Re: [lopsa-tech] Rack Management software

2012-07-02 Thread Derek J. Balling
On Jul 2, 2012, at 5:44 PM, Brian J. Atkisson wrote: > We are in-between CMDBs at the moment :) Pulling information out of > Puppet with Foreman gets us most of what we need from a CMDB, except for > rack placement. HP's starting to ship these new "smart-racks" that communicate with the servers

Re: [lopsa-tech] Rack Management software

2012-07-02 Thread Brian J. Atkisson
On 07/02/2012 01:17 PM, Ray Van Dolson wrote: > On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 01:14:30PM -0400, Brian J. Atkisson wrote: >> All, >> >> I'm looking for suggestions/feedback on rack management software. The >> basic problem I want to solve is tracking what hardware is installed in >> what rack and colo.

Re: [lopsa-tech] Rack Management software

2012-07-02 Thread Travis
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Brian J. Atkisson wrote: > I just want something lightweight, that has the ability to import > objects and location info. Rack Tables seems like it is usable, but I > haven't look at importing info. We use Racktables at $work. It's a fair tool, but we ended up ha

Re: [lopsa-tech] Rack Management software

2012-07-02 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 01:14:30PM -0400, Brian J. Atkisson wrote: > All, > > I'm looking for suggestions/feedback on rack management software. The > basic problem I want to solve is tracking what hardware is installed in > what rack and colo. I'd rather stick with an open source web product. >

[lopsa-tech] Rack Management software

2012-07-02 Thread Brian J. Atkisson
All, I'm looking for suggestions/feedback on rack management software. The basic problem I want to solve is tracking what hardware is installed in what rack and colo. I'd rather stick with an open source web product. The commercial products all seem to want to be your CMDB and take over your env