Welcome to the Model Data Centre

The 6SigmaDC Software Suite

The greenest data centre is the one you don’t have to build...
 Introduction

• 6SigmaDC software suite consists of individual products and associated modules

• Products:
• 6SigmaET – Thermal analysis of electronic systems
• 6SigmaRack – Cabinet configuration and analysis
• 6SigmaRoomLite – Entry-level data centre design and analysis
• 6SigmaRoom – Fully featured data centre design and analysis
• 6SigmaFM and 6SigmaITM – Data centre management
• 6SigmaViewer – Free viewer for 6SigmaDC projects

• Modules (for 6SigmaRoom, 6SigmaFM):

• Cooling – Thermal analysis
• Network – Network cabling design and analysis
• Power – Power distribution design and analysis
• Weight – Floor loading analysis
• CAD – MCAD import/export (also 6SigmaET)
 The Physics of Cooling through the Data
Centre Supply Chain

Chip Manufacturer Device Manufacturer IT Deployment Data Centre Manager

The lack of communication between the equipment suppliers and the Data
Centre industry causes inefficiency in operation.
 6SigmaDC Software can be used Throughout
the Supply Chain

6SigmaET 6SigmaET 6SigmaRack 6SigmaRoom / 6SigmaFM

6SigmaDC software integration achieved by common architecture and library

models
6SigmaET

Fully featured thermal analysis for

electronic systems

Process Oriented

Fast, Efficient, Accurate Solver

Handles complex and

rotated geometries

csv / idf / stl / dwg import from

MCAD and EDA software

Html / PPT Report generation

Png Image / dwg export
WMV, Animated GIF movie export
 6SigmaRack
Quickly set up and analyse multiple
configurations to ensure that once
deployed, its not the cabinet that's
letting you down

Accurate internal analysis

Fast solution times

Communication is key

Build your own libraries so your findings can be exported

and utilised when solving room scale issues in
6SigmaRoom or 6SigmaFM
6SigmaRack

Automatically simplify servers (from

6SigmaET )for use in cabinets

Can have both detailed and simple

server models
6SigmaRoomLite
Interactive Task Guide
• No training required
• Step-by-step guide with multiple wizards for easy modelling of
typical data centre objects
• Incorporates tutorial documentation
• Tracks progress and recommends next logical modelling steps

Forward and backward

compatibility with 6SigmaRoom
provides an
easy upgrade path for the
future
Full ability to create and change architectural
geometry, cooling / ventilation, power and
IT configurations:

▪ No limit on size
▪ No limit on Cooling Scheme
▪ No limit on IT configuration

Accurate Internal
Cabinet Analysis

▪ csv / stl / dwg (2D & 3D) import from architectural

/ asset / and monitoring tools
▪ 3rd Party DCIM integration

▪ Html / PPT Report generation

▪ Png Image / dwg (2D & 3D) export
▪ WMV, Animated GIF movie export
6SigmaFM

Aids data centre planning and asset

management processes

Track data centre changes

at any point in time – past,
present or future

The in-built model comparison tool allows you to

compare different versions of your model,
helping you to make better design choices
 6SigmaITM

A simple form-based software tool

to plan moves, additions and
changes

Deploy assets based on the Power, Space,

Cooling, Weight and Networking limits that
are typical to most data centre deployment
tools
 Record and manage your IP
connections to help mimimise real life
blockages/pinch points detrimental to
connectivity and also airflow.

Easily locate server connections and paths

utilising views of both the logical and physical (3D)
 Check and balance load across your
system ensuring on the way you do not
exceed PDU and UPS limits.

Study worst case scenarios of a single point failure

including potential cascade from the resulting outage.
 Instant notification when you exceed your
floor's design load limits by over-stacking
will ensure you will never have to worry
about the floor disappearing from beneath
you.

Set your own thresholds to conform with your

own policies
 Import / Export 2D / 3D line files
Utilise to start a virtual model or export
to provide drawings to others.

Import STL for complex elements

Any complicated structures, be them infrastructural or chip
level components can be brought in through this interface
as solid models to maintain important detail.
 The Data Centre Lifeline

Engineering based decisions Business / Operational based

decisions
 The Data Centre Lifeline

6SigmaRoom
6SigmaFM / 6SigmaITM
(6SigmaET if optimising servers)

Calibration
 6SigmaDC Software Suite

Additional Modules:

6SigmaRack

6SigmaPower

6SigmaCFDSolver

6SigmaViewer

6SigmaCAD

6SigmaITM
Phase I: Design & Construction Phase II: Change Management
6SigmaNetwork

6SigmaRoom 6SigmaFM Weight

6SigmaRoomLite

Thermal Electronics:

6SigmaET