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Edit a cabinet to remove, add, or move the equipment from the selected cabinet. Organize and upgrade the components within the cabinet using the Telecommunications Network Inventory application.
Before you begin
Role required: sn_ni_core.inventory_admin, sn_ni_core.inventory_agent
Procedure
Navigate to Workspaces > Network Inventory Workspace.
Select the list icon (
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Select a cabinet from the displayed list.
A dashboard displays all equipment types added under the cabinet along with the cabinet view and information of the selected equipment.
Select Edit Cabinet.
Instead of the equipment types and cabinet view, a list of all equipment, and the front view of both edit configuration and current configuration is displayed.
From the displayed list of equipment, search for the equipment to add in a cabinet by using either the filters or the search box.
The existing filters automatically clear on entering a search. And, applying a filter clears your search terms.
The equipment list can also be sorted based on latest creation date, highest number of Rack Units, and weight.
The list shows all the equipment records included in the sn_ni_core.equipment system property, and the equipment that aren't in the cabinet.
The info (
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Perform any of the following actions while editing a cabinet.
Actions
Steps
Add
Select (
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Select Save.
A change request is created with the implemented modifications under the Change Tasks tab. Once the changes are applied, work notes of the tasks are updated and are marked as closed.
Select the displayed change request to see change tasks and more.
Note: A change request is created only if the cabinet is modified.