Data Centre Site Survey 2014 V1

• Document No.

• Audit Title

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

• Note: on all question sections as well as providing a response you can also provide more details and attach survey photos where applicable.

Customer Information

• Site Contact Details:

• Client Account:

• Site Address
  Address

• Date and Time Survey carried out:

  Date

• How many Racks are in this Data Centre.

• Please take a Photo of the Racks within the Data Hall.

  Media

Current Data Centre Documentation.

• Is there an intelligent system being used for change control, hardware planning, adds, moves and changes?

  Select Yes No

  • Yes
  • No

• Is there a current floor plan of the data hall.

  Yes

  No

• Are there any Rack layouts, that detail all the current cabling and hardware infrastructure?

  Select Yes No

  • Yes
  • No

• Is there a master patching database that details source to destination patching?

  Select Yes No

  • Yes
  • No

Rack A1

• Add media

  Media

• Please provide dimensions for this Rack.

  Select 600mm wide x 800mm deep 800mm wide x 800mm deep 800mm wide x 1000mm deep 800mm wide x 1200mm deep.

  • 600mm wide x 800mm deep
  • 800mm wide x 800mm deep
  • 800mm wide x 1000mm deep
  • 800mm wide x 1200mm deep.

• How many active devices are in this Rack?

• Are there any devices that have been racked away incorrectly to the hot or cold aisle.

  Select No Yes - 1 Yes - 2 Yes - 3 Yes - 4 Yes - 5 Yes - 6 Yes - 7 Yes - 8 Yes - 9 Yes - 10

  • No
  • Yes - 1
  • Yes - 2
  • Yes - 3
  • Yes - 4
  • Yes - 5
  • Yes - 6
  • Yes - 7
  • Yes - 8
  • Yes - 9
  • Yes - 10

• Please take a photo.

  Media

• Are the Power cables from the PDU to the Active devices routed in a tidy manner within this rack?

  Select Yes No

  • Yes
  • No

• Please take a photo.

  Media

• Are the power cables labelled with PDU details?

  Select Yes No

  • Yes
  • No

• What is the current state of the cable patching between the structured cabling patch panels and the active devices within this Rack.

  Select Bad State - Requires urgent attention Moderate State - Requires a small amount of attention. Good State - Requires no attention

  • Bad State - Requires urgent attention
  • Moderate State - Requires a small amount of attention.
  • Good State - Requires no attention

• Are the Patch Cables Labelled at both ends of the patch cord?

  Select Yes No

  • Yes
  • No

• Is there sufficient horizontal cable management installed to manage the patch cabling?

  Select Yes No

  • Yes
  • No

• Is there sufficient vertical management to assist patch cabling?

  Select Yes No

  • Yes
  • No

• Provide an estimation of how long it would take to tidy up this rack?

  Select 1 Engineer - 1 Day 2 Engineers - 1 Day 3 Engineers - 1 Day 4 Engineers - 1 Day 1 Engineer - 2 Days 2 Engineers - 2 Days 3 Engineers - 2 Days 4 Engineers - 2 Days

  • 1 Engineer - 1 Day
  • 2 Engineers - 1 Day
  • 3 Engineers - 1 Day
  • 4 Engineers - 1 Day
  • 1 Engineer - 2 Days
  • 2 Engineers - 2 Days
  • 3 Engineers - 2 Days
  • 4 Engineers - 2 Days

• Provide an estimation on how long this Rack would take to Tidy Up. (Based hours worked for 1 Engineer)

• Will this rack require additional 1U Horizontal Cable Management as part of the tidy up process?

  Select No Yes - 1 Yes - 2 Yes - 3 Yes - 4 Yes - 5 Yes - 6 Yes - 7 Yes - 8 Yes - 9 Yes - 10

  • No
  • Yes - 1
  • Yes - 2
  • Yes - 3
  • Yes - 4
  • Yes - 5
  • Yes - 6
  • Yes - 7
  • Yes - 8
  • Yes - 9
  • Yes - 10

• Are there any Copper Patch Cords that need replacing due to visible damage?

  Select No Yes - 1 Yes - 2 Yes - 3 Yes - 4 Yes - 5 Yes - 6 Yes - 7 Yes - 8 Yes - 9 Yes - 10

  • No
  • Yes - 1
  • Yes - 2
  • Yes - 3
  • Yes - 4
  • Yes - 5
  • Yes - 6
  • Yes - 7
  • Yes - 8
  • Yes - 9
  • Yes - 10

• Are there any Fibre Patch Cords that need replacing due to visible damage?

  Select No Yes - 1 Yes - 2 Yes - 3 Yes - 4 Yes - 5 Yes - 6 Yes - 7 Yes - 8 Yes - 9 Yes - 10

  • No
  • Yes - 1
  • Yes - 2
  • Yes - 3
  • Yes - 4
  • Yes - 5
  • Yes - 6
  • Yes - 7
  • Yes - 8
  • Yes - 9
  • Yes - 10

• Will the Patch Cords in this Rack require Brady Labels

  Select Yes No

  • Yes
  • No

Containment Routes

• Please take photos of the containment within the Data Hall.

  Media

• Is the current containment to full capacity

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there a requirement for new containment to be installed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Please take a photo of the area that requires containment.

  Media

Environmental Notes:

• Does the data hall have good air flow?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Have all the racks undergone Power down testing?

• Has the site Undergone Power Down testing?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Have all the racks undergone Failover testing?

• Has the site undergone Failover testing for acceptance into service?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Support Contact Numbers

• Add contacts for Personnel that will be in attendance during the tidy up process.

Contact

• Add the data centre providers site contact details.

• Other useful Contact Numbers from the data centre.

Would the client be interested in a data centre managed service?

• Would the client be willing to discuss further the possibility of installing a managed support service into each data centre site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A