Patent ID: 8833661
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for managing service of an information handling system having plural components, the system comprising: a chassis having plural slots, each slot operable to support an information handling system module; a multi-dimensional barcode associated with each slot and having a service identifier for each associated slot; a service network location storing service information for the service identifiers; a portable information handling system having a camera operable to capture images of the multi-dimensional barcodes; an application running on the portable information handling system and operable to analyze the images to extract the service identifiers and to provide the service identifiers to the service network location for tracking information handling system modules supported by the slots; and a chassis manager integrated with the chassis and operable to manage operation of information handling system modules installed in the chassis slots, the chassis manager interfaced with the service network location to define IP addresses for information handling system modules installed in the chassis slots based upon the service identifiers.