Remove an equipment or shelf from a rack or cabinet

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title: Remove an equipment or shelf from a rack or cabinet
description: 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.
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product: Telecommunications Network Inventory
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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# 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 \(\[Omitted image "ni-workspace-list-icon.png"\] Alt text: List icon\), and then go to **Changes** > **All**.

3.  Select the **New** button.

4.  Select **Remove Equipment/Shelf from Rack/Cabinet**.

5.  Select **Next**.

    A change request is created.

6.  On the **Details** tab, fill in the fields.

    For a description of the field values, see [Change request and change task forms](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/telecom-network-inventory/telecommunications-network-inventory/change_request_forms.md).

7.  Select **Save**.

    A change task is created.

8.  Open the change task.

9.  On the **Task Attributes** tab, fill in the fields.

<table id="table_jcg_rhy_3dc"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Network Site

</td><td>

Network 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.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Rack/Cabinet

</td><td>

Rack or cabinet name for the equipment that you want to remove.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Equipment/Shelf

</td><td>

Equipment or shelf that you want to remove from the selected rack or cabinet.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>10. Select **Submit**.


**Parent Topic:**[Instantiating your network inventory by using design and assign](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/telecom-network-inventory/telecommunications-network-inventory/instantiate-asset-using-template-relationship-model.md)