Configuration

Some of the most basic site specific parameters can be changed through the Edit Configuration screen. These parameters are all stored within the fac_Configuration table of the database. This is a basic explanation for each of the parameters listed. Note that some configuration directives may be added or removed with each version.

As of version 1.0, here are the available directives:

• OrgName - This is the name of your organization, which will appear at the top of most pages.
• ClassList - This is an enumerated list of classifications that you may want to organize your departments into. The default for this is ITS, Internal, Customer. Some organizations may have more or less, but a minimum of one classification is required.

• SpaceRed - At what percentage of allocated space within a cabinet do you want the capacity metrics to turn from Yellow to Red?
• SpaceYellow - At what percentage of allocated space within a cabinet do you want the capacity metrics to turn from Green to Yellow?
• WeightRed - At what percentage of allocated weight within a cabinet do you want the capacity metrics to turn from Yellow to Red?
• WeightYellow - At what percentage of allocated weight within a cabinet do you want the capacity metrics to turn from Green to Yellow?
• PowerRed - At what percentage of allocated power within a cabinet do you want the capacity metrics to turn from Yellow to Red?
• PowerYellow - At what percentage of allocated power within a cabinet do you want the capacity metrics to turn from Green to Yellow?
• CriticalColor - If you would like a different shade of red (or completely different color) to indicate critical capacity, enter it here.
• CautionColor - If you would like a difference share of yellow (or a completely different color) to indicate warning levels of capacity, enter it here.
• GoodColor - The default color for having plenty of capacity.

• annualCostPerUYear - If you would like to track costs of housing equipment, this should be your total annual cost to house a single U of equipment, excluding power.
• annualCostPerWattYear - If you would like to track costs of housing equipment, this should be your total cost per Watt Year (cost/kWH * 24 hours * 365 days)

• Locale - Your Locale for character set preference (please note, we haven't tested this outside of en_US)

• DELL_ID (Deprecated in version 1.1) - The database ID number assigned to Dell. At the time of the first release, a script was available to retrieve manufacture dates from Dell based upon the serial number. This recently broke due to format changes to the Dell support website. It may or may not work again in the future.

• PDFLogoFile - You may create a custom logo for inclusion in PDF based reports
• CSSLogoFile (Deprecated in version 1.1) - You may also create a custom logo for use on the website. This was removed since creating dynamic CSS is not really feasible. If you want to put your own custom logo on the website, simply upload logo.png to /images/.
• PDFFont - The default font to use for PDF based reports

• SMTPServer - The site specific SMTP server that will allow incoming mail from the webserver. The software uses the RMail package, which can be further customized by the end user to support authentication based SMTP connections. Please refer to RMail directory for more information. It is likely that RMail will be replaced in future versions, as it is no longer actively developed or supported.
• SMTPPort - The site specific port to use for SMTP
• SMTPHelo - The name to supply in the SMTP HELO greeting
• SMTPPort - (Added in version 1.1) If not port 25, encryption and authentication will be used for connections. 465 is standard for Google Apps, by the way.
• SMTPUser - (Added in version 1.1) If using authentication, the username for sending email from the application.
• SMTPPassword - (Added in version 1.1) If using authentication, the password required for sending email from the application.
• MailFromAddr - The address to display in the From: field
• MailSubject - The subject line for Rack Request emails
• MailToAddr - Address to whom email should be sent when a Rack Request is entered. The requester will also receive a copy, by default, so this should be your service group responsible for completing the request.
• ComputerFacMgr - The name of the Facility Manager, who will also receive copies of emails, and is in some cases referenced in emails sent by the system.
• FacMgrEmail - The email address for the Facility Manager.

• UserLookupURL - If you have an internal corporate director page, you can enter the URL with any static required parameters, and the UserID field for a contact will be appended to the end of it. For example, if your directory was at http://directory.domain.com and you needed to pass parameters of action=lookup and user=id, you would enter http://directory.domain.com?action=lookup&user= in this field. The UserID from each contact would be appended as it is called.

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