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US 2014/0176947 A1Published application
Providing Locality Information Via Light Sources
AssigneeRackspace US, Inc.
InventorJames Hesketh
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Abstract
In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a rack having a plurality of rack-mounted devices and a strip coupled to a portion of the rack and including a plurality of segments, each with a light source. The rack-mounted devices may each include or be associated with a photosensor to be in communication with the light source.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a rack including a plurality of rack-mounted devices;
- a strip coupled to a front portion of the rack and including a plurality of segments, each including a light source;
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- the plurality of rack-mounted devices, each having a photosensor on a portion thereof to be in communication with the light source, wherein the photosensor is to determine a color of light output by the light source.
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A method comprising:
- controlling a light source associated with a rack-mounted device of a rack to be of a first color to identify that the rack-mounted device is of a first type of device;
- detecting the first color in a photosensor associated with a segment of the rack including the rack-mounted device and communicating information regarding the first color to a management controller of the rack;
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- communicating location information regarding the rack and the first color information to a datacenter management system from the management controller.
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A system comprising:
- a datacenter rack including a plurality of rack-mounted devices;
- a strip coupled to a first portion of the rack and including a plurality of segments, each associated with a light source and a photosensor in communication with the light source, wherein the photosensor is to detect the information output by the light source;
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- a datacenter management system coupled to the datacenter rack via a management controller of the datacenter rack, wherein the datacenter management system is to communicate information to a first rack-mounted device of the plurality of rack-mounted devices via a first light source and a first photosensor associated with the first rack-mounted device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.