Patent ID: 8779922

Claim:
A system for locating equipment in racks comprising: electronic identification (ID) tags each having a unique, reportable ID; equipment in a rack physically connected to electronic ID tag(s); at least one rack controller with a unique electronic ID connected by physical wire to at least one electronic ID tag; a database comprising data identifying: a physical location of at least one rack; location relationships between the at least one rack controller and the at least one rack; and location relationships between the equipment and the physically connected electronic ID tags; said electronic ID tags connecting to the rack controller through a rigid physical data link that conforms to the size of the rack, is affixed to the rack, rack post, or rack door, and has fixed connection points for said electronic ID Tags, said rack controller determines where on the data link a given tag is connected, and reports the position on the rigid data link of a given electronic ID tag, or said rack controller determines where on the data link a given tag is connected, and reports to a central control computer the position on the rigid data link of a given electronic ID tag.