Patent ID: 8750393

Claim:
A method, comprising: providing digital communication over an electrical power supply cable between a management processor in a circuit breaker panel and a management processor in a power distribution unit, wherein the circuit breaker panel has a circuit breaker identification code and the power distribution unit has a power distribution unit identification code, and wherein the digital communication provides the circuit breaker panel management processor with the power distribution unit identification code for the power distribution unit that is connected through the electrical power supply cable to the circuit breaker panel, or the digital communication provides the power distribution unit management processor with the circuit breaker panel identification code for the circuit breaker panel that is connected through the electrical power supply cable to the power distribution unit; and identifying the electrical power supply cable connection by communicating a first endpoint and a second endpoint of the electrical power cable connection to a cluster management entity, wherein the first endpoint is identified by the circuit breaker panel identification code and the second endpoint is identified by the power distribution unit identification code.