Network Inventory management view

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated August 1, 2024
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    Summary of Network Inventory Management View

    The Inventory Management View in the Telecommunications Network Inventory Workspace provides ServiceNow customers with a comprehensive and detailed visualization of their network inventory. This view includes critical data on equipment, equipment holders, network sites, and connections, enabling efficient monitoring and management of telecommunications assets.

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    Users can navigate between two main tabs: Overview and Inventory List, each designed to facilitate different aspects of inventory management and operational decision-making.

    Key Features

    • Overview Tab: Offers a consolidated snapshot of network inventory data for a selected network site. It features interactive widgets and charts that display counts and statuses of equipment by model, manufacturer, and life-cycle state, as well as rack and port availability.
    • Widgets and Charts Include:
      • Equipment by Model: Counts of equipment grouped by the five most common models.
      • Equipment by Manufacturer: Donut chart showing equipment counts by the top five manufacturers.
      • Equipment by Life-cycle State: Visualization of equipment statuses such as In Use, Empty, Reserved, Available, In Maintenance, and Other.
      • Racks at Capacity Threshold: Number of racks exceeding a defined occupancy threshold.
      • Racks with Available Rack Units (RUs): Count of racks with free rack units.
      • Rack Availability by Maximum Contiguous RUs: Bar chart showing rack availability based on contiguous rack units.
      • Slot and Port Availability: Counts of available slots and ports across equipment models.
    • Inventory List Tab: Displays a hierarchical list of network sites and associated assets (equipment and connections). Users can expand locations to view sites, then further expand sites to view equipment and connections, facilitating detailed asset tracking and management.
    • Actions in Inventory List: Selecting records redirects users to their detailed form views for further inspection or updates.
    • Navigation: The Inventory Management View is accessed via the database search icon on the workspace side panel.

    Practical Benefits

    • Enables quick assessment of network inventory health and availability at various organizational levels.
    • Supports proactive management by highlighting capacity issues such as racks at or near full utilization.
    • Facilitates targeted actions by allowing users to drill down from summary widgets to detailed records.
    • Improves operational efficiency through a centralized, interactive interface for network asset tracking.

    Use the Inventory management view in the Telecommunications Network Inventory Workspace to get a detailed view of your network inventory.

    The Inventory management view displays the network inventory details such as equipment, equipment holders, network sites, and connections. Use the following tabs to view the inventory details and take appropriate actions:
    Overview

    View various inventory data, such as total number of equipment grouped by the model, manufacturer, and life-cycle state, and availability of racks, ports, and slots within a site that you’re selected.

    Inventory List
    View a list of network sites or network assets such as equipment and connections based on the option that you’re selected in the side panel.

    Overview tab

    Use the Overview tab for a consolidated view of various network inventory data within a network site that you’re selected.

    Figure 1. Inventory management view
    Inventory Management view of the current status of network assets.

    Select any widget or chart to view the list of items that needs your action.

    Table 1. Inventory management widgets
    Widget or chart Description
    Equipment by model Number of the individual pieces of equipment grouped by model. The widget contains a standard set of the five most used telecommunications equipment models. For each equipment model, you can view a total count of the equipment.
    Equipment by manufacturers Donut chart grouping of equipment by the manufacturers who supply them. The widget contains a standard set of the five most used telecommunications equipment manufacturers. For each manufacturer, you can view a total count of equipment.
    Equipment by life-cycle state Donut chart grouping of equipment by the current life-cycle state. The widget contains the number of equipment in the network sites that you’re selected, grouped by the following life-cycle states.
    • In Use
    • Empty
    • Reserved
    • Available
    • In Maintenance
    • Other
    Racks at capacity threshold Number of racks that are occupied more than threshold capacity.
    Racks with available RUs Number of racks with available rack units.
    Rack availability by maximum contiguous RU Bar chart representation of available racks with maximum contiguous rack units.
    Slot availability Number of available slots across the equipment models.
    Port availability Number of available ports across the equipment models.
    Note:
    To learn more about how the count data is collected and refreshed in the workspace landing page, see Data collection and refresh for the Network Inventory Workspace widgets. To learn how to customize the content that appears in each widget, see Customizing the content in your Network Inventory Workspace widgets.

    Inventory list tab

    Use the Inventory list tab to view a list of network sites or network assets based on the item that you selected in the side panel and take appropriate actions. The side panel lists the following:
    • All the locations that are available in the global location.
    • All the network sites that are available in the global location.
    • Network assets such as equipment and connections that are associated with each network site.
    Figure 2. Inventory list tab
    List view of network sites in the Hyderabad location.
    You can perform the following actions in the Inventory list tab.
    • In the side panel, expand the location to view the associated network sites.
    • Select a location to view the associated network site records in the list view.
    • In the side panel, expand each network site to view any associated connections or equipment.
    • Select Equipment to view the list of associated connections or equipment records.
    • Select Connection to view the list of associated physical and logical connection records within the network site.
    • Select a record in the list view to redirect to its form view.

    Accessing the Inventory management view

    To open the Inventory management view, select the database search icon (Database Search Icon) on the side panel.