PDUs

PDU (Power distribution unit) lists all the item used to manage and monitor electrical distribution in a rack or datacenter.

global view PDUs

In a PDU form, the following information is available:

It is possible to use templates with PDUs.

Details view PDUs

• Name

• Data center position

• Location

• Technician in charge

• Model

• Inventory number

• Comments

• Status

• Device type

• Manufacturer

• Serial number

• User

Impact Analysis

Impact analysis enables an infrastructure diagram to be drawn up, showing the dependencies and impacts in the event of item loss. This can be saved and exported

Plugs

Plugs shows the number of sockets available on the PDU

Network Ports

This tab allows to manage the network ports attached to current item.

The information that can be viewed is:

• Name

• Port number

• MTU

• Speed

• Internal status

• Last change

• Number of I/O bytes

• Number of I/O errors

• Duplex

• VLAN

• Connected to

• Connection

• Deleted

Management

Management of financial and administrative information, this information is visible in the 'Management' tab on the item's form.

Contracts

GLPI supports contracts management, in order to manage contract types such as loan, maintenance, support...

Contracts management allows to:

• make an inventory of all contracts related to the organization assets

• integrate contracts in GLPI financial management

• anticipate and follow contract renewal.

Documents

The document tab lets you link different types of files to the item (PDF, txt, png, etc.) You can attach a document already uploaded to GLPI or add a new one directly from this tab.

Tickets

View all tickets linked to the item.

Problems

This tab refers to all hardware-related problems. Problems can also be linked to tickets, projects, etc. This allows you to have a complete scenario when necessary.

Changes

Changes lists all changes related to a material. From this tab, you can't link a change directly, you can do it from Assistance > Changes > Items. You can create a new change from this page, which will be linked to the item you have selected.

History

The History tab is used to show any changes made to an item. The following information about the changes is available:

• ID of the change.

• Date and time the change was made.

• User who made the change. If this field is not filled, it means that the action was done automatically (For example: automatic inventory update).

• Field that was changed.

• Description of the change that was made.

The description of the change represents either the difference between the old and the new value (For example with location field: Change HQ to Remote Office A), or the explanation of the action which was carried out (For example: Uninstallation of a software: "Gimp 2.0").

For dropdowns or objects with a parent/child relationship, the modification of a child will appear in the history of the parent element.

All Information

For an item, all information is displayed on one page from the All tab. This shows all of the tabs of an object's form in one view, one below the other.