HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software - Manual (Page 595)

Storage Essentials 5.00.01 User Guide 565
• Assign a Departmental Ownership Percentage.
• Review the asset-based chargeback result.
IMPORTANT: You must have already added your departments, as described in the topic, ” Editing
a Department ” on page 562.
To provide information for asset-based chargeback:
1. Access Chargeback Manager, as described in ” Accessing Chargeback Manager ” on
page 555.
2. Do one of the following:
• Click the icon corresponding to the element.
• Click the link for an element in the right pane.
3. Click the Asset-based node under the Chargeback Manager node.
NOTE: You can also access the tree shown in this figure from Application Viewer and System
Manager:
• To access the tree from Application Viewer, click the name of an application in the
Application Viewer tree. In the right pane, click the Asset Management tab.
• To access the tree from System Manager, double-click an element in the topology. In the right
pane, click the Asset Management tab.
Step 1 - Specify Financial information
1. Verify the option, Step 1 - Specify Financial information, is selected at the top of the page.
2. Provide the following financial information:
• Purchase Order Number - The purchase order of the element
• *Date Purchased - The date the element was purchased. To select the date, Click the
calendar icon, . If you select a future date, the purchase date is set to today when
calculating depreciation. The management server only supports dates within the years 1900
and 3000.
• Reseller - The company that directly sold you the element.
• *Purchase Price - The price of the element when it was bought
• Salvage Value - The amount of money an item is worth for salvage value. You cannot go
below this number when depreciating an item.
• *Depreciation Period (months) - This time period in which you plan to keep the element.
• *Depreciation Method - Select how the depreciation is calculated:
• Straight Line - The device loses the same amount of value in each period. To learn more
about how the management server calculates straight line depreciation, see ” Calculating
Straight Line Depreciation ” on page 573.