Patent ID: 8880642
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A server rack system comprising: a communication module; a plurality of internal devices within the rack, the internal devices coupled to the communication module; and an integrated management module (IMM) coupled to the communication module and communicating with the internal devices through the communication module, the IMM being pre-stored with a correspondence relationship between marker information, identification information, and asset numbers of the internal devices, wherein, in operation of the system, the IMM reads the identification information of the internal devices through the communication module, and obtains a correspondence relationship between the marker information and asset numbers of the internal devices from the correspondence relationship pre-stored in the IMM according to the identification information to thereby perform asset management of the internal devices; wherein the identification information comprises media access control (MAC) addresses of the internal devices, and the correspondence relationship pre-stored in the IMM is a correspondence relationship between the marker information, MAC addresses and asset numbers of the internal devices, the IMM and the internal devices each have a management network port; the communication module comprises a network switch coupled to a management network and having a plurality of management network ports; the IMM and the internal devices are connected to the management network ports of the network switch, respectively; and, in operation of the system, the IMM obtains the MAC addresses of the internal devices by using a network command to access the network switch, the IMM is pre-stored with a correspondence relationship between the marker information of the internal devices, in-rack locations of the internal devices and the management network ports of the network switch; in operation of the system, the IMM obtains a correspondence relationship between the MAC addresses of the internal devices and the management network ports of the network switch, the correspondence relationship being generated by the network switch, obtains a correspondence relationship between the marker information of the internal devices, the in-rack locations of the internal devices and the MAC addresses of the internal devices according to the correspondence relationship between the marker information of the internal devices, the in-rack locations of the internal devices and the management network ports of the network switch, and obtains a correspondence relationship between the marker information of the internal devices, the in-rack locations of the internal devices, and the asset numbers of the internal devices to thereby perform asset location of the internal devices according to a correspondence relationship between the marker information, MAC addresses and asset numbers of the internal devices.