R&M inteliPhy 6.0 software suite for data centre design

R&M has launched the sixth generation of its inteliPhy software suite for the design of data centre infrastructure. With this latest version, the scope of application has been extended beyond the infrastructure of an individual data centre, making it easier to plan the expansion of fibre-optic infrastructures between several data centres or at a larger site.

The software is equipped with geoinformation system (GIS) functions for geolocalisation in longitude and latitude. It also offers a height service, which leads to more precise values when calculating underground cable lengths.

Designed to visualise telecom, provider and campus networks as well as underground cable runs, the suite also supports the local and remote management of the infrastructure of external sites such as edge data centres, for example.

Users can plan the infrastructure of a grey space, as well as the cages in colocation data centres, three-dimensionally. Components such as racks, patch panels, flexible enclosures, cable ducts, trunk cables and active equipment are added from the model library using drag and drop — they can now also be searched for using part numbers. A new feature is the ability to design customised data centre spaces instead of using fixed-size tiles, thus increasing flexibility.

R&M’s ActiPower connector strips for power distribution can now also be integrated using drag and drop, meaning that intelligent power distribution units (iPDUs) can be integrated at the click of a mouse. They are assigned to the object identifiers (OIDs) and their data is scaled or named in such a way that it is easy to understand, allowing the operator to manage the power distribution in the racks without errors.