Presentation StruxureWare DCO

StruxureWare for Data
Centers: Operations Suite
What is StruxureWare for Data Centers?

Definition:
StruxureWare for Data Centers is a management
software suite designed to address the individual and
cross functional needs of the many users and groups who
monitor and manage the operational side of the Data
Center Facility and the Data Center IT Infrastructure
Focus:
To provide our Data Center users the opportunity for
improved continuity and collaboration across the traditional
silos of:
Data Center Management
Facility
Power
Monitori
ng
Facility
Cooling
Monitori
ng
IT
IT
Infrastruct
Infrastruc
ure
ture
Monitorin
Operation
Data Center Facility Management (DCFM)Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM)
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s
Schneider Electric - StruxureWare for Data Centers : Operations Suite
Whats in StruxureWare For Data

Centers: Operations Suite?
StruxureWare for Data Centers:
Operations Suite
Operations
Capacity
Change
Insight
Cluster
Energy Cost
Vizor

Monitoring Suite
Monitoring
iPhone app.
Blackberry app.
3D Airflow Energy Efficiency
Mobile

Operations Suite
Instant overview of data center operations through inventory management,
PUE calculator, real-time device alarms, and location-based drill-down
Operations provides..
Inventory management
Alarms within physical layout
PUE calculator
Mobile data center operations
Inventory report
Network Management
User Rights Management
StruxureWare Solutions & Data Centers

with unlimited scalability
Requirements:
StruxureWare for Data Centers: Operations Suite
requires an physical or virtual server with a
memory of 16GB RAM.
Integrated inventory management for full overview of data center operations

StruxureWare Operations
Main Features
Alarms within physical
layout
Inventory management
Shows device data within the physical
layout for instant access to device
details and asset attributes, and
overview of data center operations.
Provides real-time device failures

within floor layout and rack front
view for status of data center
operations
PUE calculator
Customizable view
Provides Power Usage

Effectiveness (PUE) value for
information on daily utilization of
energy.
Provides location-based drill-down

for a logical model of the data
center, where data center rooms
can be organized under regions,
countries, campus, sites, buildings
and rooms
Network Management
Overview of the data center
network paths and their
interconnections, while support for
incomplete routes and patch panel
to patch panel mapping.
Mobile data center operations
User Rights Management
Integrates with StruxureWare Operations: Mobile

for access to the StruxureWare Operations
application on the go via the Motorola (Symbol)
MC70 handheld PDA
Assign individual user rights and

controls across rooms, locations,
reports, alarms and work orders.
Floor
Floorlayout
layoutview
view
View
Viewan
anaccurate
accuraterepresentation
representationofofyour
your
data
center
through
the
easy-to-use
data center through the easy-to-use
graphical
graphicalfloor
floorlayout
layoutand
andbird's
bird'seye
eyeview
view
Model
Modelany
anydata
datacenter
center
Capable
Capableofofmodelling
modellingdata
datacentres
centresand
and
rooms
with
rows
in
any
direction
rooms with rows in any direction
Virtual
Virtualstore
storeroom
room
Keep
track
of
new
devices
Keep track of new devicesfrom
fromarrival
arrival
on
onsite
siteininthe
thevirtual
virtualstore
storeroom,
room,as
asbest
best
practices
recommend
practices recommend
Recommended
Recommendedactions
actions
Providing
Providingdescriptions
descriptionsofofproblems
problems
together
with
recommended
together with recommendedactions
actions
reduces
the
need
for
training,
reduces the need for training,eases
eases
deployment
and
speeds
deployment and speeds
troubleshooting
troubleshooting
Rack
Rackfront
frontview
view
Detailed
Detailedrack
rackfront
frontview
viewprovides
providesaccurate
accurate
graphical
representation
of
equipment
graphical representation of equipmentand
and
its
location
in
the
rack
its location in the rack
Equipment
Equipmentbrowser
browser
Quickly
Quicklylocate
locateequipment
equipmentbased
basedon
on
vendor
name,
model
and
type,
and
vendor name, model and type, and
export
exportequipment
equipmentdata
datatotoexcel
excelformat
format
User
Userrights
rightsManagement
Management
Assign
Assignindividual
individualuser
userrights
rightsand
andcontrols
controls
across
rooms,
locations,
reports,
alarms
across rooms, locations, reports, alarms
and
andwork
workorders.
orders.
User
Userrights
rightsauthorization
authorization
Specify
Specifyuser
userrights
rightsaccording
accordingtotoedit,
edit,view
vieworor
no
noaccess
access
World
Worldview
view
Drill
Drilldown
downinto
intoany
anydata
datacenter
centerlocation
location
using
world
view
and
get
a
detailed
using world view and get a detailedrealrealtime
capacity
summary
and
alarm
time capacity summary and alarm
summary
summaryper
perlocation.
location.
StruxureWare Operations:
Capacity for Data Centers
Planning and optimizing utilization of actual physical infrastructure
capacities via shared data center model, enabling efficient equipment
provisioning and right-sizing of your data center
Capacity Provides.
Cooling Capacity
Power Capacity
Rack Space

Floor Space
Network Ports
3D airflow view
Requirements:
Balance IT demand with physical infrastructure supply
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StruxureWare Operations: Capacity

Physical equipment
planning
Simulation of device
failures
Quickly locate the optimum spot for

that next server based on physical
infrastructure needs
Enables data center operators

to proactively identify how a
device failure will impact
business critical applications.
3D Airflow analysis
Simulate any cooling scenario in
your data center, instantly
visualizing the cooling effect on
your infrastructure
Power failure to IT
impact
Virtualization Capabilities
Available capacity
Virtual integrations with VMware

vSphere and Microsoft System
Center VMM.
Understand available capacity by calculating

actual space, power and cooling consumption,
power and network port availability and floor and
rack weight limits against data center architecture
Critical events are translated

into server impact analysis, and
virtual machines at risk are
automatically migrated to
healthy hosts.
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Patented
Patentedcooling
coolingsimulation
simulation
3D
3DAirflow
Airflowisispatented
patentedbest
bestindustry
industry
cooling
simulation
capability
cooling simulation capabilitywith
withvelocity
velocity
100
times
faster
than
CFD.
100 times faster than CFD.
Location
Locationof
ofhotspots
hotspots
Predictions
Predictionsin
in3D
3D
Full
Fullroom
room3D
3Dairflow
airflowand
and3D
3Dtemperature
temperature
prediction,
while
providing
plenum
prediction, while providing plenum
velocity
velocityand
andpressure
pressuresimulation
simulationfor
forany
any
layout
layout
3D
3Dmodeling
modelingenables
enableslocation
locationofofhot
hotspots
spots
between
and
above
racks
in
the
data
between and above racks in the data
center
center
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Change for Data Centers
Change provides
Workflow management allows for easy tracking and executing of

moves, adds, and changes of equipment in the data center
Automated work process

Schedule of changes
Custom tasks
Space reservation at rack level
Email notification

Requirements:
Fully integrated workflow management for your IT physical infrastructure

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StruxureWare Operations: Change

Automated work order
process
Asset audit trail

Track asset moves, adds and
changes by date/time, owner
and work orders for view, print
and export.
Create work orders and

automatically generate tasks to
move, add or change IT
equipment. Schedule, assign
and track the status of itemized
tasks to implement changes in
the data center
Schedule of changes
View agenda of pending
changes to assist time
management and workload
balancing
Space reservation
Reserve rack space for new
equipment to be installed quickly
and easily.
Custom tasks
Specify the activities required to fulfill
the needs of the individual work order.
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Automated
Automatedwork
workorder
orderprocess
process
Create
Creatework
workorders
ordersand
andautomatically
automatically
generate
tasks
to
move,
add
generate tasks to move, addororchange
changeITIT
equipment.
equipment.Schedule,
Schedule,assign
assignand
andtrack
trackthe
the
status
of
itemized
tasks
to
implement
status of itemized tasks to implement
changes
changesininthe
thedata
datacenter
center
Progress
Progressreport
reportview
view
Easily
Easilytrack
trackactivity
activityand
andprogress
progress
by
sorting
on
work
order;
by sorting on work order;due
due
date,
status
and
priority
date, status and priority
Personnel
Personnelaudit
audittrail
trail
Gain
Gaintotal
totaltransparency
transparencytotophysical
physical
equipment
changes
by
user
equipment changes by user
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Energy Efficiency for Data Centers
Full insight into current and historical energy efficiency for facilities, identifying efficiency
losses and enabling improved PUE values at subsystem level
Energy Efficiency provides

Current PUE/DCiE value
Historical PUE/DCiE value
Identification of efficiency losses
Multi-vendor data integration

Requirements:
Installation and setup services
Intelligent PUE analytics at subsystem level
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Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency analysis
Subsystem losses
Provides current and historical

PUE/DCiE values based on the
current IT-load for a fact-based
understanding of energy efficiency
at the facility level
Provides insight into energy losses

and cost of energy at subsystem
level, providing details of which
subsystem draws the most costs.
Web-enabled interface
PUE reporting
Created for easy integration with

3rd party web page through
application programming
interface (API).
Multi-vendor data integration
Provides a report on current &

historical PUE/DCiE values,
showing the effect of changing
seasons and suitable for both
internal and external display.
Enables integration with 3rd party enterprise and building

management systems, such as TAC by Schneider, for data
gathering, customization and integration of PUE calculations.
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Subsystem
Subsystemenergy
energylosses
losses
Provides
Providesinsight
insightinto
intoenergy
energylosses
lossesand
andcost
cost
ofofenergy
at
subsystem
level,
providing
energy at subsystem level, providing
details
detailsofofwhich
whichsubsystem
subsystemdraws
drawsthe
themost
most
costs.
costs.
Easy
Easydeployment
deployment
Reduced
Reducedinstallation
installationtime
timeand
andcosts
costs
with
a
minimum
number
of
power
with a minimum number of power
meters
metersrequired
requiredfor
fordeployment
deployment. .
Carbon
footprint
Carbon
footprint
2
Shows
Showsthe
theCO
CO2footprint
footprintfor
foreach
each
energy
sub-system,
for
instant
energy sub-system, for instant
measurement
measurementofofimpact
impacton
onthe
the
environment.
environment.
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PUE
PUEreport
report
Provides
Providesaareport
reporton
oncurrent
current&&historical
historical
PUE
values,
showing
the
effect
PUE values, showing the effectofof
changing
changingseasons
seasonsand
andsuitable
suitablefor
forboth
both
internal
and
external
display.
internal and external display.
Localisation
Localisation
User
Userinterface
interfaceavailable
availableinin
major
majorlocal
locallanguages.
languages.
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StruxureWare Operations: Mobile for Data

Centers
Handheld, wireless bar-code scanner for viewing, creating & instantly synchronizing
changes on the go. Based on Motorola (Symbol) MC70 hardware.
Mobile provides
Mobile alarms
Wireless mobile access
Mobile device moves
Mobile work orders

Offline mobile synchronization

Requirements:
Wireless operation of your data center
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StruxureWare Operations: Mobile

Mobile alarms
Wireless mobile access
Provides alarms, alarm descriptions

and recommended actions via your
StruxureWare Operations: Mobile for
data center operations on the go
Work online or offline to access work

orders and asset data whilst on the
move in the data center.
Mobile device moves
Offline mobile
synchronization
Eliminate manual data entry and

reduce errors; adding, moving or
retiring devices whilst on the move
Keep your physical data center

synchronized with your
StruxureWare Operations: Mobile
Mobile work
orders
View work orders and
immediately update
status as you complete
tasks.
Mobile bar-code
asset search
Quickly locate bar-coded
assets via the search
functionality using the
optional StruxureWare
Operations: Mobile
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VIZOR for Data Centers
VIZOR provides.
View of asset details

Overview of location and rooms
Data Center Utilization Overview
Capacity Overview

Requirements:
StruxureWare Operations: Capacity for Data
Centers
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StruxureWare Operations: VIZOR

Graphical overview
Graphical overview of
power, cooling, space, and
network on a weekly,
monthly, or yearly basis.
Remaining capacity
Capacity View
Complete visibility into network, u-space,
power and cooling capacity utilization in
your data center.
Barcode scan functionality

Built-in barcode scanner for easy
identification of assets.
Drill down view into any

location or room and
predictions of remaining
capacity based on growth
rate.
VIZOR is currently available for
Apple iPhone, iPad, and Androidbased smart phones.
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Capacity
CapacityView
View
Complete
Completevisibility
visibilityinto
intonetwork,
network,u-space,
u-space,power
power
and
cooling
capacity
utilization
in
your
data
center.
and cooling capacity utilization in your data center.
Remaining
RemainingCapacity
Capacity
Based
Basedon
oncurrent
currentgrowth
growthrate,
rate,
remaining
capacity
is
calculated.
remaining capacity is calculated.
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StruxureWare Operations: VIZOR

Capacity
CapacityView
View
Complete
Completevisibility
visibilityinto
into
network,
u-space,
power
network, u-space, power
and
andcooling
coolingcapacity
capacity
utilization
in
your
utilization in yourdata
data
center
.
center .
Graphical
GraphicalOverview
Overview
Graphical
Graphicaloverview
overviewofof
power,
power,cooling,
cooling,space,
space,
and
network
on
a
and network on aweekly,
weekly,
monthly,
or
yearly
basis..
monthly, or yearly basis..
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Dashboard for Data Centers
Dashboard provides
Easy Configuration
High-level overview of KPIs
Drag and drop functionality
Easy to use widgets and data sets

Requirements:
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StruxureWare Operations: Dashboard

High level overview
Provides high-level overview of data
center operations for CEO-level
customized according to needs.
Open platform
The dashboard is based on an open
platform that enables bringing in other
data center metrics easily.
Easy configuration
Allow for easy configuration with
simple drag and drop functionalities
and opens up for modifications to
match the customers theme and
design.
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StruxureWare Operations: Dashboard Summary

Easy-configurable web dashboards creating transparency to data center key
performance indicators.
Data Center Management Application

Built on an open platform, the user-friendly
interface allows anyone to quickly configure a
dashboard showing management-level
information.
Provides simple drag and drop functionalities that
opens up for modifications to match the
customers theme and design.
The widgets displaying data center metrics can
easily be re-used on the companys intranet or
website.
Live overview of data center operations using widgets and data sets.
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What do you need to get started with

StruxureWare for Data Centers: Operations
Suite
The software management system can
run on any given physical or virtual
server with the following requirements:
Memory: 16GB RAM
CPU: Multicore is preferred.
Storage: 40GB storage

The software suite gives you an instant
overview of data center operations
through inventory management, PUE
calculator, real-time device alarms and
location-based drill-down with the option
of adding product enhancement options
along the way when the need arises.
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Centers: Operations Suite

What is StruxureWare for Data Centers?

Whats in StruxureWare For Data

StruxureWare for Data Centers:

3D Airflow Energy Efficiency

Schneider Electric - StruxureWare for Data Centers : Operations Suite

StruxureWare for Data Centers:

StruxureWare Solutions & Data Centers

Integrated inventory management for full overview of data center operations

Provides real-time device failures

Provides Power Usage

Provides location-based drill-down

Mobile data center operations

User Rights Management

Integrates with StruxureWare Operations: Mobile

Assign individual user rights and

Schneider Electric - StruxureWare for Data Centers : Operations Suite

Schneider Electric - StruxureWare for Data Centers : Operations Suite

Schneider Electric - StruxureWare for Data Centers : Operations Suite

Schneider Electric - StruxureWare for Data Centers : Operations Suite

StruxureWare Solutions & Data Centers

Schneider Electric - StruxureWare for Data Centers : Operations Suite

StruxureWare Operations: Capacity

Quickly locate the optimum spot for

Enables data center operators

Virtual integrations with VMware

Understand available capacity by calculating

Schneider Electric - StruxureWare for Data Centers : Operations Suite

Critical events are translated

Workflow management allows for easy tracking and executing of

Automated work process

StruxureWare Solutions & Data Centers

Fully integrated workflow management for your IT physical infrastructure

StruxureWare Operations: Change

Asset audit trail

Create work orders and

Schneider Electric - StruxureWare for Data Centers : Operations Suite

Energy Efficiency provides

StruxureWare Solutions & Data Centers

Provides current and historical

Provides insight into energy losses

Created for easy integration with

Multi-vendor data integration

Provides a report on current &

Enables integration with 3rd party enterprise and building

Schneider Electric - StruxureWare for Data Centers : Operations Suite

StruxureWare Operations: Mobile for Data

StruxureWare Solutions & Data Centers

Offline mobile synchronization

StruxureWare Operations: Mobile

Wireless mobile access

Provides alarms, alarm descriptions

Work online or offline to access work

Mobile device moves

Eliminate manual data entry and

Keep your physical data center

Schneider Electric - StruxureWare for Data Centers : Operations Suite

View of asset details

StruxureWare Solutions & Data Centers

Schneider Electric - StruxureWare for Data Centers : Operations Suite

StruxureWare Operations: VIZOR

Barcode scan functionality