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The issue: How to properly model blade servers mounted in a chassis on a rack
Background: Using GLPI 10.0.5
Details:
I'm trying to fill and model the inventory for the company I work for. We have rack servers that mount directly, but we also have several different blade server models. These servers mount in a chassis. For example, our servers mostly consist of UCS blade servers (USCB-B200-M4, USCB-B200-M5, UCSB-B480-M5, etc.) which are housed in UCS Chassis (UCSB-5108-AC2, N20-C6508, etc.), but there are other setups. The point is, I'm trying to figure out how best to show the Chassis in a rack and show the servers mounted within them. I currently have chassis as enclosures, but I haven't found a way to link the servers to the chassis. Adding the enclosure into the rack excludes the possibility of adding a server within the 6 units where the chassis is, so I can't model the servers on the rack in their correct spots. I tried adding the chassis as an appliance, but couldn't see how to add the appliance to the rack.
So how can I properly model a blade server in a chassis on a rack? I'd be happy with just connecting the server to a chassis and then showing the chassis on the rack, but I'd want to add a field to the server to notate rack and row. I know this can be done with a Fields plugin, but it makes it to where I now have to update two sources - the chassis location and the server row and column within the server object - instead of having it all tied together. I'd like to avoid that, if I can.
Does anyone have experience with this issue or have worked on something similar in the past?
Last edited by InventoryGuy471 (2023-11-27 19:54:58)
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I think I may have posted this a little too soon. I just clicked into one of the enclosures and found how to add items to it. Open to other suggestions, though.
Basically my setup is as follows:
Add enclosure to rack
Click into enclosure
Select Items
Add new item
Select item type and physical server host
Choose position
Save item position
After following this procedure, you can click into the physical server asset and find its position as listed in the enclosure, which is listed in the rack. The only main drawback to this is that it isn't modeled directly on the rack, but this method allows some variance between the different enclosure models. The chassis isn't limited by the unit height, so HP Synergy Chassis can be accounted for as well (these have compute units - i.e., blade servers - mounted vertically and horizontally).
Sorry for clogging up the forums, but hopefully someone can see this in the future. Marking as resolved. Again, open to any other suggestions if someone has found a more direct-to-rack solution.
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