Patent ID: 8094020
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: G06Q,G08B,H04L,H04M,H04W,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A system for locating equipment in racks comprising: electronic identification (ID) tags each having a unique, reportable ID; servers in a rack, wherein each one of the servers is associated with one of the electronic ID tag(s); and wherein the electronic ID tags are not connected to the server's electronics, at least one rack controller with a unique electronic ID connected by physical wire to at least one of the electronic ID tags; a database comprising data identifying: a central control computer connected to the database and to the at least one rack controller, the central control computer including software to enable the central control computer to process data from the at least one rack controller and data from the database to determine a location of at least one of the electronic ID tags to enable locating the associated one of the servers.