Rack management system, management terminal, configuration retaining apparatus and rack apparatus
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorHiroaki Kawase
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Abstract
In order to rapidly specify a failed apparatus in such an environment at a data center that handles a large number of electronic devices exemplified by servers with ease so that maintainability can be improved, when each configuration retaining apparatus receives information concerning an apparatus specified by a management terminal, a configuration retaining apparatus displaying controller displays the information concerning the specified apparatus on the configuration retaining apparatus monitor.
Claims22
A rack management system comprising:
- a plurality of racks, each for accommodating two or more apparatuses;
- a management terminal for managing operation states of the apparatuses accommodated in the plural racks;
- a plurality of configuration retaining apparatuses, corresponding one to each of said plural racks, each of which is for retaining configuration information of the apparatuses accommodated in the corresponding rack;
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- a communication network for exchanging information between said management terminal and the plural configuration retaining apparatuses, wherein
- said management terminal includes a management terminal communication section for communicating with each of said plural configuration retaining apparatuses through said communication network, a management terminal monitor for displaying information concerning the operation states of the apparatuses accommodated in said plural racks which information is to be referred to by a management operator, and a management terminal displaying controller for controlling a displaying state of said management terminal monitor,
- each said configuration retaining apparatus includes a configuration retaining apparatus communication section for communicating with said management terminal through said communication network, a configuration retaining apparatus monitor for displaying information concerning the operation states of the apparatuses accommodated in the corresponding rack which information is to be referred to by a maintenance operator, and a configuration retaining apparatus displaying controller for controlling a displaying state of said configuration retaining apparatus monitor;
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- in said management terminal, when said management terminal communication section receives failure information from one of the apparatuses through said communication network, the one apparatus that has issued the failure information is specified based on the failure information and said management terminal communication section sends information concerning the specified apparatus to one of said plural configuration retaining apparatuses corresponding to one of said plural racks that accommodates the specified apparatus, and
- in each said configuration retaining apparatus, if said configuration retaining apparatus communication section receives the information concerning the specified apparatus through said communication network, said configuration retaining apparatus displaying controller displays the information concerning the specified apparatus on said configuration retaining apparatus monitor.
A management terminal, communicably connected to a plurality of configuration retaining apparatuses, which correspond one to each of a plurality of racks and each of which is for retaining configuration information of apparatuses accommodated in the corresponding rack, through a communication network, for managing operation states of the apparatuses accommodated in the plural racks, comprising:
- a communication section for communicating with each of the plural configuration retaining apparatuses through the communication network;
- a monitor for displaying information concerning the operation states of the apparatuses accommodated in the plural racks which information is to be referred to by a management operator;
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- a displaying controller for controlling a displaying state of said monitor, wherein
- when said communication section receives failure information from one of the apparatuses through the communication network, the one apparatus that has issued the failure information is specified based on the failure information and said communication section sends information concerning the specified apparatus to one of said plural configuration retaining apparatuses corresponding to one of the plural racks that accommodates the specified apparatus in order to display the information concerning the specified apparatus on the corresponding configuration retaining apparatus.
A configuration retaining apparatus, which is communicably connected to a management terminal that manages operation states of apparatuses accommodated in a plurality of racks through a communication network and which is dedicated to one of the plural racks, for retaining configuration information concerning apparatuses accommodated in the one rack, comprising:
- a communication section for communicating with the management terminal through the communication network;
- a monitor for displaying information concerning operation states of the apparatuses accommodated in the one rack which information is to be referred to by a maintenance operator;
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- a displaying controller for controlling a displaying state of said monitor, wherein
- when said communication section receives information concerning an apparatus that has been specified to be an apparatus which has issued failure information by the management terminal through the communication network, said displaying controller displays the information concerning the specified apparatus on said monitor.
A rack apparatus for accommodating two or more apparatuses comprising a configuration retaining apparatus for retaining configuration information of said rack apparatus, wherein;
- said configuration retaining apparatus includes a communication section for communicating with a management terminal which is for managing operation states of the apparatuses through a communication network, a monitor for displaying information concerning the operation states of the apparatuses accommodated in said rack apparatus which information is to be referred to by a maintenance operator, and a displaying controller for controlling a displaying state of said monitor;
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- when said communication section receives information concerning an apparatus that has been specified to be an apparatus which has issued failure information by said management terminal through said communication network, said displaying controller displays the information concerning the specified apparatus on said monitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.