Patent ID: 8533601

Claim:
A method comprising: sending messages to computer systems in a first system rack and a second system rack; the computer systems in the first system rack sending replies to the messages; all but one of the computer systems in the second system rack sending replies to the messages; displaying a first graphical user interface, wherein the first graphical user interface comprises first and second graphical elements corresponding to the first and second system racks, respectively; wherein the first graphical element comprises first visual information and a first visual indication, the first visual information identifying a location of the first system rack on a floor within a data center, and the first visual indication indicating that all of the computer systems of the first system rack are operable, and; wherein the second graphical element comprises second visual information and a second visual indication, the second visual information identifying a location of the second system rack on the floor within the data center, and the second visual indication indicating that the one of the computer systems of the second system rack is inoperable; subsequent to displaying the first graphical user interface, displaying another graphical user interface that comprises visual information regarding the one of the computer systems of the second system rack; wherein the visual information regarding the one of the computer systems of the second system rack comprises visual information regarding computer type and model description, operating system, memory size, or number of central processing units (CPUs); wherein the visual information regarding the one of the computer systems of the second system rack comprises visual information identifying the location of the second system rack on the floor within the data center.