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US 10,295,340 B2Granted
Height measurement to verify position of equipment in a data center rack
AssigneeCA, Inc.
InventorsFrancois Marie Bruno Cattoen, Janne Mikko Petteri Koponen, Dhesikan Ananchaperumal
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Abstract
Verification of placement of equipment that has been installed in a rack of a data center is performed by obtaining data indicating a placement location of equipment to be installed in a rack of the data center, and verifying that the equipment has been installed in the installed rack unit position that corresponds to the placement location, based upon an equipment height measurement. Related methods, devices, and computer program products are provided.
Claims15
A computer program product, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable program code which when executed by a processor of a mobile electronic device operating in a network of a datacenter causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a request to verify a placement location of an equipment in a rack of a data center from an operator device of the network;
- responsive to receiving the request, providing a first indication on the user interface to place the mobile electronic device at a calibration location relative to the rack;
- responsive to providing the first indication, receiving a first input to activate a height sensor of the mobile electronic device placed at the calibration location to calibrate a reference height relative to the rack;
- responsive to receiving the input, determining the reference height based on a calibration height obtained from the activated height sensor of the mobile device placed at the calibration location relative to the rack;
- responsive to determining the reference height, providing a second indication on the user interface to place the mobile electronic device at an equipment measurement location adjacent to the equipment in the rack;
- responsive to providing the second indication, receiving a second input to activate the height sensor of the mobile electronic device placed at the equipment measurement location to determine an equipment height measurement of the equipment in the rack;
- responsive to receiving the second input, determining the equipment height measurement of the equipment in the rack based on a height obtained from the activated height sensor of the mobile electronic device placed at the equipment measurement location and the reference height;
- generating data identifying an installed rack unit position of the equipment based on a comparison of the equipment height measurement to a plurality of standard height positions in the rack;
- verifying the installed rack unit position corresponds to the placement location received in the request, based upon a comparison of the installed rack unit position and the placement location;
- and
- communicating the verification to the operator device of the network.
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A method performed a mobile electronic device operating in a network of a datacenter, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to verify a placement location of an equipment in a rack of a data center from an operator device of the network;
- responsive to receiving the request, providing a first indication on the user interface to place the mobile electronic device at a calibration location relative to the rack;
- responsive to providing the first indication, receiving a first input to activate a height sensor of the mobile electronic device placed at the calibration location to calibrate a reference height relative to the rack;
- responsive to receiving the input, determining the reference height based on a calibration height obtained from the activated height sensor of the mobile device placed at the calibration location relative to the rack;
- responsive to determining the reference height, providing a second indication on the user interface to place the mobile electronic device at an equipment measurement location adjacent to the equipment in the rack;
- responsive to providing the second indication, receiving a second input to activate the height sensor of the mobile electronic device placed at the equipment measurement location to determine an equipment height measurement of the equipment in the rack;
- responsive to receiving the second input, determining the equipment height measurement of the equipment in the rack based on a height obtained from the activated height sensor of the mobile electronic device placed at the equipment measurement location and the reference height;
- generating data identifying an installed rack unit position of the equipment based on a comparison of the equipment height measurement to a plurality of standard height positions in the rack;
- verifying the installed rack unit position corresponds to the placement location received in the request, based upon a comparison of the installed rack unit position and the placement location;
- and
- communicating the verification to the operator device of the network.
8 more elements
A mobile electronic device operating in a network of a datacenter comprising:
- a user interface;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor and comprising computer readable program code that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a request to verify a placement location of an equipment in a rack of a data center from an operator device of the network;
- responsive to receiving the request, providing a first indication on the user interface to place the mobile electronic device at a calibration location relative to the rack;
- responsive to providing the first indication, receiving a first input to activate a height sensor of the mobile electronic device placed at the calibration location to calibrate a reference height relative to the rack;
- responsive to receiving the input, determining the reference height based on a calibration height obtained from the activated height sensor of the mobile device placed at the calibration location relative to the rack;
- responsive to determining the reference height, providing a second indication on the user interface to place the mobile electronic device at an equipment measurement location adjacent to the equipment in the rack;
- responsive to providing the second indication, receiving a second input to activate the height sensor of the mobile electronic device placed at the equipment measurement location to determine an equipment height measurement of the equipment in the rack;
- responsive to receiving the second input, determining the equipment height measurement of the equipment in the rack based on a height obtained from the activated height sensor of the mobile electronic device placed at the equipment measurement location and the reference height;
- generating data identifying an installed rack unit position of the equipment based on a comparison of the equipment height measurement to a plurality of standard height positions in the rack;
- verifying the installed rack unit position corresponds to the placement location received in the request, based upon a comparison of the installed rack unit position and the placement location;
- and
- communicating the verification to the operator device of the network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.