Technical preview of enhanced rack visualisation and freely configurable dashboard
At it-sa 2025 in Nuremberg, Kentix will present the first technical details of the upcoming KentixONE 8.6 version. The focus will be on two core areas: more detailed visualisation of racks – including front and rear views, groupable rack rows and freely positionable elements – and a new, fully configurable dashboard that replaces the previous EasyView display. Both components are designed to support operational processes in data centre operations: spatial representations are overlaid with real-time measurements, and the dashboard views can be adapted to different monitoring tasks and user roles. The presentation at the trade fair will focus on technical concepts, operating logic and typical use cases for monitoring and fault analysis.
The enhanced rack visualisation displays cabinets from both the front and rear, so that front and rear installations and cable routing can be clearly seen. Multiple racks can be combined into rack rows, allowing spatial relationships within rooms or on levels to be modelled. Users can place free elements to graphically integrate additional hardware, distributions or other components, creating an overview of the IT equipment used that is adapted to the local geometry. These representations are overlaid with heat maps that colour-code measured values such as temperature, humidity or performance data, quickly revealing local deviations and hotspots. This visualisation is primarily intended as an instrumental aid for operating teams to enable initial assessments of the situation and to guide targeted follow-up investigations.
At the same time, KentixONE 8.6 introduces a new dashboard system that replaces the previous EasyView interface. Administrators can create any number of freely configurable dashboards that consolidate various information modules: consolidated system statuses, active alarm lists, live video views from connected cameras, time series graphs, and selected measured values and key figures. The dashboard concept allows role-based customisation of views so that different user groups receive the information relevant to their tasks. A kiosk or full-screen mode is available for control rooms and monitoring stations; created views can also be shared with other users to enable targeted information exchange without duplicating the underlying configurations.
Technically, visualisation and dashboard components are closely linked to sensor data and alarm logic: measurements from room and rack sensors are fed into the graphical displays so that status changes are immediately reflected in the UI. The combination of spatial mapping and data-driven heat maps helps operations teams to identify correlations between physical structures and measured values more quickly and to accelerate workflows for root cause analysis. At the same time, the modular dashboard concept enables heterogeneous information sources to be consolidated in a central display level without having to standardise the respective data flows.
The presentation at it-sa will focus on technical details, operating concepts and practical application scenarios; binding integration details, system requirements and release-related schedules will be published at a later date. The aim of the trade fair presentation is to facilitate a professional exchange with operator and technical teams in order to discuss requirements and operational processes and gather experience on technical implementations.
Kentix will demonstrate KentixONE 8.6 at it-sa 2025 in Nuremberg (7–9 October 2025). Interested trade visitors can find out more about the technical concepts and operating principles at the Kentix stand.
