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Managing Data Centre Connectivity with Sunbird DCIM Software

Say Goodbye to Cable Spaghetti and Spider Webs

Reduce Connectivity Complexity and Manage Cabling with Ease

A data center is a high-density, complex system with hundreds, if not thousands, of devices from a multitude of vendors. Knowing how devices are connected to each other is critical to effectively managing your data center. Without this information, you can’t plan capacity, perform fail-over analysis, manage virtual as well as physical connections, and quickly respond to outages in your data center.

How can I quickly identify what circuits are running? How do I know which customers and applications are relying on those circuits? What is the impact of changes on my power and network? DCIM software with connectivity management can help you answer these questions and more.

Cable Spaghetti and Spider Webs

Sunbird’s DCIM solution combines full power distribution management with network connection and structured cabling infrastructure capacities for the ultimate connectivity management solution.

End-to-end power chain management gives you the ability to budget power at every connection point and prevents you from overloading a power circuit to maintain up-time. Visual trace routes for network circuits help you troubleshoot incident, reduce break-fix time, and identify single points of failure, boosting efficiency and productivity among your data center team

Worried about keeping the physical cables in your data center in order? Manage your structured cabling in bulk for up to date, well documented infrastructure that helps technicians diagnose issues faster and more effectively. Say goodbye to cable spaghetti and spider webs in your data center. Test drive our DCIM solution and experience precise, streamlined connectivity management.

Power & Network – We’ve got both covered

Automatically validate physical connections and media type
Visually track cable plant to simplify troubleshooting and maintenance
Select any cable connection and get a complete view of the circuit from origin to termination
Create connections automatically with just the start and end points
Easily budget power at every connection point in the power chain from the UPS to the device power supply with (N) or (N+1) redundancy to reduce downtime
Calculations are done instantly, which eliminates manual effort and human error
View both a tabular and a visual circuit trace so you can quickly spot broken connections and reduce troubleshooting time
Get a holistic view of circuit connections, with hyperlinks to the device/connection attributes to determine fault

Visualize, monitor, and budget power usage and capacity from servers to rack PDU’s, breakers, panels, and UPS’s. Simplify validation, troubleshooting, and maintenance. At each hop, see Item Class, Make, Model, Location, Cabinet, U-Position, RU Height, Connector, Color, Phase, Volts, Max Amps, and Rated Amps.

Visualize All Your Network & Data Circuits

From end to end, document and understand every node in your data circuits to identify single points of failure and decrease troubleshooting time.

Server with Copper or Fiber Data Connection
Edge Switching (e.g., Top of Rack/End of Row)
Core Routing or Switching Equipment
Patch Panels
Multiplexing Equipment
Demarcation Points
Carrier Wide Area Network
Even KVM and Serial Console Ports & Connectivity

Connection Guru™ Help You Make Power and Data Port Connections in Seconds

Sunbird’s patent pending QuickConnect™ feature makes connections faster and more efficient than ever before. Simply select your starting point and end point, and let QuickConnect automatically give you all the hops in between:

Connect to items and ports within the same cabinet or identify the far-end item you want to connect to
Results are more heavily weighted to items that have similar attributes, such as location, media color, phase, volts, VLAN/subnet, protocol, and data rate, depending on the port type
Only displays compatible ports and connections based on connector and media type
Filter and hide columns to display only the most relevant results
Save as many search results views as you want and set your favorite view as your default
See visual circuit traces before the connection is made

Visualize 3D Cable Connectivity Across Your Entire Data Center

Whether you’re interested in full circuits complete with patch cords or just the structured and power distribution cabling between endpoints, see exactly how items are connected on your data center floor with 3D visualization of all the cabinet hops on your data center floor.

Easily identify how your assets are connected at the power and data port level
View full circuits or only the endpoints, including patch cords, structured cabling, and distribution cabling
Isolate the connected cabinets and zoom in to view the devices inside
Select patch cord, structured cabling, and distribution cabling colors to match what you use in your data center

Structured Cabling Data Highways – Managed with Ease

In your data center, your structured cables are your highways, and your connections are on/off ramps. With so much structured cabling, it’s easy to let maintenance and infrastructure updates go by the wayside. Make sure you can go from Point A to Point B with ease by managing your structured cabling in bulk.

Add, edit, and delete structured cabling connections in bulk to easily and accurately document your infrastructure
Capture structured cabling attributes, including cable media, length, color, and group
Decrease the risk of downtime and unexpected issues when you perform maintenance or updates
Determine if your structured cabling can adequately support your network

Measure Twice, Cut Once

No more walking the data center floor with a tape measure in one hand and a pencil in the other. Measure distances between items you’ll always have just the right length of cabling.
Capture distances between items automatically: Draw lines to represent cabling on your data center floor with a single click
Measure more accurately: Eliminate human error resulting from manual calculations and measurements
Configure the distance from items to the floor: Add near-end and far-end vertical measurements for more precise cord lengths
View cable tray layers: See cable tray layers for fiber, copper, and other cable types for a full picture of your data center cable management
Provide measurement data and instructions in work orders to provision new equipment and associated circuits

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