Patent ID: 8635484

Claim:
A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by a computer control the computer to perform a method, the method comprising: storing a power distribution unit (PDU) event data that identifies an occurrence of a suspected power event associated with a device, the device being one of, a server, a storage device, and a network device, where the PDU event data identifies a PDU that detected the suspected power event and a PDU time at which the PDU detected the suspected power event; reporting a device event data, with the device, that includes a type of an actual power event occurring with the device, where the device event data identifies the device that experienced the actual power event and a device time at which the device performed the actual power event; and providing a PDU-server correlation signal that identifies a connection between a PDU and the device by one or more of, power load phase, and panel breaker pole as a function of correlating the suspected power event and the actual power event based on the PDU event data and the device event data.