Documentation And Standardization

Documentation And Asset Management For Your Data Center

A comprehensive approach to managing your data center’s physical and logical infrastructure includes:

• IT infrastructure documentation: IT infrastructure documentation creates detailed records of servers, networking equipment, hardware, IP addresses, software configurations, virtualization setups, and interconnectivity. Documentation may include diagrams of network topology, server racks, cable paths and more.
• Data center asset management: Track the life cycle, location, warranty, usage and age of every asset to simplify budgeting, deployment and replacement. 
• Network diagramming and end-to-end connectivity documentation: This type of network documentation is a mapping out of every network device, including logical network designs, configurations, cabling, firewalls, and other security policies and traffic flows. In the event of a network issue, documentation may let you diagnose, locate and fix problems more easily.
• Standardized deployment and documentation practices: Standardization involves ensuring consistent processes and configurations across the data center for fewer errors and uniform performance. Standardization can also make it easier to manage and scale your data center. 
• IT infrastructure standards compliance: Ensure documentation aligns with company rules, legal requirements and industry standards to demonstrate regulatory compliance.
• Physical infrastructure documentation: This documentation maps out and details cabinet layouts, security systems, cooling systems, power distribution units, uninterruptible power supplies and other physical infrastructure.

The right documentation streamlines troubleshooting, planning, decision-making and disaster recovery.