Patent ID: 7921235

Claim:
A cable management system comprising: a processor, in a first data processing system, that receives a cable identification for a cable of interest; a first storage device coupled to the processor, wherein the first storage device stores a plurality of cable identifications and at least one connection location for each cable identification in the plurality of cable identifications; an indicator coupled to the processor, wherein the processor activates the indicator in response to the processor matching the at least one connection location with the cable of interest using data in the storage device, and wherein the indicator identifies the at least one connection location for connecting the cable of interest, and wherein the processor identifies the at least one connection location as a last known good connection location in response to the cable of interest being connected to the at least one connection location, and wherein the processor saves the last known good connection location with the cable identification in the first storage device, and wherein the processor receives a signal that the cable of interest is connected to another connection location, and wherein the processor identifies the another connection location as a last known good connection location in response to the cable of interest being connected to the another connection location; and a second storage device in a second data processing system, wherein the first storage device transfers the at least one connection location to the second storage device, and wherein the second storage device identifies a corresponding connection location in the second data processing system using the at least one connection location.