Patent ID: 8171142
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A system for managing computing resources inventory in a data center, the system comprising: a resource management system for managing the computing resources of the data center, the computing resources includes a plurality of hosts and a plurality of virtual machines running on one or more of the plurality of hosts; a smart rack for housing one or more hosts in the plurality of hosts, the smart rack having sensors for detecting physical movement of the one or more hosts, the smart rack having a control unit to control the sensors and to collect data from the sensors; and an inventory management system for tracking and storing physical locations of the plurality of hosts and the smart rack, the control unit is coupled to the inventory management system and configured to transmit the collected data to the inventory management system through a network, wherein, the plurality of hosts, the resource management system, the inventory management system and the control unit are coupled together through the network.