Solutions for Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM ...

1 Solutions for data CenterInfrastructure Management (DCIM) to Al FuttaimData CenterStruxureWare for data Centers2 Confidential Property of Schneider Electric2 Centralized Management and Monitoring Asset Management with the DC Capacity Planning and Provisioning Measure / Managing / Improve Operational Costs Visibility and Transparency regarding DC Operation Move away from Excel spread sheets and move towards next Generation online Management Solutions Measure and Manage PUE on Real time basis data Center challenges 3 Confidential Property of Schneider ElectricAl FuttaimData CenterLocationNo.

2 Of RacksAl FuttaimGroup DC 70DR data Center304 Confidential Property of Schneider ElectricChallenges before DCIM Implementation>Manually update of data Center Assets and data Center related activities in excel sheet where the accuracy is only eighty percent (80%).>Changes pertaining to the Application Owners of the respective Servers & Network Ports are not captured in the current Set Up.>In the current Set Up of the data Center , you have to physically visit the DC to check the U space allocation for the respectiveIT Devices as and when required.>No Set Up in the current data Center to capture the Power Utilization Effectiveness/ data Center Infrastructure Efficiency.

3 >No intelligence in the data Center to provide any historical details on Power Consumption, Cooling Efficiency, Floor Load, U-Space Utilization & Inventory List>Faster placement of an IT Equipment inside the data Center keeping into consideration the physical challenges and knowing very well the parameters of Floor Load, U-Space, Power, Cooling and Network Port.>Require physical visit inside the DC to check the space & other details such as U-Space Utilization, Inventory List and so on.>Maintain the data using Excel sheet.>Managing the multiple sites in order to place the IT Equipment is a huge challenge in the current Set Up as the Management ofdata on excel sheets is not Tracking.

4 DC Rack Space Utilization Report Power & data Center Utilization EfficencyHistorical TrendsMeasuring and Planning capacity across all Al Futtaim data Centers5 Confidential Property of Schneider Electric>Centralized Management >Real-time monitoring>Fault notification>Multi-vendor device support>Provisioning and Capacity Management >Customized Reports>Trend reports>Layout visualization / Alarm mapping to physical layoutStruxureWareDC Expert Advantages6 Confidential Property of Schneider ElectricAdvantages after DCIM ImplementationWith the current Set Up in the Al Futtaim Group Production as well as DR data Centers, the proposed DCIM Solution from Schneider Electric has been able to resolve the issues faced by the data Center operations team to a large extent.

5 >Asset Tracking/Inventory Management >U Space Utilization>Collating the Meter Readings manually after every hour>Real Time Monitoring of Power Consumption across the Racks>Alarm Generation and Alarm View>Equipment Placement Advisor in Captive data Center /Multiple DC Sites7 Confidential Property of Schneider ElectricAdvantages after DCIM Implementation1. With Operations Module we can track the Assets like Servers, Rack Mounted PDUs and others>Advantage: Not only the entire Floor Layout of the data Center can be visualized in a single view from any part of the world butwe can also, track the placement of the Floor Equipments like the Racks, SANs and others using the software without any one going physically to the data Center .

6 >With Operations Module we can track the Assets like Servers, Rack Mounted PDUs and others. For Example: If we want to know where exactly the Rack No: R1B07 is placed on the QDC FF data Center , we can easily get all the details like the position of the Rack, the Row in which it is placed and the equipments Property of Schneider ElectricAdvantages after DCIM Implementation2. The Alarm View in data Center Expert helps in keeping track of the overall status of the devices and generates alarm for critical conditions>Advantage : The earlier set up gave notification on only devices that are either On or Off whereas, after the integration of thedevices to data Center Expert, the minute by minute details of the equipments like the UPS, Cooling Units and others can be monitored so that preventive measures can be taken on time.

7 Temperature and Humidity monitoring on continuous based to keep control room temperature.>Monitoring continuously all the Devices and able to capture Alarm history log reports on Daily / Weekly / Monthly basis9 Confidential Property of Schneider ElectricAdvantages after DCIM Implementation3. The Equipments that are placed on the Racks can be traced by just double clicking on any specific Rack. The U Space Utilization can be documented as well as visualized using the Operations Module.>Advantage: At any given point of time, we will be able to get all the information that is required with regards t the type ofequipments placed in the Racks, the total U Space available and the way they have been placed(U location).

8 10 Confidential Property of Schneider ElectricAdvantages after DCIM Implementation4. The Capacity Planning module helps in keeping track and also, for suggestions for the optimum utilization of Capacity in the data Center . >Advantage: Power Path and Phase wise traceability (RGB) is there. While trying to add any new equipment to the data Center wehave to just consult the software in order to arrive at the phase wise utilization of power and also, can at any moment know thedetails of the power supply to any particular Property of Schneider ElectricAdvantages after DCIM Implementation5.

9 Entire Inventory can be created and tracked using Custom Catalog. The ISX Operations reports help in managing the data Centerthrough the various reports like Inventory List.>Advantage: Well documented and highly transparent inventory report. It helps immensely during Inventory Audits and a check on the number of devices in the data The Software Application has the Backup/Restore feature helps in maintaining the entire layout and set up of the data Center .>Advantage: At any given time the entire layout along with the data Center details are stored and in case of any eventuality all the details can be restored at the click of a button.

10 There is no chance of any data The Software Application s Work Order Process helps in tracking the status of a task by allowing it to be assigned one of thefollowing statuses: In Progress, Completed or Cancelled.>Advantage: Complete transparency and ownership of the tasks carried out in the data The Application s Change Module can help us to Update the Work Order and generate Audit Trail Report.>Advantage: Helps us to understand who did the work and also, at the click of a button generate the Audit Trail Report that givesus the entire information about the changes that happened in the data Center on a given day, month or Property of Schneider ElectricCentralized Management and MonitoringWith the DCIM Software.