Asset Management

The term asset in a Hyperview context refers to a standalone device (such as a CRAC), or something that hosts other assets (for example, a rack). Commonly used asset types include IT equipment, facility infrastructure, containers, virtual machines, blade devices, and so on. An asset can be physical or virtual (such as a server and virtual server, respectively). It could even be an abstraction that represents a physical entity (for instance, a location that represents a data center).

As an application Hyperview is robust enough to recognize and correctly categorize any kind of asset ownership by a given organization. Provided you have the necessary access privileges, you can manage all aspects of an asset, including its properties, child assets, components, sensors, layout, and so on.

Note

Certain features, such as Rack Security and Document Management, are not included with the standard Hyperview license. See Licensed features for more information.

• Who can access an asset?
  • How role affects asset access
  • How access policies determine asset access
• Supported asset types
  • Device asset types
  • Container types
  • Additional types
  • Component asset types
• Navigating assets
  • Using the Asset Types tree
  • Using the Asset Hierarchy tree
  • Browsing assets from elsewhere in Hyperview
• Overview of asset pages
  • The Dashboard page
  • The Layout page
  • The Events page
  • The Access Control page
  • Information pages
• Adding assets
  • Bulk importing assets
  • Manually adding an asset
• Asset properties
  • Base
  • Contact
  • Cooling
  • Location settings
  • AssetTracker
  • General
  • Model
  • Power
  • SNMP
• Custom properties
• Bulk actions
  • Supported bulk actions
  • Performing a bulk action
  • Reviewing a completed bulk action
• Managing sensors
  • Sensor categories
  • Linking sensors
  • Using manual sensors
  • Deleting sensors
  • Graphing sensors
  • Exporting sensor graphs and data
• Control operations
  • Configuration parameters