Patent ID: 7870374

Claim:
A computer program product comprising a computer useable storage medium having a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program, when executed in a data processing system, causes the data processing system to: issue a first request for first data to a set of powered elements using a set of alternating current power lines, wherein the first request is sent as a first set of instructions injected onto the set of alternating current power lines to the set of powered elements; issue a second request for second data to the set of powered elements using a set of data communication links, wherein the second request is sent as a second set of instructions on the set of data communication links to the set of powered elements; receive the first data from the set of powered elements using the set of alternating current power lines, wherein the first data includes physical connection information for one or more alternating current power line connections for the set of powered elements; receive the second data from the set of powered elements using the set of data communication links, wherein the second data comprises logical connection information for one or more data communication link connections; determine whether each powered element in the set of powered elements is connected logically using the one or more data communication link connections and connected physically using the one or more alternating current power line connections in a predetermined configuration; and responsive to at least one of the one or more data communication link connections or the one or more alternating current power line connections failing to be connected in the predetermined configuration, present, to a user, a notification of each powered element in the set of powered elements that is not connected in the predetermined configuration.