johndunn1970

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  • Same here only ALL of my 130 server are Fujitu servers from RX100, 200, 300's and Blade BX600s and BX900's very little information is returned for the hardware either.
    in Hardware and Warranty monitoring for Fujitsu servers Comment by johndunn1970 March 2014
  • Yes, I agree. If Fujitsu get the mobile edition released for next April I may not bother with the site license next time and cut it back to just the core servers.
    in Hardware and Warranty monitoring for Fujitsu servers Comment by johndunn1970 November 2014
  • Zach, did you ever come up with a preferred layout? Believe it or not, apart from the server room layout which I did in google Sketchup. The rest I did in Windows Paintbrush
    in Server Rack Diagram for SAM Comment by johndunn1970 November 2014
  • There are definatley tools out there to do that. I managed to get a copy of Fujitsu System Architect which is used by their Pre-Sales team. As they discuss solutions with the customer, they click on different hardware that would be required, in the form of tick boxes switches, servers cabs etc and once complete it builds a…
    in Server Rack Diagram for SAM Comment by johndunn1970 November 2014
  • Thanks for the compliment Jonathan . I think you would be surprised how easy to maintain it is after the initial time investment. I simply have a jpg file for each model of server (Luckily we are 99% Fujitsu Servers. So once you have google'd and copied the pics for each model. It becomes a simple matter of drag and drop…
    in Server Rack Diagram for SAM Comment by johndunn1970 November 2014
  • Same here Michael, working great now. Thanks for the hard work
    in Import SAM template gets Error 404 Comment by johndunn1970 February 2014
  • I started off by doing just the rack views of my server room and then thought Id take it to the next stage and create an uptime view of the room showing the Rack layout and and added the group node on top of each rack, which drill down to my rack view now.
    in Server Rack Diagram for SAM Comment by johndunn1970 March 2014
  • Same here, CAB layouts and Rack content. Helps with new employees as well if they have to locate a tape drive for example. I use Google Sketchup 3D to do mine I am hoping to eventually be able to incorporate the 3D rotational view of the room into Solarwinds in the future allowing me to zoom into the device with the fault,…
    in Network Atlas - Racks and Switches Comment by johndunn1970 March 2014
  • As Ian said, it's very much a manual process and depending how far you drill down and want a custom map view each time can be time consuming. I have never done this for the NPM side of solarwinds only for SAM but it's going to be the same principal I would have thought. I have a three tier drill down with a map for each…
    in Custom Maps Comment by johndunn1970 March 2014
  • Yeah, same here. Getting the problem with NPM and SAM latest versions
    in Import SAM template gets Error 404 Comment by johndunn1970 February 2014
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