Dynamic Rack Control cuts inventory errors
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Rittal product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Oct 26, 2009
In large data centres most of the inventory is recorded using a spread sheet, a manual process that is time consuming and subject to human error.
Rittal's Dynamic Rack Control has a 482.6mm (19in) rail that incorporates an RFID reader (aerial) mounted within the rack that lets the user easily manage and update the inventory.
It can also determine capacity issues and manage maintenance schedules.
An RFID (radio frequency identification device) is a globally standardised technology for the contactless detection of objects in the room.
An RFID system is always comprised of two components: a reader with an aerial (RFID mounting frame with reader), and a small microchip with an aerial coil on a substrate material (RFID tag).
Rittal uses this technology directly inside the rack to log component population without contact and in real time.
In this way, a current overview of the components installed in the racks, separated according to device category, power consumption or form factor, is possible at any time.
Each RFID tag has its own ID number.
When a tag is attached to a piece of equipment, part of the registration procedure is that the installer has to identify the equipment for the receiver.
This information includes the physical dimensions, the weight of the equipment, power draw and also the maintenance details.
Data associated with the tag helps the IT manager maintain inventory and 'balance' demand by moving equipment around and determining optimum rack-load rating in both power and cooling.
With IT resources being further stretched under the current economic challenges, having any solution that saves basic data-centre administration and management is essential.
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