Description:
Tracking these assets is often accomplished using Excel® spreadsheets and Visio®
diagrams, or by developing a home-grown system, which can be very labor intensive.
However, if you miss a few moves, adds or changes, it can become a challenge to know
what you have and where it’s located. And while RFID tags have also been used to track
assets, RFID readers are unreliable if they are closely packed in a metallic environment
such as a rack. They can be expensive, too, especially when tagging hundreds of devices.
Raritan’s dcTrack® (DCIM) software is designed to track assets, determine capacity
in a number of areas and manage changes. Combined with Raritan’s unique Asset
Management Tags (AMT) and Asset Management Sensors (AMS); which provide
robust readings since they do not rely on radio frequencies, but on hardwired
connections, dcTrack allows data center operators to have an accurate, automated,
real-time inventory of all IT assets and their location, down to the 1U level.
Intelligent asset management automates it
asset tracking to help you better understand
exactly what you have and where it’s located.
ASSET MANAGEMENT TAG (AMT)
Unique electronic ID chip
Unique scannable ID bar code
Industrial adhesive patch to attach tag
to ID device
Magnetic connector to attach to the
AMS
ASSET MANAGEMENT SENSOR (AMS)
42U, 45U, 48U, and 54U rack options
Magnetic connector for AMT, one per
1U space
Multicolored LEDs, one per 1U space
Magnetically mounts to existing racks
Connects to Raritan PX® intelligent
rack PDU, PX inline meters and
EMX environment/rack controller
(PX firmware v2.2 or higher; EMX
firmware v2.0 or higher)
WHY INTELLIGENT REAL-TIME ASSET MANAGEMENT?
Upward of 25% of IT assets go missing
Do you know what you have and where it’s located?
Can you detect asset moves, adds, changes?
Is your asset database (Configuration Management Database) accurate?
How long does it take to do a physical inventory?
Can you pass audits?
