Equipment labels and asset identification

Skills you'll practise

• Read ratings on power plugs, inlets and PSUs
• Use asset tags and serial numbers to confirm the right device
• Explain what information a label can and can't prove

Course outline

1. 1.Labels, tags and proving identityVideo · 1 min
2. 2.Labels are evidenceLesson · 12 min
3. 3.Label schemes and where labels goLesson · 12 min
4. 4.Keeping records and labels in stepLesson · 12 min
5. 5.Equipment labels and asset identification: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 17 questions
6. 6.The serial doesn't match the ticketScenario
7. 7.Final exam6 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out

Sources it draws on

The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.

• ANSI/TIA-942: Telecommunications infrastructure standard for data centers
• Your equipment vendors' installation and service guides (rail kits, PSU and BMC documentation)