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Welcome to openDCIM

This is openDCIM, a free, web based Data Center Infrastructure Management application. DCIM means many different things to many different people, and there is a multitude of commercial applications available. openDCIM does not contend to be a function by function replacement for commercial applications. Instead, openDCIM covers the majority of features needed by the developers - as is often the case of open source software. The software is released under the GPL v3 license, so you are welcome to take it, modify it, and share it with others, as long as you acknowledge where it came from.

Goals for openDCIM

The number one goal for openDCIM is to eliminate the excuse for anybody to ever track their data center inventory using a spreadsheet or word processing document again. We've all been there in the past, which is what drove us developers to create this project.

  • Provide complete physical inventory (asset tracking) of the data center
  • Support for Multiple Rooms (Data Centers)
  • Management of the three key elements of capacity management - space, power, and cooling
  • Basic contact management and integration into existing business directory via UserID
  • Fault Tolerance Tracking - run a power outage simulation to see what would be affected as each source goes down
  • Computation of Center of Gravity for each cabinet
  • Template management for devices, with ability to override per device
  • Optional tracking of cable connections within each cabinet, and for each switch device
  • Archival functions for equipment sent to salvage/disposal
  • Integration with intelligent power strips and UPS devices - APC, Geist Manufacturing, Liebert, and Server Technologies. Easy to update with OIDs for other manufacturers.
  • Open Architecture - All built on a MySQL database for easy report building, or export to other applications

System Requirements for Current Version (LAMP Server)

  • Web host running Apache 2.x (or higher) with an SSL Enabled site.
  • MySQL 5.x (or higher) database
  • PHP 8.0 (or higher)
  • User Authentication (either through Apache, or using LDAP)
  • Linux (in other words, a LAMP server)
  • Web Based Client