User Guide

T A B L E  OF  C ON T E N T S
Product Overview 1
Features and Benefits 1
Attributes 1
Visualization capabilities 2
Layout design capabilities 3
Software Requirements 5
Getting Started 5
Server 5
Client 5
Browsers 5
Network connection 6
Other software 6
Supported database types 6
Supported languages 6
Configuration assumptions 6
Minimum system recommendations 7
Hardware considerations 7
Tuning considerations 7
Installation 11
Installing Data Center Planner 11
Installing Data Center Planner on a server with limited or no Internet connection 12
Logging into Data Center Planner 12
Migrating to a New Version of Data Center Planner 13
Uninstalling Data Center Planner 14
User Management 17
Managing Users 17
Authentication 17
External Authentication 17
Users 17
Permissions 17
Creating Users 18
Changing a password 19
Roles 20
Licenses 23
Rack Licensing 23
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