Server Storage Management System Capable of Generating Rack Location Map
AssigneeWistron Corporation
InventorChun-Chih Lin
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Abstract
A storage server management system includes a management database for storing rack data and storage server data, wherein the rack data includes rack identifications and coordinates of multiple storage servers and the storage server data includes media access control addresses, model name and rail identifications of the multiple storage servers, multiple racks for containing the multiple storage servers, a dynamic host configuration protocol server for configuring the internet protocol addresses to the multiple storage servers, and a management console for generating a rack location map according to the rack data and the storage server data.
Claims16
A storage server management system, comprising:
- a management database configured to store rack data and storage server data;
- multiple storage servers corresponding to multiple MAC (Media Access Control) addresses, respectively;
- multiple racks configured to dispose the multiple storage servers;
- a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server configured to establish a local area network for managing the storage server management system, and dynamically configure IP (Internet protocol) addresses to the multiple storage servers logged in to the local area network;
- a first switch connected to the DHCP server and the management database;
- multiple second switches connected to the first switch;
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- a management console connected to the DHCP server and the management database, connected to the management database and the multiple second switches through the first switch, and configured to generate a rack location map according to the rack data and the storage server data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.