Welcome to uDCV User Guide¶

Preface¶

This documentation provides guidelines on how to use uinnova DataCenter Visualizer, or uDCV. uDCV is the data integration and visualization platform, which enables users to visualize the information about the data center facilities.

Asset Visualization
- Asset location,physical appearance, advance multi-criteria search
- Large 3D datacenter models library of IT infrastructure and equipment available
- Integrated asset, configuration and alert information
Environment Visualization
- 3D Datacenter campus, buildings, floors, rooms and cages views
- Landscape and drone style fly-over views
Cabling Visualization
- Electrical wires and conduits
- Patch panel and cabling
- Port-to-Port connection path
- HVAC Utility pipeline
Monitoring Visualization
- IT equipment performance and alerting
- Datacenter room temperature and humidity
- UPS/PDU/Air Conditioning electrical power
Presentation Visualization
- Self-direct 3D animation
- Embedded Microsoft PowerPoint presentation in 3D datacenter view

Table of Contents¶

UI Walkthrought¶

About Scenes¶

uDCV support hosts multiple 3D datacenter models, or Scenes, and each scenes may has its own model library, configure, asset ans wiring data.

View Scene List¶

Click Scenes link on main page to view scene list.

Enter 3D Scene¶

Select scene and click enter scene button

Note

User may be prompted to install T3D plugin while open 3D scene for the first time.

Navigation in 3D scene View¶

There are 4 major UI areas in 3D scene view:

**3D Scene UI Area**¶
Area Position	Function Description
Top Navigation Bar	Search Box, Alarm Switch, Shortcut to Management Console, Home
Left Navigation Bar	Advance Search, Space Search, Task Management, Animation
Right Navigation Bar	Analysis Function Shortcuts
Central	3D Scene

Mouse and Key Binding¶

User use mouse and Keyboard to explore and interact with 3D scene.

Mouse¶

**Mouse**¶
Mouse Click	Function Description
Single Click	Show Information Panel
Double Click	Select object
Right Click	Escape
Mouse Over	Show object information on left lower corner
Wheel Scroll	Zoom in/Zoom out
Wheel Click and Hold	Move scene
Left Click and Hold	Rotate scene

Key-binding¶

**Key-binding**¶
Key Name	Function Description
W	Move camera forward
A	Move camera to left
S	Move camera backward
D	Move camera to right
Q	Move camera up
Z	Move camera down

Search¶

uDCV supports full-text search, as well as multiple criteria search which allow more specific scoping.

Basic Search¶

Enter keyword in upper search box and hit enter, search result UI will appears automatically on the left. Single click on one result item(if any), system will fly camera to the item. As shown below:

Note

Search box use full-text search, any match on object properties will return as result, for instance, enter “HP” will shows all HP servers, storages and printers, and server room name includes “HP”, etc.

Advance Search¶

To reduce the search scope, user can specify multiple condition on Advance Search. Advance Search is located at left navigation bar.

All Object properties can be used as search criteria :

Support AND operator between search criteria

Space Search¶

uDCV supports space & power search to find cabinets candidates given space, power and/or weight requirements. To access space search function, use the left navigation bar –> Space button, as shown below:

Device¶

uDCV supports consolidate and visualize device information in 3D.

Device Information Panel¶

Single click device in a opened cabinet to show device information panel, as shown below:

Switch to different tab to view various information about the device.

Wiring Information¶

Click on link tab to show device connection (if any).

uDCV supports display linkage as multiple hops, select and fly to peer device/port by click link item on popup link information panel.

Viewpoint¶

Concept¶

Viewpoint are shortcuts to an specific view of 3D scene. For complex scenes, e.g. multi-stories, multi-rooms datacenter, viewpoint is handy to fly to the point of interest by one single click.

Create Viewpoint¶

Navigate 3D scene to a point of interest.
From left navigation bar, click Demo –> View
Click Save the current viewpoint

4. Set the name of viewpoint. 6. Click Add to menu check-box.

Access Saved Viewpoint¶

Mouse over to show right navigation bar, then select Viewpoint –> {{name of the viewpoint}}

Animation¶

Concept¶

User can define multiple viewpoint in 3D scene, uDCV connect those viewpoints automatically and produce an animation.

Create Animation¶

From left navigation bar, click Demo –> Animation –> Create animation

Click Edit button to enter animation authoring UI

Add viewpoints, setting fly and pause parameter, as well as adjust the order of viewpoint frame for current animation.

Preview Animation¶

Click priview animation to priview current animation.

Set as Default Animation¶

From animation list, click set as default animation button to set animation as default animation. Default animation can be play directly from top right navigation bar.

Play Animation¶

Play Default animation by click Animation button on the top right navigation bar
Select animation to play by mouse over right navigation bar, then select Animation –> {{name of the animation}}

Analysis¶

Overview¶

uDCV provides various analysis functions which can be accessed by mouse over right navigation bar.

Note

Certain analysis functions only available in specific layer(s), for instance, Electronic Wire only available on building layer.

Analysis Functions¶

uDCV provides following analysis functions:

**Analysis Functions**¶
Function Category	Description
Reset	Reset all analysis effects
Alarm	Alarm filter
Security	Identify security devices by category
Capacity	Capacity analysis on space, power, etc.
Building	Show building level objects
PowerEnv	Environment related analysis functions such as heatmap, airflow, sensors, etc.
Viewpoint	Viewpoint shortcuts
Animation	animation shortcuts