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Chapter 1
Introduction
In This Chapter
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Related Documentation
The dcTrack User Guide is accompanied by a dcTrack Quick Setup
Guide.
dcTrack Overview
dcTrack™ is a powerful and intelligent data center management and
automation application. dcTrack 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 data center map directly or import existing
data center information into the dcTrack. If you currently maintain data
center information in spreadsheet format, that data can be imported into
dcTrack using the Import wizard. Further, dcTrack allows you to import
AutoCAD® objects to build a data center map.
Isolate potential problems with dcTrack since end-to-end power and data
circuits can be visually and accurately traced while identifying all
intermediate circuit points.
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.
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