Monitoring and Dispatch Services

In June 2020, Local Edge Configurator included Monitoring & Dispatch Services for edge designs. These are services that provide 1 year coverage for each rack and you should note that devices should have Network Management Cards to facilitate remote management. Local Edge Configurator now suggests a suitable service plan for each rack in your solution on the 'Checkout' screen. Once the user confirms, the Monitoring and Dispatch service SKU is added to the solution and any unnecessary component level SKUs are removed for selected rack.

These service plans are available in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. More countries to follow shortly.

Using Monitoring and Dispatch Services

1. Once a configuration is completed and you reach the checkout page, the user is recommended the relevant Monitoring & Dispatch Service SKU for each racks which qualify for service level.

Note: Racks that have at least one Smart-UPS, and rPDU are eligible for Monitoring & Dispatch Services.

2. Users can uncheck a rack from the list if they do not wish to add Monitoring and Dispatch service SKUs for any of the racks.

3. Click "Confirm" to add the service SKU to design for selected rack.

Refer to the chart below for recommended Service Levels and SKUs information.

Lead Time Offer (LTO) information

Local Edge Configurator introduces a new feature called Lead Time Offer (LTO). This is displayed at the top right side of the tool bar beside the price:

LTO represents an estimated lead time in days on the standard number of business days from the receipt of the order to its shipment. Lead times are subject to product availability at the time of order receipt. 

You can see the LTO for each of the parts by clicking on the 'clock' icon:

Sometimes, LTO displays as 'N/A' if one of the constituent parts has an unknown LTO. Local Edge Configurator also cannot display the LTO for pre-integrated solutions because it involves our factories putting your solution together. The LTO will not include custom parts if you add them to your solution either here or in Design Portal.

You should contact your Project Coordinator for project specific lead time after submitting your order. 

April Updates

In this release focus was to support cooling configurations in Local Edge Configurator. You can now configure cooling for your edge designs.

Support for Uniflair SP and Uniflair RM cooling products

Local Edge Configurator now allows you to configure cooling solutions using Uniflair RM and Uniflair SP cooling products.

Steps to configure:

  1. Select required cooling type and add the SKUs to your design:

  2. Add SKUs to your design and the tool validates any missing products.

  3. In the Rack view, add RM units to rack. Since Uniflair SP cooling is ceiling mounted, you will not be allowed to drag these to the rack.

  4. Auto fix: LEC validates for sufficient cooling capacity, rack placement, and any missing SKUs. Click the auto-fix icon in the warnings section and LEC fixes the problems for you:

Issue Fixed: UPS Runtime discrepancy 

Local Edge Configurator was showing a runtime of 3 mins higher than expected or UPSs.
This is fixed now.

March Updates

In March 2020 , Local Edge Configurator released the capability to configure Industrial Edge Reference Designs.

These solutions are developed by our global teams to specifically meet the need of Industrial Edge computing applications.

Our Reference Designs are engineered and tested with our IT Alliance partners to meet the recommended deployment requirements for AVEVA System Platform and AVEVA Historian.

Industrial Edge Reference Designs

Local Edge Configurator now has capability to guide users to configure one of the three AVEVA reference architectures. 

Users can select from list and modify options based on their need.

This feature is available in the USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Netherlands and Spain.

BOM correction for Pre-integrated racks

Local Edge Configurator now suggests alternate sensor SKUs for pre-integrated rack configurations.Users are recommended to replace NBACS125 in their pre-integrated configuration with NBHN125, NBRK0250 and NBES0303 instead.

MicroDC Xpress offer is now removed

MicroDC Xpress options are removed from Local Edge Configurator. Users should instead use pre-integrated rack option to configure and order pre-integrated racks.This offers greater flexibility by allowing customers to mix and match many more products together rather than the fixed configuration which were available earlier.

How to request third party equipment to be added to Local Edge Configurator

(Note: This process has changed since our last update in January).

If you are unable to find a third party device in Local Edge Configurator, you should carry out the following steps to have it added:

1. Visit https://helpcenter.ecostruxureit.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360000334353
2. Choose 'General Support Requests' for your ticket.
3. If you don't have an account on this system, enter your e-mail address in the field.
4. Choose 'Data Center Operation(DCO)' as Product type.
5. Pick whether you are a Customer or a partner.
6. Enter that you require the addition of a third party equipment as your subject line.
7. Enter the part number and any other details including links to the products.
8. If you have any attachments that would help, drop them into the attachments area.
9. Press Submit and you are shown a screen with your request. Take note of the ID for future reference.
You should receive an e-mail with your request. You can follow up with your request by replying to this e-mail.

October 2019 updates

This quarter the focus has been on adding capability to pre-integrate racks for faster and easier deployments.
In addition tool extends support for 6U wall mount rack configurations for small micro datacenter needs.
Following are the new features added in Local Edge Configurator with october 2019 release.

Pre-integrate rack designs(NAM & EMEA**)

The pre-integration features allows you to request assembling your rack in the Schneider Electric factory before it is shipped.

Follow these simple steps to pre-integrate your rack:

• Select the rack and other equipment
• Drag and drop equipment into rack
• Select rack and pre-integrate

Note that only certain equipment can be pre-integrated. SKUs that cannot be pre-integrated will be sent to you separately.

Know more

** Pre-integrated is available in Andorra, Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, Faeroe Islands, France, United Kingdom, Gibraltar, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Moldova, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine and Vatican City as well as United States and Canada.

6U wall mountable racks

AR106V and AR106VI are new 6U racks in Schneider Electric's product list. These racks can be wall mounted and are ideal for micro-data center needs.

Local Edge Configurator has updated its rack view to showcase and utilize vertical mounting capability.

Coming Soon: Pre-integration capability for wall mounted racks.

Find Matching equipment

Use this feature to find compatible parts for already selected equipment.The feature is available in Catalog page while listing equipment as well as in rack view.

Catalog Page:

• From Search results , click on "Matching Products" to view list of SKUs compatible with your selected equipment.
• Select required SKU and Add.

Rack View

• Select an equipment and click "Matching Products" icon in widget.
• Select a SKU and click Add.

Aug 2019 updates

Following new features are added into Local edge configurator in Aug 2019.

1. Reference Designs for international

Micro datacenter reference designs are now available for following countries additional countries: Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Russia, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia

a. Select from options "IT" or "Office"

  b. Modify requirements if required , tool suggests respective                equipment list and total design price.
 c.  Click "Add to Design" to add to design.

2. List price option for Japan

List prices are now available for Japan users.

Pre-integrated rack configuration and factory capability

What are Pre-integrated rack configurations

Pre-integrated racks are Assemble to Order configurations for a speedy and hassle free deployment .
They save time,money, space for end users and system integrators receiving, deploying, and installing products and keep them focused on the IT rather than physical infrastructure.

Your selected rack and other equipment are assembled in one package before shipping  in a Schneider Electric factory and are ready to use in your premises. These are ideal solutions for edge and IoT applications where deployment speed, reliability and security is paramount.

Users can choose to pre-integrate any rack which has at least one piece of equipment in it to pre-integrate.

Pre-integration is limited to Schneider Electric products only. For a complete listing of products the LEC will identify those racks that can be pre-integrated and accessories available for integration will be identified as added. For a comprehensive list view this reference chart 

How does it work?

Local Edge configurator helps you to create a pre-integrated rack configuration in three easy steps. Tool ensures that accessories required to pre-integrate your design are automatically included in your design. Follow the steps below for sending your rack configuration for pre-integration in Schneider Electric factories.

1. Select Rack and other equipment

• Find rack and other required equipment in design.
• You can use search for equipment or use filter options in catalog page to find suitable equipment.

2. Drag and drop equipment into rack.

• Switch to rack view from side navigation bar .
• Drag and drop equipment into the rack.

3. Pre-integrate

Click on rack to view additional features widget.

Select  pre-integration option. 

Once selected to pre-integrate , Local edge configurator adds required accessories , installation service costs to the bill of material.

NOTE: FOR NETSHELTER SX RACKS - IF WEIGHT OF EQUIPMENT EXCEEDS PROCEED TO STEP 4.

Switch back to normal mode by clicking again on the pre-integrate icon. In that case the selected rack will not be pre-integrated and all the equipment and rack will be shipped in separate packages and will require onsite assembly.

4. Choose a shock pallet rack option.

For proper shipment of the rack and installed equipment a shock pallet is required when exceeding the weight limit of the standard pallet. The weight limits of the standard pallet are:

• -300lb (136kg) for 600-700mm racks
• -375lb (170kg) 750-800mm racks

If you exceed this threshold a warning will appear and require another rack to be chosen to complete the design with pre-integration.

Note: NetShelter CX and SX3K racks always ship on a shock pallet

Watch this video for details

Design Validations

Local Edge validates if the design can be successfully pre-integrated.

In case of any discrepancies , validation section displays necessary warnings.

Refer to Alerts section below for help to remove most common errors.

List of configuration SKUs and design price

Switch to "Solution" Page to view bill of material and price for each pre-integrated design.

Alerts

Pre-integrated racks feature prevents users from checkout if the design has errors. Remove errors to proceed.
The following table includes a list of most common errors and tips to remove those errors.

Sr.#	Error	Resolution
1	The equipment weight in Rack 1 exceeds safe shipping threshold. Please select a rack with shock absorbing pallet (AR***SP) to safely integrate and transport assembled configuration.	Replace rack
2	Equipment UPS is not compatible with Rack marked as Assemble to Order	Find a UPS compatible with rack and replace incompatible UPS. Use Find Matching feature to find compatible equipment.
3	Equipment PDU is not compatible with UPS marked as Assemble to Order	Find a PDU compatible with rack and replace incompatible PDU. Use Find Matching feature to find compatible equipment.

---

July 2019 Updates

In July 2019 , Local Edge configurator team focused on improving user interface and fixing localization issues. 
Scroll down for complete list of new features in this month:

1. Localisation issues

• Device description is now displayed as expected in Korean language
• Japanese :PDF format of Assembly and BOM reports are now corrected for translation.
• Japanese: No error in opening reports in PDF format.

2. Improved UI - Start with pre-validated design options(NAM and Europe)

Micro data center reference designs option is moved to the top of page . This will allow users to start first with pre-validated and guided option to start configuring their micro data center designs.

May 2019 Updates

In May 2019, Local Edge Configurator brings many new features to improve design and configuration experience for users.

•  "Micro Data Center Reference Designs" are now available in Europe. These designs  present users with pre-validated, fully configured rack designs. Users can also make changes to these designs to suit their needs.

•  This release also includes improved validation and SKU suggestion options for better design and configuration experience. Following is the list of new features: 

1. Micro Data Center Reference Designs for Europe

Step1: Start by selecting "Environment Type": IT or Office.

Step 2: Guidance feature shows an optimum solution for selected environment. Change requirements to suit your needs and Local Edge Configurator shows a relevant list of SKUs.

Click "Add to Design" when your configuration is complete.

2. Rack PDU capacity validation

• Local Edge Configurator now has a feature to validate load against connected rack PDU.
• Users will see a warning when load exceeds rPDU's capacity.

3. Vertical mounting position indicator

• Available zero U positions are displayed at the bottom of each rack.
• Count is updated as vertical equipment is added to the rack.

4. Find Matching service SKUs for selected equipment

• Users can now select service SKUs suitable for selected equipment.
• This feature is available in Catalog view and Rack view.
• Catalog view: Select equipment from the list and click "Matching Services" to find matching service SKUs.

• Rack view: Select Rack or any equipment and "Matching Services" option is available in the widget. Click to list relevant service SKUs.

5. Modify U-height for 3rd party equipment

• Users can now modify U-height for 3rd party equipment in Rack view.
• Select equipment and set U-height from the right hand side properties panel.

6. Reference Designs NAM : New software and monitoring sku

W1YONSITENBD-SP-* SKUs will not not only remote monitor the UPS (EcoStruxure Asset Advisor does) but also the labor cost if that UPS needs fixing. This SKU is added to design when user selects Software and Monitoring -> Schneider option.

March 2019 updates

In March 2019, Local Edge Configurator brings many new features to improve design and configuration experience for users.

• Pre-configured MicroDC design options have a new addition, "Micro Data Center Reference Designs"   presenting users with pre-validated, fully configured rack designs. At the same time, users can make   changes to these designs to suit their needs
•  Alliance Reference Architectures are now available in Europe.
•  Additionally, we are happy to announce feature enhancements in the tool based on feedback received  from users across the globe.

Micro Data Center Reference Designs for NAM

Use Reference designs to add pre-validated rack solutions into your edge solution.

•  Start by selecting your environment - 'IT' or 'Office'.
• The tool guides the user to complete a design by presenting pre-validated design components that fit together. Reference Designs are powered by Ecostruxure offer for better Monitoring and Control.
• Add or remove components based on your needs. 

Alliance Reference Architectures for Europe

Alliance Reference Architectures (previously referred as HCIs) are now available for use in Europe. Choose from three options "Cisco", "HPE”, and "Scale" to find further configuration options to add an Alliance Architecture in your Design.

Conditional auto approval for Europe

Solutions created via Local Edge Configurator in Europe can now be auto approved with user's consent in design portal.

Before submitting solution , click on "Accept warnings" to proceed for Auto approval of a solution.

Include prices in downloadable reports

Equipment prices now available in downloadable Reports. Download report in word format to edit. These price adjustments however will not be reflected in ISX design or in order management system.

Marking “Existing” Equipment in reports.

Updated assembly and elevation reports: Existing equipment is included and clearly marked in these reports for better view of rack design for users.

Add equipment  Physical characteristics  to reports.

New report: "Rack Weight" gives users an overview of the total weight of the custom configured rack to help them decide placement of rack in raised floor conditions.

New product filter  options.

Local Edge Configurator has added two new categories in filter options to help users find relevant products based on product type and product family

• Use "Management" filter options to find monitoring and control software products.
• Use "UPS options and accessories" filter options to find requires UPS options and accessories.

Management Filter Options

UPS Options and Accessories