Determining physical locations of devices in a data center

An information handling system (IHS) comprising:

• a plurality of racks, each of the racks containing a top of rack (TOR) switch that is communicatively coupled to a plurality of servers in the rack;
• at least one switch aggregator communicatively coupled to each of the TOR switches;
• a management computer communicatively coupled to the switch aggregator, the management computer including a processor and a memory device communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory device storing data center ordering firmware, wherein the data center ordering firmware configures the processor to:
• retrieve a list of at least one switch aggregator and a plurality of servers communicatively coupled to the switch aggregator within the data center, the list further including at least one of a media access control (MAC) address or an internet protocol (IP) address associated with each of the servers;
• generate an initial grouping of the servers into a plurality of racks based on the at least one of the MAC address or the IP address;
• pair each server in a first rack with each other server in a first switch aggregator to generate server pairs;
• trigger each of the servers to measure received signal strength indication (RSSI) values between the respective server pairs for the first switch aggregator;
• receive, at the management computer processor, the RSSI values for each of the server pairs;
• determine positions of the servers in at least one row based on the received RSSI values;
• and
• generate an intermediate grouping of the servers in the at least one row based on the determined positions, the intermediate grouping of servers in the at least one row containing the physical locations of the servers in the same row at least partially based on the measured RSSI values.

A data center location system comprising:

• a plurality of racks, each of the racks containing a top of rack (TOR) switch that is communicatively coupled to a plurality of servers in the rack;
• at least one switch aggregator communicatively coupled to each of the TOR switches;
• a management computer communicatively coupled to the switch aggregator, the management computer including a processor and a memory device communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory device storing data center ordering firmware, wherein the data center ordering firmware configures the processor to:
• retrieve a list of at least one switch aggregator and a plurality of servers communicatively coupled to the switch aggregator within the data center, the list further including at least one of a media access control (MAC) address or an internet protocol (IP) address associated with each of the servers;
• generate an initial grouping of the servers into a plurality of racks based on the at least one of the MAC address or the IP address;
• pair each server in a first rack with each other server in a first switch aggregator to generate server pairs;
• trigger each of the servers to measure received signal strength indication (RSSI) values between the respective server pairs for the first switch aggregator;
• receive, at the management computer processor, the RSSI values for each of the server pairs;
• determine positions of the servers in at least one row based on the received RSSI values;
• and
• generate an intermediate grouping of the servers in the at least one row based on the determined positions, the intermediate grouping of servers in the at least one row containing the physical locations of the servers in the same row at least partially based on the measured RSSI values.