Real Time Asset Tracking | RF Code Active RFID

More accuracy with less effort.
RFID asset tracking for data centers.

The RFID tag enabled asset tracking software that keeps asset inventories up to date in real time, so you don’t have to. Modernize data center asset management to cut audits from months to minutes and to control inventory costs.

RFID: Real time tracking
for the life of your hardware assets

Get real time visibility of assets in every stage of their lifecycle from receiving to disposal.
Without sending teams of people to audit or locate assets.

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From hard work and half right,
to no work and always right.

Audit effort

No more monthslong audits. Complete audits in minutes with real time asset tracking

Inventory accuracy

Automate inventories. No more guesswork or leg work trying to keep inventories up to date.

Capital expense

Don’t over order. Control the cost of asset inventory at rest by using what you have in stock.

Synchronize systems

Stop inaccurate data. Automatically keep asset data up to date in other systems, like DCIM, ITSM and more.

Real time inventory

Continuously and automatically detects all assets in all locations by rack, room and zone and includes assets that aren’t connected to the network. Active RFID asset tags will tell you where each asset is now (which can prevent hundreds of wasted hours searching for assets). Based on rack, room or zone location active RFID can tell you the current lifecycle status of all assets. Customers love when assets arrive on the loading dock and are detected automatically.

Continuous audit and reconciliation

Audits happen continuously and automatically. With active RFID the detected location is compared against the asset’s recorded location and mismatches are reported. Customers have replaced manual asset audits with active RFID tags, saving time and money.

Automated record keeping

Data centers define the modern technology era, but data center teams still track and locate assets and maintain asset records manually. Active RFID replaces that manual effort. Need to locate an available asset? Look up its location in real time and go to where it is now, not where it was last scanned. Perform asset audits and reconciliation manually? Perform continuous audits automatically instead. Data center teams can do more with the resources they have.

Minimize risk and loss

Active RFID automatically and continually maintains an asset chain of custody and can alert to bring attention to problems. The time, date and location of each asset is automatically recorded for the life of the asset – from the time it is received to the time it is disposed. Active RFID asset tags are also used on hard drives that have been removed awaiting disposal to minimize the risk of data exposure and avoid millions of dollars in fines and lawsuits. The number of lost or stolen assets can be reduced and the time spent trying to find assets can be eliminated.

Synchronize DCIM and ITSM

Automatically reconcile the actual location of assets detected by the the real time asset tracking against the location recorded in DCIM and ITSM tools (and other systems) and update them to keep all systems synchronized for accuracy. Asset inventory accuracy, asset record accuracy and configuration drift challenges can be solved with active RFID asset tracking.

How it works

Active RFID asset tag

Powerful tags that work better and last longer in data centers than other wire free solutions. Tags are attached to assets and actively send signals to help you locate assets even when they aren’t in a rack and aren’t attached to the network.

Location Infrastructure

The Location Infrastructure is a collection of devices that pick up tag signals and determine the location of assets. This is done without needing to manually scan tags. The solution is extremely scalable and is used by customers to manage hundreds of thousands of assets.

RFID Enabled Software

RF Code’s CenterScape software uses asset tag data to modernize asset management. The data is transformed into real time visibility into the assets at each location by lifecycle stage. Lifecycle management can be automated with event-based triggers and alerts. Audit times can be slashed from months to minutes with a few button clicks. Other systems can be fed a constant stream of accurate asset data. All done securely inside your own firewall.

One place to integrate across all sensors

The most convenient software based integration to access data and events with your DCIM, BMS, cooling optimization, bespoke data center analytics solutions and more. Unlike other solutions, with RF Code you can support integrating with multiple systems using different protocols simultaneously. And you aren’t locked into a hardware-based protocol you need choose upfront.

Many integration protocols supported, including SNMP, Modbus, Bacnet, REST API.

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FAQs

What are RFID tags used for?

In the data center, active RFID tags are used to know where hardware assets are at all times—even when they aren’t in the rack. RFID tags automate asset management processes and record keeping and, in some cases, can eliminate the need to audit assets manually or update inventories as assets are moved around. RFID tags can even be used to track hard drives that have been removed for disposal to help prevent data exposure.

Does the solution have RFID asset tracking software?

Yes. The CenterScape RFID asset tracking software works seamlessly with the active RFID asset tags to automate asset record keeping, analytics, audits, inventory management and more.

Is RFID asset tracking secure?

Yes. The RFID asset tag has one way communication, cannot control or change anything, can’t connect to network/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, and can only be seen by secure readers. There is no cloud access, and all data is stored by you in your data center.

Does the RFID solution integrate with ServiceNow?

Yes. Customers successfully use accurate asset data from RF Code’s RFID tags and software to automate record keeping and accuracy with other asset management systems like ServiceNow.

Is RFID asset tracking accurate?

Yes. RF Code’s RFID asset tracking can tell you where an asset is down to the rack, room, loading dock or zone level. And it can do this automatically for hundreds of thousands of assets at once. When an asset changes location, its new location is reported automatically. Because of the high accuracy of RFID asset tracking data RF Code’s customers use CenterScape to keep other systems up to date and accurate.