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AUTOMATING LARGE-SCALE IT ASSET TRACKING AND DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT

AUTOMATING LARGE-SCALE IT ASSET TRACKING AND DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT
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APPLICATION BRIEF Assets and consumable parts are now tracked via an automated transaction process. Inventory is managed by the system. The software has a dashboard feature that can be viewed on laptops, tablets and smart devices. AUTOMATING LARGE-SCALE IT ASSET TRACKING AND DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT IT Asset Management BUSINESS CHALLENGE A leading Fortune 100 tech company is experiencing significant growth, requiring them to increase the number of data center campuses they use to manage their online site user traffic. This expansion has driven them to seek a more automated method of receiving goods into data centers and tracking their current inventory. The company currently has 5 data campuses, each housing an average of 3 data centers. Each data center contains 8 data halls, each filled with hundreds of racks. This makes equipment tracking very challenging. Three employees are dedicated to conducting inventory counts. Initially, counts were reported on a quarterly basis, but the desire to maintain a higher level of accuracy has led the company to move to a monthly inventorying schedule. Bar codes are used to register incoming equipment and conduct inventory counts. Since bar codes require a line of sight to be read, they are inherently a very manual method for asset tracking. In fact, it took these 3 individuals 3 days per data center to count inventory. For the growth the company is experiencing and planning, this was not a scalable solution. SOLUTION Realizing the need to automate their asset-tracking process, the company reviewed numerous solutions prior to choosing RFID as the best and most cost-effective assettracking solution to meet their requirements. Also, asset-tracking requirements, scope and custom solutions were identified. Field-based asset-tracking application engineers surveyed the process and made recommendations based on the customer's application. The goal was to develop an RFID solution that automates the tracking of preconfigured racks and replacement inventory. Replacement inventory was to be tracked at several key locations: • Entry to the data center upon receiving • Into and out of storerooms Into the data hall

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SOLUTION (continued) For a comprehensive asset-tracking solution, the company utilizes a combination of passive RFID tags and other asset-tracking system components in the following areas: Receiving Dock As product is received on the dock, individual items are affixed with a passive tag. For this application, RFID labels are the standard tags used to track inventory. The tags provide product position and other key data points throughout the internal supply chain process. Asset Inventory and Hub Rooms Asset-tracking devices monitor materials as they enter and leave the inventory and hub...

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