Schneider Electric StruxureWare Data Centre Operation v7.2 Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software

The StruxureWare Data Centre Operation v7.2 Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software identifies underutilised servers, enabling the optimisation of IT equipment within the data centre.

Updates to the platform include the addition of IT Power Control and the inclusion of the Cisco UCS Manager Plug-in.

The software helps customers optimise the IT layer of the data centre by focusing on actual IT power consumption, rather than nameplate ratings, and by reducing the power and cooling required to support the IT layer. The platform also provides a report on top power consumers, presenting data centre managers with a list of servers that are likely candidates for upgrades, load sharing or retirement, as well as a report on underutilised and non-utilised servers, helping reduce server sprawl.

Server usage chargeback enables businesses to capture and assign IT costs to individual departments for accurate billing support down to the physical or virtual server level. IT asset auto-discovery saves time and increases accuracy of managed asset inventory.

Auto-association automatically associates discovered IT devices with the inventory, based on properties such as make, model and IP address.