10 March, 2025
DCIM Solutions
DCIM optimizes data center operations by managing and monitoring all critical infrastructure components ensuring efficiency, reduces downtime.
Customer Stories
Assisted a leading bank with the supply, installation, testing, and commissioning (SITC) of a greenfield data center project. This included the setup of racks, servers, and software configurations for monitoring systems
Case Study
Customer Overview
The customer operates a multi-hall data center requiring continuous availability and optimized efficiency. To support
operations, they required real-time monitoring and management of space, power, cooling, and assets across critical
environments.
The infrastructure includes:
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4 Server Halls – Main IT load (~500–600 racks total, ~2–3 MW IT load).
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4 Network Rooms – One per server hall, supporting LAN, SAN, and core networking.
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1 BMS Room – Hosting Building Management System (BMS) and DCIM racks.
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Ground Floor Facility Devices – Electrical panels, transformers (3 x 1.5 MVA), generator (2 MVA DG sets), pumps, and fire systems.
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First Floor Systems – PAHU precision cooling units (~200–250 TR total), UPS systems (2N, ~3 MVA total) with battery racks.
Business Challenge
The customer faced the following challenges:
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No Central Visibility – 600 racks across 4 halls tracked manually; reports took 10–12 hrs/month, with 10–15% capacity planning errors.
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Fragmented Power Monitoring – 3–4 platforms, adding 6–8 hrs/week of reconciliation and 20–25% longer MTTR.
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Limited Cooling Insights – 200–250 TR cooling tracked manually, causing 10–15% excess energy use and 2–3 downtime events/year.
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Manual Asset Tracking – 10,000+ assets in spreadsheets, 5–7% error rate, audits took 2–3 weeks/year.
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Disjointed Facility Monitoring – Siloed alerts delayed responses by 15–20 mins, raising overhead by ~20% manhours/month.
Solution: Vertiv Environet Alert
To address these challenges, the customer implemented Vertiv Environet Alert, a comprehensive DCIM platform formonitoring and managing both IT and facility infrastructure.
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Space Monitoring – Rack-level visualization for all server halls and network rooms with real-time U-space utilizationand white space planning.
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Power Monitoring – Integration of UPS, battery racks, LT/HT Panel meters, PDUs, and generators with end-to-end power chain mapping and proactive monitoring of load, redundancy (N+1), and battery performance.
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Cooling Monitoring – Integration of PAHU and precision cooling units with temperature & humidity sensors,dashboards, and automated alerts for failures or threshold deviations
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Ground Floor Facility Devices – Electrical panels, transformers (3 x 1.5 MVA), generator (2 MVA DG sets), pumps, and fire systems.
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First Floor Systems – PAHU precision cooling units (~200–250 TR total), UPS systems (2N, ~3 MVA total) with battery racks.