information for the optional columns, D, E and F. 2. If a rack is being imported, go to the Floor Level Assets worksheet and enter information in the columns, for example: • maxPower Property. • maxHeat Property. • maxWeight Property. 3. Select the Contained Assets worksheet and enter information in the same as the columns in Step 2. 4.
Chapter 10: Export and Import Features 9. 71 On the Available Plans dialog box, select Import a plan. 10. Enable the Import to Update checkbox. 11. Click the Import button. 12. Select the updated .xls file. 13. When the import is complete, click the Close button. 14. Open the updated floor plan to view the changes. Downloading and Importing Symbols There are two ways to download symbols to the database.
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73 Views 11 This chapter describes the views and how they are managed on the console. Data Center Planner has a different view for functions in plans, racks, assets, connections, global and resources views. When you log in, the application opens to a dialog box with the list of available plans. Depending on your rights, you may not have the option to create plans and import plan. NOTE: If you click Cancel on this dialog box, you cannot place anything on the content area or export a plan.
74 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide 2. To resize the map, use the navigational arrows at the top of the screen. 3. Click on a marker to expand individual data center locations. 4. Click on an individual marker to view contact information in the properties pane. 5. The Add button allows the location to be listed in the capacities pane. 6. Click on the arrow next to the selected floor plan name to show the plan's contact information. 7.
Chapter 11: Views 75 Figure 11.1: Plan View Table 11.1: Plan View Descriptions Number Function Description 1 Plan name This is a link back to the plan if you are in another view. 2 Content panel Contains information related to plans, rack assets and connections. 3 Plan status Shows the application, current state, project name/date or history date. 4 x and y Shows the x and y coordinates on a plan. 5 Status bar This area shows the current operation, such as selection or pan/zoom.
76 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide pop-up is displayed the three fixed properties Device Name, Consumed and Remaining capacities and up to three user-defined properties in a pop-up. See Plan colorization on page 84. To add a rack to a floor plan: 1. In plan view, select Devices. 2. Use the category drop-down list or click the Search button to open the detailed search dialog box. 3. Enter search criteria in one of the fields: manufacturer, type, product line or model. 4. Click Search.
Chapter 11: Views 77 Selecting multiple racks provides a quick and easy way to perform actions such as copy and paste, delete, zoom, align and go to rack view. To move a selection of racks, you can surround the desired racks, hold down the Shift key an move the selection vertically or horizontally in a straight line. To select multiple racks in a floor plan: 1. Ctrl-click to select multiple racks. As the racks are selected, a bounding box extends to surround the selections.
78 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Rotating a rack on a plan After placing a rack on the floor, the orientation can be changed by using the keyboard arrows, the rotate icon or by changing the rotation in the properties pane. You can also select multiple racks and change the orientation of all selected. NOTE: Ovals and rectangles multi-selected with racks cannot be rotated using the rotation field in the properties pane. To move or rotate a rack in a floor plan: 1.
Chapter 11: Views • • 79 Space and network capacities are determined by the rack and its contents, so there is no ability to specify maximums. Default maximum is a measurement, defined by plan, as the default maximum capacity for any newly placed floor-level assets. For example, if the data center's cooling infrastructure cannot handle a rack producing more than 3000 BTU/hr of heat, then the default maximum capacity for the floor plan would likely be 2500 BTU/hr, leaving a 500 BTU/hr margin for error.
80 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Consumption Consumption is a measure of how much of a particular metric is being consumed. For example, a 60-watt light bulb has a power consumption of 60 watts. Faceplate - Metric information as provided by the manufacturer. This is the maximum consumption of the device when it is fully loaded with modules. • User-Defined - Metric information provided by the user, either broadly on the asset type or specifically on a particular asset.
Chapter 11: Views 81 Space and network computation • Power, heat and weight metrics are provided directly as fields on asset and asset types. Space and network metrics must be computed. • Space maximum capacity - Specified directly on the floor level asset's rack asset type. The intention is that a 42-unit rack has a maximum capacity of 42 rack units (RU). • Space Consumption - Sum of a rack's contained asset's RU count, plus the total RU size of all contained shelf spaces.
82 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Unit CM Minimum 60.96 Maximum 60960 If you enter a size too small or too large, a tool tip shows the correct size to enter. To create a new floor plan: 1. Select File - New from the menu options. -orClick New Plan on the toolbar. 2. The new plan dialog box opens containing fields for the plan information including the initial width and height of the room. 3. Enter the appropriate information for the new floor plan and click Create.
Chapter 11: Views 83 To update floor plan contact information and global coordinates: 1. In plan view, select Properties. 2. In the plan properties tab, edit the information, and click Save. Opening an existing plan To open a floor plan: 1. Select Open from the File menu options. 2. Select the appropriate floor plan and click Open. The floor plan opens zoomed to fit the screen. Cutting, copying and pasting assets on a plan Assets can also be copied from one floor plan to another.
84 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Multiple asset properties in plan view you can update a number of racks with common properties simultaneously, such as name, rotation, origin x and origin y. When racks are selected and the properties pane is open, if the selected racks have common properties, the fields display the information. To update rack with common properties: 1. Open a floor plan and select multiple racks and select Properties. 2.
Chapter 11: Views • View one rack or multiple racks with zoom and panning capabilities. • Add and delete assets in a rack. • View rack properties. • View properties of assets in a rack. • Toggle between front and back views of racks. • Place assets in a rack with the back view facing front. • Place shelf space in a rack for assets that do not mount in rack unit spaces. • Add zero U space to a rack for assets that are not rack mountable, such as power distribution units.
86 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Number Function Description 2 Rack name Rack name/link. 3 Rack view Selected rack with containment. 4 Rack name Selected rack name. 5 Flip front to back view Use these buttons to toggle between front and back views of an asset. Note that in back view, if an asset is front facing it is grayed in the back, and if an asset is back facing it is grayed in the front. Adding assets to a rack To add assets to a rack: 1.
Chapter 11: Views • front-mounted, back-facing. • back-mounted, front-facing. • back-mounted, back-facing. 87 To add an asset to a rack with the back-facing front: 1. In plan view, select a rack and double-click to open rack view. 2. Select Devices and select an asset to add to the rack. 3. In the information area, click the Flip button or the Front/Back button to rotate the asset. 4. Drag and drop the asset into the rack.
88 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Device placeholders When new assets are requested for a data center that are not listed in the Device Library, it may be necessary to mount a blank placeholder to reserve RU positions until the new assets are available. The types of placeholders available in the Device Library are as follows. 1. Placeholders - The placeholders range in size from 1 RU to 42 RUs and can represent assets not in the database.
Chapter 11: Views 89 4. The number of matching placeholders displays in the bottom table. 5. From the bottom list, you can highlight the name to view the location of the placeholder in the rack. 6. To convert a placeholder, enable the corresponding checkbox and click Replace. The selected placeholder is converted with no confirmation. 7. To convert more than one placeholder, click Replace All.
90 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Figure 11.3: Set Rack Order Rack timeline In order to better visualize the changes made to a rack over time, you can display a rack timeline for a selected rack at a point in time. The timeline is only invoked at the current time or on a project in the future. Reserved space can be turned off or on, but you cannot manipulate the contents.
Chapter 11: Views 91 To display a rack timeline: 1. Open the appropriate rack in rack view. 2. Highlight the rack. If the rack is not selected, the Show Rack Time option is not visible. 3. Right-click and select Show Rack Timeline. The name and date of the project in the timeline is located below the rack. 4. Click on the project name to move to project details. 5. The rack becomes visible in rack view in projects where the changes are due. 6.
92 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide 3. A confirmation message displays asking if you want to delete permanently, click OK. To update an asset in shelf space: 1. Select an asset in shelf space to be updated. 2. Move the asset in shelf space to another location in the rack or to another rack. The list of assets in shelf space is updated in the properties pane. To update shelf space in a rack: 1. Select the shelf space in a rack and resize or move to another empty space in the rack.
Chapter 11: Views 93 4. Click the Flip button located in the Shape Information pane. 5. The asset can rotate from 0°, 90°, 180° and 270°. 6. The ruler in the information pane shows the degree of rotation. 7. If the device is mountable with the new rotation, it will show in the RU space of a rack. Otherwise, it is not mountable and will not be placed in the rack. Most devices can be placed in shelf space or zero U space with any rotation.
94 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide -orClick the Delete button on the asset in the zero U space. 3. A confirmation message appears asking if you want to move to inventory or delete permanently. 4. Select an option, and click OK. 5. Click on the zero U space and select Properties. The list of assets is updated in the contained assets pane. To delete zero U space with assets: 1. In rack view, open the rack with zero U space. 2. Open zero U space and click the Delete icon. 3.
Chapter 11: Views • Power range. • Height. • Width. • Depth. • Weight. The only editable field is Name. Deleting an asset in asset view To delete an asset in asset view: 1. In rack or asset view, click on the asset, select Edit - Delete from the menu options. -orClick the Delete button on the asset. 2. A confirmation message displays asking if you want to move to inventory or delete permanently. 3. Select an option, and click OK.
96 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Figure 11.4: Connection View Table 11.5: Connections View Descriptions Number Function Description 1 Connection 1 Asset from connection. 2 Connection 2 Asset to connection. 3 Plan Name Breadcrumbs to asset floor plan. 4 Rack Name Breadcrumbs to asset rack. 4 Asset Name Breadcrumbs to the asset in asset view. 6 Flip Button Flip to back or front view. 7 Port Port name. 8 Type Port type. 9 Locked Shows locked port.
Chapter 11: Views 97 The connections list is displayed as a pane with a list of each asset added. Both plan view and rack view support right-click menu items and drag and drop can be used to add assets. Assets in the connections list can be dragged to the connection panels. To add assets to the connections list pane: 1. In rack or asset view, select an asset to send to the connections list. 2. Right-click on the asset and select Add to Connections List. 3.
98 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide 3. Click Save. To delete a connection: 1. In connection view, open the two assets with connections. 2. The system highlights the connection in the table and on the connections screen. 3. Select one of the connections, right-click on the connected port and select Delete Connection. NOTE: If an asset is deleted in connection view, the connection is deleted. Locking ports If a port is bad or should not be used, you have the option to lock it.
Chapter 11: Views 99 Figure 11.5: Connections Table To view the connections table: 1. In Connection View, with devices connected, click the Connections Table tab. 2. In the Number of Routes field, enter a number. This limits the number of routes shown. 3. To view a type of connection, select All, Power or Data from the Type drop-down list. 4. • All is the default and includes all connection types. Unknown type is only available in the All category.
100 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Exporting connections table details to .pdf file Exporting a file allows you to send the connection information to a .pdf file and requires Adobe Reader. To generate a .pdf file: 1. In the Connections table, with connection routes displayed, click the .pdf icon at the top of the table. 2. Enter a filename. 3. Select the paper size from the drop-down list. 4. For orientation, select the Portrait or Landscape radio button. 5. Click Generate. The .
101 Managing Panes 12 Panes are dialog boxes that open to show information for selected operations, such as placing assets, creating templates, searching for assets and capacities, and viewing capacities and properties. The calendar pane is available to create and review projects, search for tags and view history. You can drag panes from one sidebar to the other and to floating dialog boxes.
102 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide 2. Click the unchecked pane name. The pane is restored to the original sidebar from which it was removed and in the original order. Moving Panes to a Floating Dialog Panes can be moved to the content area of the console and are visible as a floating dialog. As other panes are moved to the dialog, they are stacked as tabs in the dialog and truncated, such as Capac...., and all pane names are partially visible.
Chapter 12: Managing Panes 103 To view properties for a selected item: 1. Open the desired view and select Properties. 2. Select the appropriate tab. Table 12.2: Properties Tabs Tab Description Global View Plan Properties This tab shows the contact information and global coordinates. Plan View Plan Properties Same as global view. Capacities In this tab, set plan maximum capacities and rack default capacities for power, heat and weight.
104 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide information on setting up DSView software, see Integration with other Emerson Network Power Products on page 27. To establish a mapping from Data Center Planner to DSView software: 1. In Rack or Asset view, click on the desired device to connect with DSView software. 2. Open the Properties pane and open the DSView panel. 3. Enter the name, which is the same device name used in the DSView software, and click OK. 4.
Chapter 12: Managing Panes 4. 105 Enable the Derate Heat, Power or Weight in an aggregate checkbox if needed. Asset Roll-up is the original total value for the heat, power and weight. NOTE: The warning message indicates that the derate settings for the device will be overridden by a containing asset that has an aggregate derate setting already. Real world power Real world power usage provides visibility into the energy consumption of equipment, the largest consumer of energy in a data center.
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Chapter 12: Managing Panes 5. 107 To stop scheduled data retrieval, select Stop. Capacities The Capacities pane is available in plan and rack views and shows the maximum capacities, consumed, remaining and utilized capacities for the selected floor plans and assets that have collections assigned. Plan capacities This function shows the plan-level consumed and remaining capacities for power, space, weight, heat and networking.
108 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide • Maximum shows the maximum capacities for power, heat and weight that were set in the plan's properties. • Consumed shows the total consumed capacities for power, heat and weight that are being used in the entire plan. • Remaining shows the remaining capacities for power, heat and weight for the plan. • Utilized shows the percentage of consumed capacities compared to the maximum that can be used.
Chapter 12: Managing Panes 109 NOTE: The Save and cancel buttons are grayed out until a change is made. Capacity search Capacity search allows you to search for remaining capacities with any combination of power, heat, weight, space, user-defined property and value. Search results are limited to racks in floor plans that meet the search criteria and may be conducted across multiple floor plans or a current floor plan.
110 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Table 12.4: Capacity Search Field Descriptions Field Description Power Search for remaining power capacity. For example, you can find a rack that has two remaining kilowatts to accommodate an additional asset. An available rack will meet this criterion if its assigned maximum power or assigned derate minus the sum of the power for all assets in the rack is more than or equal to the requested value. Heat Search for remaining heat capacity.
Chapter 12: Managing Panes 111 When the devices pane is open with an asset selected, the bottom pane shows the image and information for that asset with its back, front and rotate orientation. Click the information icon to open more detailed information. The assets in this list are not placed in inventory until they are mounted on a floor plan or in another asset. You can open the properties pane to view the selected device's properties. Table 12.
112 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Field Description Capacity Properties Min Power (watts-kW) Click to set the minimum power. Max Power (watts-kW) Click to set the maximum power. Min Heat (BTU/hr-kW) Click to set the minimum heat. Max Heat (BTU/hr-kW) Click to set the maximum heat. Weight (kg-lbs) Weight of the device. Derate Power (watts-kW) Click to add derated power value. Derate Heat (BTU/hr-kW) Click to add derated heat value. Min Volts Minimum volts used by the asset.
Chapter 12: Managing Panes 113 Device search The search function in devices has a dialog box that allows you to search for devices using a detailed search. This function is available in plan, rack and asset views. In plan view, when a device image appears in the information panel, it can be flipped to view the front or the back. In rack or asset view, the image can be flipped front to back or rotated. To search for a device: 1. In plan, rack or asset view, select Devices. 2.
114 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Downloading and importing symbols from the Symbols Order Portal You can search for existing symbols to see they are listed before you submit a request. CAUTION: If you are importing a new child device symbol, you must also import the parent device symbol where this child will be contained. To download symbols from the Symbols Order Portal: 1.
Chapter 12: Managing Panes 115 Requesting new symbols from the Symbols Order Portal To request new device symbols, you must be current on maintenance and have already received a user ID and password to access the Symbols Order Portal. To request new device symbols: 1. Open your browser to http://symbolsorder@emerson.com. 2. Enter your user ID and password, then click Login. 3. Click Symbol Requests. 4. Select your country, enter your location and click Add to open the New Symbol Detail. 5.
116 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Search options The search functions are not case-sensitive. For a simple search, enter search criteria in the field next to the hourglass icon. For detailed search, select Options. If you perform a search using the Options function, then try to perform a simple search, you must clear the previous options fields before searching again. If more than one field is populated, "and" is implied, such as name and model.
Chapter 12: Managing Panes Field 117 Description Table Results The table contains the following information: rack name, asset name, plan name, manufacturer, model, description and product Line. Clear Clear the checkboxes in the results. Delete Disabled. You cannot delete an asset from this pane. Add to Selection Click to add the selected rack to the highlighted racks on the floor plan. Select Click to highlight racks on the floor plan.
118 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Table 12.8: Unplaced Assets Descriptions Field Description Name Name of the asset. Manufacturer Manufacturer name. Description Description of the asset. Product Line Product line of the asset. Model Model number of the asset. Property User-defined property types. Property Value Value of the user-defined property. If searching with UDP of type date, you will get a date field to provide the input value. Clear Clears the search fields.
Chapter 12: Managing Panes 2. Click in the name field and enter a name for the template. 3. Click Create. The new template opens in template editor. 119 NOTE: A user with planner rights can only create templates in the context of a project. However, unlike the manipulation of assets and their properties in project planning, the templates created by a planner are available across all plans and time and can be used by anyone in current state, providing they have rights.
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121 Planning 13 Planning allows you to create future changes to your data center. Changes are organized into projects by due date and contain groups of tasks that will be executed together. You can select projects to see the effect of changes on the currently selected floor plans. The user must be logged in with the planner role to create and change projects. Projects A project is a named and optionally tagged collection of tasks, representing future work.
122 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Current State To return to the current floor plan, select Current State at the bottom of the calendar pane or on the toolbar. The view updates to reflect the current state of the floor plan, and returns to the current date on the calendar. Project Properties This option allows you to view all information for a selected project. The pane opens with tabs for details, tags, tasks, status (conflicts) and the option to print the information to a .pdf file.
Chapter 13: Planning 123 Select File - Export - Project Properties to .pdf file. 5. Enter a file name. 6. Select the paper size from the drop-down list. 7. For orientation, select the Portrait or Landscape radio button. 8. Click Generate. The .pdf file is generated. 9. The .pdf file contains the following information: • .pdf date. • Project name. • Status. • Description. • Due date. • Tasks. • Task details. • Tags. • Task notes. • Status - Level of conflict if appropriate.
124 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide 7. Click Create. The new project is added to the list of projects. Editing a project You can edit planned changes for your data center. You must be logged in with appropriate rights. To edit an existing project: 1. Select Calendar, and select the appropriate date in the calendar. Click on the project in the list. 2. Select the Project Properties pane to edit the project details, tasks, tags, status or export the project information to a .pdf file. 3.
Chapter 13: Planning 3. Select the History Details pane to view execution date and time, plus a list of tasks and task details. 4. To return to the current floor plan, select Current State. 125 History details This option allows you to view information for selected project tasks that were committed and changes made to current floor plans. To view history details: 1. Select Calendar. 2. Select the History tab. 3. Select a Time Stamp. 4. Select the History Details pane. Table 13.
126 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide • A history tab which shows a time stamp of all changes on the selected date and a count of actions for that time. • A project search tags tab where you can search for groups of projects. • A current state button that takes you back to the current floor plan and out of project or history mode and returns the calendar to the current date. • Click on the month/year bar at the top of the calendar to view all projects or history for the entire month.
Chapter 13: Planning • 127 • A new project with an earlier due date deletes a modified object. • An instant change deletes a modified object. • An existing earlier project that creates the modified object is rescheduled for a later date, or is deleted. Space Conflict - A resource conflict occurs when a project attempts to consume resources that are physically impossible to consume, such as two assets in the same physical space.
128 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Project Tags A tag is a text label that can be applied to multiple projects, providing a simple and efficient organization system. Tags can be assigned at the time a project is created or in the project properties pane in the tags tab. Tags can also be deleted in this pane. To assign a tag: 1. With a project selected, select Project Properties. 2. Select the Tags tab. 3. Enter a tag in the field, and click Add Tag. 4. Click Save.
Chapter 13: Planning 129 To view project task details: 1. Select Calendar. 2. Select Projects to view the list of projects. 3. Select a project in the table. 4. Select the Project Properties pane. 5. Click Tasks to view the task details and links back to the asset and the floor. Table 13.2: Project Task Details Tabs Field Name. Details Project Description. Due Date. Task Description. Details - Click on the task to see details with links back to the asset and the floor.
130 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Committing tasks This process moves tasks from a project state to history. You must have access rights to perform the commit function. The commit dialog box has a user specific comment, allowing for a high-level description. The history entry for the commit records the date the tasks were committed. If you commit a project that causes conflicts, you can resolve the conflicts and revalidate the status to allow committing tasks.
Chapter 13: Planning 131 Deleting tasks To delete a task in a project: 1. Select Calendar. 2. Select the appropriate date in the calendar. 3. Click on the appropriate project to in the project list. 4. Select Project Properties. 5. Select the Task tab. 6. Enable the corresponding checkbox and click Delete. A confirmation message displays asking if you are sure you want to delete these tasks. This operation cannot be undone. 7. Click OK.
132 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Shelf space is represented as the height and position of the space. Its contents are not represented; therefore, shelf space never constrains you with specific allocation of space. Reservation colorization In rack and asset views, space reservation is identified by a colorization of the affected space, whether it is in a rack or another asset. The colorization appears as a blue-bordered box.
Chapter 13: Planning 133 properties reservation tab. The planned asset that was forced into conflict is shown as a red box. This would also apply to a back view where the planned asset would not appear. This condition exists until the reservation or the override asset is removed. In a state of conflict where the asset is no longer available, you can remove the action to rectify the issue or delete the asset using an option in the status tab of the project properties.
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Appendices 135 Ap p e n d ic e s Appendix A: Best Practices The following best practices are suggestions to enhance application usage. Migrating to a Newer Version of Data Center Planner If you uninstall the application, you will lose your plans, projects and database. Before migrating to a newer version, you should backup the database and floor plans.
136 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Appendix B: Changing Configured Database Password This section provides the parameters for dbconn.bat(.sh) for each supported Avocent Management Platform database type. PostgreSQL • username - pass the provided username. • password - the password for the user. • driver - org.postgresql.Driver. • vendor - postgres. • dbname - ampdb - The database to connect to. The test runs against the postgres database.
Appendices 137 Appendix C: External Authentication and Authorization Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a vendor-independent protocol standard used for accessing, querying and updating a directory using TCP/IP. Based on the X.500 Directory Services model, LDAP is a global directory structure that supports strong security features including authentication, privacy and integrity.
138 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Authorization Type Field Description username type These are commonly known AD authentication name types. However, specifying a username type will require this style of authentication to be provided at log in time to the Avocent console by the user.
Appendices 139 Using Authentication Resolution When the Use authentication resolution checkbox is enabled, the application allows multiple external authentication instances to be created and allows users who exist in these multiple instances to be presented with an option to select one of these instances for authentication in the login dialog. To use authentication resolution: 1. In User management, click Authentication. The Set authentication order dialog opens. 2.
140 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Appendix D: Importing Plans using the Command Line Data Center Planner is a Java application with a command line interface, which provides a method for integration with a user’s current automation capabilities. It requires Java version 1.6, a plan file in a Microsoft Excel .xls format, a valid user account and a Data Center Planner server accessible on port 8443. As a command line tool, it can be used alone or in conjunction with scripts.
Appendices 141 Prints this information, then quits. Example: For Windows: C:\DataCenterPlanner\planImport>java -jar dvr-planImport.jar -a -v -u joe_ user -p elmoRocks -s 172.1.1.1 -f c:\plans\firstFloor.xls -i For Unix: java -jar /User/joe_user/bin/dvr-planImport.jar -a -v -u joe_user -p elmoRocks -s 171.1.1.1 -f /User/joe_user/plans/firstFloor.xls -i Troubleshooting: Make sure the server name is reachable on port 8443. Ensure that given user has the proper rights. Use the -a option if needed.
142 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Appendix E: Stopping and Starting the Avocent Services When stopping the Avocent services, stop the Avocent Management Platform ESB service and the Avocent License Manager service. When starting the Avocent services, start the Avocent License Manager service first, then start Avocent Management Platform ESB service. Also make sure that applicable database service (such as PostgreSQL) is started. To stop or start the Avocent services in Windows: 1.
Appendices 143 Appendix F: Creating a Server Certificate You can access the Data Center Planner application from any supported web browser with access to the installed server. The URL is: https://{servername}:8443/console/console.html?root=mergepoint, where {servername} is replaced with the host name or IP address of the server upon which the application was installed.
144 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Appendix G: Error Messages Application error messages The following list of error messages may appear in the application. Table G.1: Application Error Messages Error Description Error performing update - A plan with that name already exists. Change the plan name and try again. When trying to create a new plan with the name of an existing plan. You may not connect template ports to ports on a tangible asset. When trying to connect server ports to a template.
Appendices 145 DSView software error messages The following list of error messages may appear during interface with DSView software. Table G.2: DSView Software Error Messages Type of Problem Error Message Credentials The DSView software is not permitting this action because of mismatched rights. Verify that your username matches a username on the DSView software, and check the Service Account Name and Password in your configuration settings.
146 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide • • • Could not decode units value Cell Decoding Issues • Unable to decode Angle Units in column ... • Unable to decode Dimension Units in column ... • Unable to decode Mounting in column ... • Unable to decode Heat Units in column ... • Unable to decode Power Units in column ... • Unable to decode Grid Origin in column ... • Unable to decode Grid Label type in column ... • Unable to decode Grid Label Order in column ...
Appendices • Parent containment does not exist • Could not find existing perimeter vertex • Could not find existing plan • Could not find shelf space • Could not find zero U space • Could not find first port • Child cannot be contained by the parent • Asset has not been placed in its parent • Parent asset has no ports • Asset has no type • Too many slots specified for the asset • Specified slots overlap consumed slots Installation error messages The following list of error messages
148 Data Center Planner Installer/User Guide Appendix H: Technical Support Our Technical Support staff is ready to assist you with any installation or operational issues you encounter with your product. If an issue should develop, follow the steps below for the fastest possible service. To resolve an issue: 1. Check the pertinent section of this manual to see if the issue can be resolved by following the procedures outlined. 2. Visit www.avocent.
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