Patent ID: 8201028

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of monitoring computer equipment, the method comprising: monitoring with a server a plurality of computer equipment parameters, wherein the server comprises at least one processor and an operatively associated memory comprising computer-readable instructions to be executed by the at least one processor; detecting with the server an anomaly in at least one of the plurality of computer equipment parameters; and generating with the server an alert interface, wherein the alert interface comprises: an indication of a first piece of computer equipment exhibiting the anomaly; an animation of the computer equipment parameter exhibiting the anomaly over a period of time including the anomaly; and a graphical power impact analysis indicating other pieces of computer equipment that would be affected by a failure of the first piece of computer equipment and wherein the graphical power impact analysis also indicates, for each piece of computer equipment that would be affected by the failure of the first piece of computer equipment, a criticality of a dependence on the first piece of computer equipment.