[racktables-users] Re: PDU/Electrical Usage Monitoring
- From: jorge severino <severino.jorge@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: racktables-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:40:19 -0400
Yes, electrical use is very important for provisioning and VMWARE
infraestructure is the same.
I will collaborate in expand for new features.
Atte
JSD
2010/4/17 Michael Camino <mikeyc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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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