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Inventory and lifecycle

What you own, what is aging out and where every spare is: lifecycle dates, replacement in place, storerooms, counts and purchasing, on the same records as the closets.

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20252026202720282029203020312032Core switch stackAccess switch, room 101Access point, libraryUPSNo dates recorded: counted as unknown, never as not dueTodayDue in 2028
Each bar runs to end of support; the open dot is the end of warranty. The shaded year is where replace by year counts the access point.

A closet’s lifecycle, on screen

Every unit in one room, with its dates and its software.

The Lifecycle page of a closet in the demo console: end of support, warranty and software for each unit.
A closet’s lifecycle, in the demo.Open it in the demo
  1. End of support and end of life, from the model’s lifecycle record.
  2. The warranty of each unit, stack members included.
  3. The software each switch last reported, against its approved versions.
  4. A date nobody recorded reads “Not recorded”, never a guess.
Replacing a failed switch in its position. A recording from the demo console.
Replacing a failed switch in its position.
Storerooms in the demo console: units in a storeroom with their status, model and serial.
A storeroom, in the demo.Open it in the demo

In detail

What it does, point by point, with the guide for each part.

Lifecycle for every unit

What is aging out, what is still covered and what is already planned.

  • One table per closet lists end of support, warranty and software for each unit, including each stack member.
  • Replace by year shows the units due in each fiscal year, by site and category, with the cost from the model prices you record. A unit with no dates counts as unknown, never as not due.

Guide: Read a closet’s lifecycle

Replace in place

Swap a failed unit and keep everything that depends on its position.

  • Replace a failed switch and the position keeps its name, management address, ports and links; only the physical unit changes.
  • The unit that leaves keeps its own record and history, and goes to a storeroom as a spare, to the vendor as an RMA, or to disposal.
  • A unit is marked disposed only when its disposal order is certified with the recycler’s certificate.

Guide: Replace a failed switch Replacement and disposition

Storerooms, counts and purchasing

Spares, stock levels and the paperwork behind them, on the same record as the equipment in the closets.

  • Storerooms with minimum stock levels, receiving, returns and pickups.
  • Physical counts with the evidence of what was scanned and when.
  • Purchase orders with their funding and receipts.

Asset tracking and components

Custody and approval

Who has it, and whether it may connect.

  • Check equipment out and in, hand it over, or move it with a note that stays in its history.
  • “Approved to connect” is a dated answer, with who gave it: Approved, Not approved or Not recorded.

Guide: Move, check out and hand over equipment

Inventory and the asset lifecycle Status states Audit history and evidence

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