Racks screen details

If no resources are listed, you must add a resource. See Add a rack.

The location (data center) and thermal limit of your racks appears on the Racks screen. The rack diagram displays the slots in a rack and the devices that occupy them. The diagram also displays the PDUs that are connected to the rack. Use this screen to add, delete, and edit racks.

Overview

Screen component

Description

General panel

The General panel displays the general properties of a rack.

Utilization panel

The appliance gathers utilization data on various metrics and displays them in the Utilization panel and the Utilization screen


	NOTE: Only iPDUs display utilization data.

Name	Description
Power allocation meter	Depicts the allocated power and the calibrated maximum power of all devices mounted on the rack. This is not the current utilization of the rack mounted devices. Allocated power is the total amount of power required by the contained equipment in the rack. Capacity is the total derated power available to the rack. The lesser of the thermal limit or the derated power capacity delivered to the rack through all power delivery devices. If devices are redundantly powered, the total derated power capacity is divided by 2. If no power delivery is configured to the rack, the capacity is the total maximum power consumption of all resources in the rack.
Power values	The allocation and total capacity during the most recent 24 hour data collection period.
Temperature meter	Depicts the portion of the available capacity utilized during the most recent 24 hour data collection period.
Temperature value	The current aggregated temperature during the most recent 24 hour data collection period.


	NOTE: There are some cases where the Utilization panel does not display utilization data. See About the Utilization panel for more information.

Layout

The Layout panel is a visual representation of the rack.

General

Screen component	Description
Model	The model of rack. This value is set automatically for HPE Intelligent Series Racks; the value `not set` appears for all other racks.
Location	The name of the data center in which the rack is located. The value `not set` appears if the rack has not been placed in a data center. The data center name is a hyperlink to the overview of the data center on the Data Centers screen.
Thermal limit	The thermal limit of the rack, in watts, if set
Serial number	The serial number of the rack, if entered
Rack height	The height of the rack, in rack units (U)
Height x width x depth	The physical dimensions of the rack

Layout

The layout pane is a visual representation of the rack, the slots in the rack, and the devices in the slots. Any attached power delivery devices are shown on the right side or left side of the rack. Clicking a device in the layout panel displays an overview of the device on its corresponding screen.

For example, clicking a power delivery device will display the overview of the device on the Power Delivery Devices screen.

Add or edit a rack

Screen component Description

Name

A name to identify the rack. Depending on how the rack is added or discovered, the rack name can be automatically generated or entered manually. You can edit the name of a rack, but the procedure varies depending on how the rack was added.

Data type:

A maximum of 48 alphanumeric characters, spaces, and special characters with no leading spaces

Thermal limit

The thermal limit, in watts, for the rack. If you specify a thermal limit, the appliance analyzes the equipment in the rack to determine if it might exceed the limit. If you do not specify a thermal limit, not set displays.

Data type:

A value greater than or equal to 1

Serial number

A serial number associated with the rack. This is an optional value. If you do not specify a serial number, not set displays.

Data type:

A maximum of 255 alphanumeric characters, spaces, and special characters with no leading spaces

Rack height

The height of the slots in a rack, in rack units (U)

When you change the rack height, the rack height is calculated automatically. If your rack height is different from the calculated value, update the Height to override the default configuration.

Data type:

A value between 4 and 60

Height x width x depth

The physical dimensions (height, width, and depth) of the rack, in mm or inches (depending on your browser locale setting).

The default width and depth values are based on standard HPE rack sizes.

Dimension	Data type
Height	A value between 304.8 and 3058 (mm), or 12 and 120.3 (in)
Width	A value between 304.8 and 1828.8 (mm), or 12 and 72 (in)
Depth	A value between 304.8 and 1828.8 (mm), or 12 and 72 (in)

Rack diagram

A visual representation of the rack and its slots

You can add devices to the rack diagram by dragging them from the device list to the diagram, or by selecting devices in the device list and clicking the Add button.

Devices search box

Enables you to filter the device list to narrow down the list of devices or to locate a specific device by name

Device list

Displays devices that you can add to the rack (devices in other racks are not displayed)

Add button

Click the Add button to add the selected device to the rack. The Edit rack device details dialog box opens enabling you to configure the device before adding it to the rack.

Buttons

See Standard UI buttons for information about how buttons operate.

Edit rack device details dialog box

This dialog box opens when you add a device to a rack or when you click the Edit icon on a device in a rack.

Screen component Description

Model

The model name of the device

Location

The location of the device in the rack

Position

`Left`	Power delivery devices only
`Right`	Power delivery devices only
`Center`	For rack mount devices

Row

The slot number in the rack for the device

Power supply connections

Enables you to add or edit power connections for the device

Show only best-practice connections

Click the box to hide connections that would result in nonstandard power connections

Buttons

See Standard UI buttons for information about how buttons operate.

See also

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