Schneider Electric StruxureWare Data Centre Operation v7.4 DCIM software

Schneider Electric has launched StruxureWare Data Centre Operation v7.4, which provides capabilities and access to actionable intelligence for a balance of high availability and peak efficiency throughout the data centre life cycle. The product will optimise colocation management, power monitoring and network management helping data centre and facility managers free up power capacity, right-size physical infrastructure and integrate with existing DCIM systems, reducing capital and operational expenses.

A key feature to optimise colocation management includes paired receptacles to provide an overview of complete power redundancy at the cage or rack level, allowing facility and data centre managers to simulate the impact of a failure and accurately display the failover load for each receptacle. The suite also features an improved cage and rack-based power overview with the ability to display sold, measured and estimated power for black box environments, as well as accurate tenant billing, enhanced tenant data and improved cage drawings.

The product enables data centre managers to manage capacity and conduct impact analysis down to the breaker level, providing added understanding of the power chain and the ability to reduce stranded capacity. Additional features include branch circuit monitoring and the ability to print breaker panel schedules. Network management capabilities include graphical network connections, visual port mapping, cable route and type visualisation and network impact analysis.