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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Remove an equipment or shelf from a rack or cabinet

Remove an equipment or shelf from a rack or cabinet using design and assign function in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application. By removing the equipment from rack, you can fulfill a customer order request.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_ni_core.inventory_agent

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Workspaces > Network Inventory Workspace.

  2. Select the list icon (

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List icon\), and then go to **Changes** > **All**.

  1. Select the New button.

  2. Select Remove Equipment/Shelf from Rack/Cabinet.

  3. Select Next.

    A change request is created.

  4. On the Details tab, fill in the fields.

    For a description of the field values, see Change request and change task forms.

  5. Select Save.

    A change task is created.

  6. Open the change task.

  7. On the Task Attributes tab, fill in the fields.

FieldDescription
Network SiteNetwork site or data center that contains the equipment or shelf that you want to remove.Note: The list only displays the sites that have a rack in it.
Rack/CabinetRack or cabinet name for the equipment that you want to remove.
Equipment/ShelfEquipment or shelf that you want to remove from the selected rack or cabinet.
  1. Select Submit.

Parent Topic:Instantiating your network inventory by using design and assign