Use Case
Data Center Management
Manage servers, racks, and capacity across your data centers.
Capacity & Racks
Every rack, every device, fully documented.
Rack elevations
Every device rendered at its exact U position with face orientation, height, and type, so the rack floor plan is never guesswork.
Reservations
Mark occupied or planned space in advance, so you never double-book a position when ordering new hardware.
Full device records
Serial, asset tag, manufacturer, status, and parent-child relationships for chassis and blade configurations.
Rack R04 · Singapore DC
Rack R04 · Devices
ActiveR04
Switch-CORE1
Server-PP4
Server-SRV3-1
Server-SRV3-2
Front
7/24 (29%)
Rear
12/24 (50%)
U12–U13 reserved · Planned switch upgrade
Connectivity
What's connected to what. Now you know.
Cable tracking
Cable type, length, and termination points on both ends, fully documented and searchable.
Interface inventory
See which ports are in use and exactly what they connect to, down to the interface level.
Interactive topology
Cable connections render as edges between devices in a visual diagram of your physical network.
Topology · Singapore DC
Active device Subnet Cable IP assignment
Search & Tags
Find anything in seconds.
One search bar
Covers device names, serial numbers, asset tags, and IPs across the entire inventory.
Tags and statuses
Filter across any dimension your team cares about, from environment to owner to lifecycle state.
Sites and groups
Racks organized by location, so navigating from a regional overview to a specific rack takes a few clicks.
Global Search
Switch-CORE1↵
status:activetag:productionsite:Singapore DC
DEVICES
Switch-CORE1Switch · U1 · Active
Server-PP4Server · U3 · Active
Server-SRV3-2Server · U7 · Active
SUBNETS
10.0.1.0/24Web Tier · 63% used
RACKS
R04Singapore DC · 50% used
How it compares
Everyone documents a data center somehow. Here is where Obelinf sits.
| Option | Cost | Maintenance | Audit trail | Automated topology | Setup time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spreadsheets | Free (your time) | Stays stale | None | Manual | Instant, then decays |
| NetBox | Free, self-hosted | You run it | Partial | Plugins | Hours to days |
| Device42 | Enterprise pricing | Vendor managed | Yes | Yes | Weeks |
ObelinfOur pick | Free to $299/mo | Zero — managed | Immutable + field-level | Automatic | Minutes |