Patent ID: 8914495

Claim:
An intelligent equipment rack, comprising: a rack controller; and a memory coupled to a processor in the rack controller, wherein the memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: determine whether a signal has been received indicating that a rack space in a plurality of rack spaces in the intelligent equipment rack has been occupied by a piece of electronic equipment; responsive to receiving the signal indicating that the rack space has been occupied by the piece of electronic equipment, update a rack information table in the memory with occupation information related to the rack space occupied by the piece of electronic equipment; receive first equipment information specific to the piece of electronic equipment from the piece of electronic equipment, wherein the first equipment information comprises a number of rack spaces occupied by the electronic equipment, a connection point of the electronic equipment, and directions of other spaces occupied by the electronic equipment; and update the rack information table in the memory with the first equipment information provided by the piece of electronic equipment.