Systems and methods for locating rack-based assets

A system comprising:

• an asset management system in communication with an asset disposed within a rack;
• an asset tracking server in communication with the asset management system;
• a gateway in communication with the asset tracking server;
• a set of equipment racks including the rack in which the asset is disposed, each equipment rack of the set of equipment racks defining a face and having a plurality of equipment slots distributed along the faces, the each equipment rack including an observer device and a location indicator device in communication with the observer device, the location indicator device disposed proximal to the front face and on the rack;
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• a row-end location indicator device;
• the asset management system to identify a maintenance event associated with the asset and to communicate the identity of the asset to the asset tracking server, the asset tracking server to locate the rack location of the asset and to communicate with the observer device associated with the rack location, the observer device to direct the location indicator device to provide a light signal;
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• the asset tracking server to identify a row in which the rack is disposed and to identify a row-end observer device associated with a row-end rack disposed at the end of the row, the asset tracking server to direct the row-end observer device to direct the row-end location indicator device to provide a second light signal.