Patent ID: 8935576
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G06F,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for cabling a plurality of hardware components, the method comprising the steps of: establishing, by a system management processor within a chassis containing at least one of the plurality of hardware components, a wireless connection to a wireless device of a service person responsible for cabling the plurality of hardware components; transmitting, by the system management processor, a chassis map to the wireless device over the wireless connection; transmitting, by the system management processor via the wireless connection, to the wireless device, an indication of a first port to be cabled of a first hardware component of the plurality of hardware components; subsequently testing, by the system management processor, the first port to determine whether cabling of the first port has been performed correctly; and responsive to a correct performance of the cabling of the first port as determined by the subsequent testing, automatically testing, by the system management processor, at least one adjacent port to determine whether the cabling of the first port inadvertently disconnected cabling of the at least one adjacent port.