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Maintenance Activity

Maintenance is critical to a healthy data center to ensure that the assets are operating correctly. The Maintenance screens in Equinix Smart View provide information regarding assets undergoing maintenance. Maintenance activity and maintenance scripts help to ensure that you're aware of these maintenance events.

Maintenance Activity displays information about the electrical and mechanical assets currently undergoing maintenance in the data centers. This allows you to see if any of the assets supporting your cages are currently under maintenance.

The Maintenance Activity page shows the currently active maintenance events that affect your cages. This page provides details about assets currently undergoing maintenance, and a timestamp indicating when the maintenance began.

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The smart data grid allows you to search, sort, and filter the columns. You can also click the gear icon to select columns to hide/show, or to rearrange the columns. For details, see Smart Data Grids.

Data Columns

By default, these columns are displayed in the grid:

NameDescription
AssetUnique identifier for each asset.
Asset TypeType of asset; for example: Chiller, ATS.
IBXAll data centers that are presently undergoing scheduled maintenance. (Only shows data centers for which you have a subscription to Smart View.)
Date StartedDate and time when maintenance for the asset began.
Affected AssetsNumber of cages or circuits supported by the asset under maintenance.
Affected AccountsNumber of accounts affected by the maintenance event.
MetroMetropolitan area where the asset resides.
CityCity where the asset resides.
RegionRegion where the asset resides.
Asset ClassificationCategory of the asset; for example: Electrical, Mechanical.
ManufacturerManufacturer of the asset.
Equipment ModelModel number of the asset equipment.

All Electrical assets are mapped to circuits and all Mechanical assets are mapped to cages.

Note:

  • The IBX, Asset, and Asset Type columns cannot be hidden.
  • All columns except Affected Assets and Affected Accounts can be filtered and sorted.

View Details for a Row

Click a row in the data grid to see details about a specific maintenance event:

The top half of the panel shows:

  • The IBX where the asset infrastructure resides.
  • The asset type and manufacturer of the infrastructure.
  • The equipment model number.
  • The start date and time of the maintenance event.

The bottom half displays the affected assets and their account numbers.

Click the number of affected circuits under Affected Assets to see circuit details.

The first level represents a cage, the second level indicates a cabinet, and the third level refers to a circuit.

The circuit name provides details on the power parameters — indicating voltage, current, and phase — along with the last four digits of the circuit's serial number.

Export Data to a File

To save the data to a CSV file:

  1. Arrange the data you want to export.

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    You can set filters, use the search box, choose a sort column, hide columns, and rearrange columns.

  2. Click the download icon.

A .csv file is downloaded to your device.

Create a Trouble Ticket

To submit a trouble ticket to Equinix, click Trouble Ticket at the top right corner (above the data grid). See also the Support page.