Data Center Manager
User Solution Data Sheet
“DCIM tools such
as Emerson’s
Trellis platform
help organizations
manage the critical
infrastructure
with agility, and
to be assured of,
scalability and
performance. This
enables data center
managers to align
and optimize their
facilities resources to
holistically meet IT
demands.”
– Andy Lawrence, Research
Vice President for Data
Center Technology at 451
Research.
Infrastructure Management &
Monitoring for
Business-Critical ContinuityTM
Challenges Faced by Data Center Managers
Knowing how much capacity exists and where they can deploy
future projects can be quite difficult for data center managers.
They are also confronted with providing the right solution in the
most cost-effective manner and eliminating power and/or cooling
overloads before unplanned downtime occurs.
Problems in the Data Center
How the Trellis™ Solution Can Help
In data centers today, multiple solutions are
being used to track and manage information that
is shared by different departments, making it
challenging for data center managers to plan and
prioritize new projects. They aren’t clear on the
data center’s current state and need a way to view
infrastructure capacity.
The Trellis platform provides data center
managers a configurable view of available
capacity today and the impact of proposed
projects, helping them make better, more
informed purchasing decisions.
When it comes to efficiency in the data center,
data center managers are finding that teams are
not effectively coordinating activities, leading
to costly mistakes and misuse of personnel
resources. Data center managers try to complete
new projects in the most cost-effective manner
but are hindered from accomplishing this as they
aren’t aware of existing resources and end up
acquiring new or additional assets.
Because they lack insight into the impact
of IT projects on infrastructure, data center
managers are also challenged when it comes
to understanding the impact of any power or
cooling failures and resolving these issues before
they result in unplanned downtime.
The need for costly rework is also eliminated,
because the Trellis platform lets data center
managers see the impact of proposed changes,
like space, power and connections, before
committing the resources to complete the work.
The entire business benefits from an increase
in service level agreements being met and a
decrease in operational costs.
Because the Trellis software consolidates
multiple monitoring consoles into one dynamic
platform, data center managers are able to drive
operational efficiency across the organization.
The risk of unplanned downtime due to human
error is greatly reduced—a result that benefits the
business as a whole.
Data Center Manager
Infrastructure Management & Monitoring
for Business-Critical ContinuityTM
User Solution Data Sheet
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Inventory – Through the Trellis platform,
users are able to collect a detailed catalog
of all inventory items that are placed in
the data center. Data center managers get
an overview of the inventory deployed,
the capacity available and the capacity
remaining based on faceplate or de-rated
consumption data.
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Power – Data center managers can
visualize the operating state of all devices
as well as dependencies linked with
them—in a single diagram. This part of
the Trellis platform provides users simple,
comprehensive and real-time data to
help them make fast, sound decisions in
ensuring power is maintained in the data
center at all times.
With a unified view of the infrastructure, IT and
facilities teams can see what has and is occurring in
the data center, intelligently decide on the best plan,
take the right action and accurately assess the impact.
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Capacity Planning – With the Trellis
platform, data center managers are
able to plan, assign, execute and audit
changes in the data center faster and more
intelligently. They can actually visualize
how space reservation will impact capacity
for any given rack. Data center managers
can be more confident that all the changes
planned in the data center are well
designed and carried out in a controlled
manner.
Connectivity and dependency
mapping
SEE
Top Three Reasons Data
Center Managers Need
the Trellis™ Platform
SEE
Visualize current and
future state
Comprehensive
device information
AC T I O N
AC T
See. Visualize all critical
data center information
and know the real
situation (in real time or
historical trending).
Decide. Leverage the
ability of theTrellis
platform to analyze
data center status
information and deliver
deep insight into
the interplay among
efficiency, availability
and capacity to
make well-grounded
decisions.
Act. Take actions
with confidence
and immediately
validate the effects
when assessing the
impact on data center
infrastructure.
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