[racktables-users] PDU/Electrical Usage Monitoring
- From: Michael Camino <mikeyc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: racktables-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:20:08 -0400
Hello All,
I have been using the rack tables software for almost a year now to
manage a data center and I am looking to extend the software features in
a couple ways. I have read the archive and have not found the exact
answers I am looking for. I read a lot of previous posts which talk
about changes people may have made but i do not see any of their code
added to any of the development branches or any specific code changes
being posted to the list. If i am incorrect please feel free to correct
me and point me in the right direction.
The first feature I am looking to add is the ability to handle patch
panels and be able to see through to the other end of it. Right now our
users select an available switch port on our switches and we cable up
between their rack location and the patch panel and switch ports. It
would be great if they could select a patch panel port located in their
rack and then select the end port on a switch. Then my job would only be
to put the cables where they selected. I know about mounting a patch
panel in 2 racks, and that gets me 1/2 way there. What it doesn't let
them do is have 2 devices , one server and one switch port, connect to
that same patch panel port. It also doesn't allow them to see the "end
port".
The second feature is a reporting one.In each of our racks we have two
or four PDU's. For each of our server objects we have 2 custom fields
one for BTU and one for Watts. I would like some way to build reports
based on PDU electrical usage. So if we have 5 devices each pulling 500
watts from PDU-A and two devices pulling 700 watts from PDU-B i am
looking for some way to create or view a report which says the amount of
theoretical wattage being used on each pdu compared to the input
wattage, then per rack, and then in the whole data center. I have the
pdu's setup with 8 AC-OUT ports and 1 AC-IN Port but no way of combining
connected devices onto the same pdu via the mysql database.
The third feature I am looking for is some thoughts on VMWARE and Rack
tables. Obvious virtual infrastructure is something which might be out
of the purpose of a software design for physical reporting. I understand
that. What i am looking for is some suggestions on how other members
might be doing this.
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