Managing the power requirements of your datacenter equipment and the heat it emits are essential functions. Failure of either will have a significant impact on the performance of your business. To help you do so the nlyte Express Datacenter Module models the power and cooling infrastructure within your datacenter.
Managing the power chain
nlyte Express provides power management capabilities, allowing you to plan and map the entire power chain. With these capabilities you can track the relationships and dependencies from a power distribution unit (PDU) to equipment within cabinets. The nlyte Express power chain includes the following infrastructure devices:
- PDU – the PDU asset record nlyte Express automatically creates includes a breaker table detailing breaker capacity and individual breaker allocation and configuration. As each breaker is created, nlyte Express also creates an associated power socket. As a result, the PDU record is related to the UPS record, the breakers on the PDU, the power sockets and all devices connected to the power sockets.
- Industrial power socket – connects a breaker to datacenter locations to provide a power outlet for consuming equipment. Power strips mounted in cabinets or floor standing equipment are connected and record which industrial power socket is supplying the power.
- Power strip – connects to an industrial power socket and has multiple power outlets from which assets can consume power.
nlyte Express gives you visibility of the entire power chain allowing you to plan capacity and manage planned and unplanned power outages effectively. Using information about the power capacity of a PDU and the draw against it, you can easily calculate available capacity and the implications of planning for additional equipment.
Managing cooling capacity
nlyte Express maps the capacity of your air conditioning units and the heat output of your equipment to help you track cooling capacity against cooling requirements in your datacenter or server room. Using this information you can determine the potential effect of planned installations upon existing active devices to ensure that you do not exceed available cooling capacity. To help you manage heat effectively, nlyte Express applies power consumption and thermal ratings to each asset from its associated material record.
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