User Guide

Figure 11.3: Set Rack Order
Rack timeline
In order to better visualize the changes made to a rack over time, you can display a rack timeline for a selected
rack at a point in time. The timeline is only invoked at the current time or on a project in the future. Reserved
space can be turned off or on, but you cannot manipulate the contents.
The display is a dialog box showing the rack, along with up to nine successive states of the rack, representing
changes made for projects in the future. Each presentation of the rack shows the project and time for that state of
the rack. You can select the racks from this dialog box in order to quickly navigate to the projects that imposed
the changes to the rack.
The timeline retains the point in time set at the time of creation, as long as you keep the display active and it
remains unaffected during this navigation, so you can go to any of the ten selected points in time for more
details. The dialog box is movable and resizable so that you can position it conveniently.
Manipulating the rack view at the a point in time may change the rack shown in the rack timeline and selecting
any rack from rack view can change the rack. The timeline immediately changes to show the selected rack in
rack view and its snapshots over time.
The timeline also responds to selecting the front and back view of a rack in the same manner. Also, if you
change the state of reservation display from on to off, the timeline will respond accordingly.
NOTE: Zero U space does not show as being open in the rack timeline.
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