Is there any free tools out there that can help to better document at datacenter, for information like servers in a rack, the group port it is connected to and etc?
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We're using MediaWiki [1] in our company, works really well for internal documentation. Powers wikipedia as well.
Karolis T.
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You can use nVentory - Ruby on Rails Datacenter Inventory Manager.
screeshot_racks http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=194539
chmeee
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You can also look at http://projects.autonomy.net.au/hotwire. It's a network and DC-aware inventory tool for servers, racks and peripherals.
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If it's a Windows environment, configuration documentation can be produced automatically and nicely formatted by SYDI - sydiproject.com
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Rackmonkey does the basic rack-part ok. (unless you have blades)
If you want to document more you could use GLPI: http://www.glpi-project.org/?lang=en which has a rack plugin. You can document servers, switches and devices without the plugin.