Datacenter Details

What the Datacenter Details page is for

The Datacenter Details page is the per-building view of your physical infrastructure. It lists every rack inside one datacenter, summarizes how full those racks are, and tracks any client boxes — loose, client-owned hardware that is colocated at the site but not mounted in one of your racks. From here you add and edit racks, run a visual capacity readout, and manage individual loose items such as spare drives, cables, and transceivers.

How to reach this page

Open Locations from the admin sidebar, click a location to open its Location Details page, then click one of the datacenter cards. The breadcrumb at the top of the page reflects this path: Locations / Location / Datacenter. The first two segments are links, so you can step back to the location or the full Locations list at any time.

Reading the header and capacity strip

The header shows the datacenter name, and beneath it a subtitle line built from the short name (or code), the provider, and the tier when those are set — for example VOX • Voxility • Tier III. Directly below sits a single-row capacity strip summarizing every rack in the building:

Metric	What it shows
Racks	Total number of racks defined in this datacenter.
Available	Free rack units across all racks, shown as free U with the total U beside it (for example 120U / 168U).
Utilization	A single percentage: used rack units divided by total rack units across every rack in the datacenter.
Devices	The combined count of devices mounted across all racks here.

Utilization is weighted by capacity, not a simple average of rack percentages: it sums used U and total U across the whole datacenter, so a half-empty 42U rack counts more than a half-empty 24U rack. Client boxes are tracked separately and never affect these rack numbers.

Working with racks

Racks appear as a grid of cards below the capacity strip. Each card shows the rack name, its size (such as 42U), an Active or Inactive pill, a coloured capacity bar (used U / total U), the device count, free U, and the row and aisle when those have been entered. The capacity bar turns green below 70%, yellow from 70% to 89%, and red at 90% and above.

Open a rack

Click anywhere on the body of a rack card to open the visual Rack Management editor, where you place and remove devices unit by unit.

Add a rack

1. Click Add Rack at the top right of the page (or Add Your First Rack if the datacenter is empty).
2. Fill in the form fields described below.
3. Click Create. The rack appears as a new card and the capacity strip updates.

The Add Rack / Edit Rack form contains these fields:

Field	Purpose
Name (required)	A label for the rack, e.g. Rack A1 or Cabinet 12.
Code	A short slug, auto-generated from the name (e.g. rack-a1) and editable while creating. It is locked once the rack exists.
Height	Rack size in rack units: 24U, 42U (Standard), 45U, or 48U.
Row	Optional row label, e.g. Row A.
Aisle	Optional aisle label, e.g. Cold Aisle 1.
Power budget (kW)	Optional maximum power draw allotted to the rack.
Circuit amps	Optional rated amperage of the rack's power circuit.
Voltage	Circuit voltage: 110V, 208V, 230V, or 400V.
Redundancy	Power redundancy level: N, N+1, 2N, or 2N+1.
Display order	A number controlling where the card sorts among the others.
Active	A checkbox. Inactive racks still appear but carry the grey Inactive pill.

Edit or delete a single rack

Each rack card has a small pencil (edit) and trash (delete) button along its bottom edge. Editing reopens the same form. Deleting opens a confirmation dialog that previews what is attached; if the rack contains loose items, you are offered the chance to move them elsewhere before the rack is removed.

Delete several racks at once

1. When a datacenter has more than one rack, a Select all racks checkbox appears above the grid; each card also has its own checkbox.
2. Tick the racks you want to remove.
3. A red Delete (n) button appears in the header. Click it.
4. Confirm in the dialog, which lists how many racks and devices are affected.

Client Boxes

Below the rack grid, the Client Boxes section tracks client-owned hardware colocated at this datacenter that is not mounted in your racks — a shelf of spare parts, a customer-supplied chassis, a storage tote, and so on. The heading carries a count badge when boxes exist. Each box row shows its label, the linked client (company name or email), an optional location description, and an item-count badge.

Add a client box

1. Click Add Client Box at the top right of the section.
2. Enter the fields below and click Create.

Field	Purpose
Label (required)	A name for the box, e.g. Client Box #3 or Storage Shelf A.
Client	Type to search your clients by email, name, or company and pick one to link the box to its owner. Clear the field with the small × to unlink.
Location description	Free text describing where the box physically sits, e.g. Shelf 2, Row B, near Rack A3.
Notes	Any extra remarks about the box.

Manage items inside a box

Click a box row to expand it and reveal its loose items. Each item lists its name, quantity, type, manufacturer, model, serial number, purchase date, warranty expiry, and a colour-coded condition badge (New, Used, Refurbished, or Faulty — an expired warranty date is shown in red). Hover over an item to reveal its move, edit, and delete buttons.

Use the Add Item button inside the expanded box to record a new piece of hardware. The item form offers:

Field	Purpose
Type	SSD, HDD, NIC, Transceiver (SFP/QSFP), Cable, Power Supply, Memory (RAM), Fan Module, Riser Card, Rail Kit, Drive Caddy, or Other.
Condition	New, Used, Refurbished, or Faulty.
Name (required)	A descriptive name, e.g. Samsung 870 EVO 1TB.
Quantity	How many of this item the box holds.
Serial number	Optional serial for a single tracked unit.
Manufacturer / Model	Optional brand and model details.
Purchase date / Warranty expiry	Optional dates for asset and warranty tracking.
Notes	Any extra remarks about the item.

Move an item to another rack or box

The move button on an item opens a dialog where you toggle between a Rack and a Client Box destination, search the list by name, datacenter, location, or client, pick a target, and confirm. This is how loose hardware is relocated — including the prompt offered when you delete a rack that still holds items.

Edit or delete a box

Each box row has a pencil (edit) and trash (delete) button on the right. A box that still contains items cannot be deleted until those items are moved out or removed first; the delete dialog tells you so.

Client boxes are inventory records only — they do not consume your rack capacity and are not shown in the utilization figure. Bill colocation of client-owned gear through your normal colocation products rather than through this page.

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