The N(i)2 Datacenter Resource Management solution gives you the capability to tame an ever changing infrastructure while continuously understanding its dynamic relations to your customers. It enables comprehensive cross-domain management between IT, Network, Facilities and Cloud, where shared information supports rapid changes.
The N(i)2 Datacenter Resource Management solution works with you to build and maintain an up-to-date inventory of data center resources–both physical and virtual– and services that drives the change management process. It empowers you to know what resources you own, how they are connected, where they are, who is using them, how to change them, and what service depends on them. In essence, this solution allows you to:
• Maintain a complete, accurate and up-to-date view of the people, processes and
technologies that make up the business and IT environment
• Manage the inventory of IT resources like physical servers, multi-tier applications,
virtual machines, DBMS, complex storage, clusters
• Document all data center resources like racks, gridded floor plans, power sources,
power transformers, etc
• Plan and manage all changes according to standards
This solution distinguishes itself with advanced design and modeling capabilities that allow to map all logical and physical components and to view how they connect in delivering services. This visibility supports you in more efficiently maximizing resources by optimizing utilization of assets, space, and energy, without compromising service quality.
The N(i)˛ Datacenter Resource Management solution offers change management capabilities to proactively assess the impacts of changes via "what-if" scenarios to avoid any disruption on the production environment. It also automatically generates release plans to streamline deployment.
The N(i)2 Datacenter Resource Management solution includes the following N(i)2 software modules:
