Patent ID: 7523183

Claim:
A method of locating an un-located asset in a computer center including a plurality of assets connected together by a network, the method comprising the steps of: a host asset of the computer center, obtaining an address for the un-located asset and checking to determine whether the un-located asset is present in the computer center, including the steps of: the host asset sending a message to the un-located asset for the un-located asset to confirm that the un-located asset is in the computer center, the un-located asset, in response to receiving said message, sending a reply message to the host asset, the host asset determining, on the basis of said reply message, whether the un-located asset is or is not in the computer center; if the un-located asset is in the computer center, then said host asset sending a locate command to the un-located asset, through the computer center network, for the un-located asset to produce a locate signal for physically locating the un-located asset; in response to receiving said locate command, the un-located asset producing a signal to identify the physical location of the un-located asset; and if the un-located asset is not in the computer center, then the host asset notifying a system user that the un-located asset is not active.