System and method of rack management
AssigneeRackspace US, Inc.
InventorsJason Mick, Dale Lee Bracey
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Abstract
A rack management method and system is disclosed. The method includes detecting the presence of a computing device releasably mounted in a frame, the detecting based on an electrical connection established between a configuration bar disposed in a rear portion of the frame and the computing device, and determining a physical location of the computing device within the frame based on the electrical connection. The method also includes retrieving management information about the computing device from a profile storage disposed within the computing device via the electrical connection and storing the management information in a management table, the management table associating the computing device with the physical location within the frame.
Claims27
A rack management method, comprising:
- detecting the presence of a computing device releasably mounted in a frame, the detecting based on an electrical connection established between a configuration bar disposed in a rear portion of the frame and the computing device;
- determining a physical location of the computing device within the frame based on the electrical connection;
- retrieving management information about the computing device from a profile storage disposed within the computing device via the electrical connection;
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- storing the management information in a management table, the management table associating the computing device with the physical location within the frame.
A rack management system, comprising:
- a frame configured to support computing devices releasably mounted therein;
- a configuration bar disposed in a rear portion of the frame, the configuration bar having a first coupling assembly;
- a computing device releasably mounted within the frame such that a second coupling assembly disposed on the computing device is releasably coupled to the first coupling assembly, an electrical connection being established between the first coupling assembly and the second coupling assembly;
- a profile storage disposed within the computing device that stores management information about the computing device;
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- a rack management controller in electrical communication with the computing device via the electrical connection and being configured to retrieve the management information from the profile storage via the electrical connection.
A rack system, comprising:
- a frame configured to support computing devices releasably mounted therein;
- a configuration bar disposed in a rear portion of the frame;
- a computing device releasably mounted within the frame such that the computing device is releasably coupled to the configuration bar, an electrical connection being established between the computing device and the configuration bar;
- a profile storage disposed within the computing device that stores management information about the computing device;
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- a rack management controller having a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium that stores a plurality of instructions for execution by at least one processor, wherein the instructions comprise:
- instructions to detect the presence of the computing device within the frame based on the electrical connection;
- instructions to determine a physical location of the computing device within the frame based on the electrical connection;
- instructions to retrieve management information about the computing device from the profile storage via the electrical connection;
- and
- instructions to store the management information in a management table, the management table associating the computing device with the physical location within the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.