User Guide

Number Area Description
2 Secondary Navigation Panel
Options to open global view or connections view. This panel can be closed to allow more room to
manage plans.
3 Primary Navigation Panel Options to open Data Center Planner, user management or licensing.
4 Main Menu User interface menu functions.
5 Toolbar User interface toolbar functions.
5 Tool Panes
Search area for devices, templates inventory, capacities and planning calendar. These panes
can be positioned on the left or right sidebars or can be placed on the content area of the
console.
7 Content Panel Management area for plans, racks, assets and connections.
Navigating within the console
You can resize the panes by dragging the lines between the panes to new positions. You can position the left
line to hide the navigation panes. Using this feature, you can maximize the size of the console and still navigate
between views. You can also drag the tool panes as stationary tabs on either the left or the right sidebar, or
position the tabs all on one sidebar. You can also drag the tool panes to the content area.
Navigating within panes
Planning, search and information panes can be positioned in any area of the console or within floating dialog
boxes. The dialog boxes can be resized to fit the content area as desired.
To reposition and stack panes:
1. Drag a pane to the content area, which then becomes a dialog box.
2. Drag any other panes to the dialog, which adds the panes as tabs within the dialog box.
3. Click the (x) on the dialog to close all tabs.
4. To return the panes to the sidebar, select View from the main menu and click the desired option.
Tab view navigation
Tab view navigation allows you to navigate to rack and asset views within a plan. As you drill deeper into
racks, assets and connections, links are available on the tab to go back to selected views. Two plans can be open
simultaneously to better manage plans. Global and connection and resources views are stationary on the tab bar
after they are opened the first time. The position of tabs persist across user sessions, so when you log into your
next session, the tabs are presented in the same location as when you last set them.
Main Menu
The Main Menu provides a convenient way to access commands in the Data Center Planner software. The menu
displays a list of commands located on the menu bar at the top of the screen. Each menu option contains a drop-
down list of commands that accomplishes tasks. This menu is visible in all views, but is dynamic and changes
depending on the view and the user rights.
If a user does not have access to certain operations, some menu items, toolbar items and context menu (right-
click) may not be available.
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