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Legrand PDU User Guide 497
Power IQ Configuration
Sunbird's Power IQ is a software application that collects and manages the data from different PDUs
installed in your server room or data center. With this software, you can:
Do bulk configuration for multiple PDUs
Name outlets on different PDUs
Switch on/off outlets on outlet-switching capable PDUs
For more information on Power IQ, refer to the Power IQ online help on the Sunbird website:
http://support.sunbirddcim.com.
dcTrack
Sunbird's dcTrack
®
is a product that allows you to manage the data center. The Legrand PDU is categorized
as a power item in dcTrack. dcTrack offers an import wizard for conveniently adding the Legrand PDU as
well as other IT equipment to dcTrack for management.
You can use dcTrack to:
Record and manage the data center infrastructure and assets
Monitor the electrical consumption of the data center
Track environmental factors in the data center, such as temperature and humidity
Optimize the data center growth
For more information on dcTrack, refer to the online help accessible from the dcTrack application, or user
documentation available on the Sunbird's website:
http://support.sunbirddcim.com
.
dcTrack Overview
dcTrack
®
is a powerful and intelligent data center management and automation application.
It has been designed by data center and IT professionals to provide broad and deep visibility into the data
center. It empowers data center managers to plan for growth and change by optimizing their current
operations, assets, and infrastructure.
With dcTrack, you can view everything in the data center from servers, blades, virtual servers and
applications to data networks, IP addressing space and cabling. dcTrack also allows you to track real-time
power consumption and manage raised floor space and rack elevations.
Use dcTrack to build your floor map data center map directly in the application, or import an existing floor
map into the dcTrack. Further, dcTrack allows you to import AutoCAD
®
2012 (and earlier) objects to build a
data center map.
If you currently maintain data center information in spreadsheet format, that data can be imported into
dcTrack using the Import wizard.
Isolate potential problems with end-to-end power and data circuits by visually tracing them. This allows you
to identify all intermediate circuit points and locate problems.
By using dcTrack's workflow and change management feature, data center managers are better able to
enforce best practices across the enterprise and meet ITIL framework guidelines. You can also opt to skip
the Change Control workflow process and work in Request Bypass so requests are processed immediately.
dcTrack
®
can be used as a standalone product or integrated with Power IQ
®
for power and environmental
monitoring.
