Cognitive Thermal Cable Holder

A method of managing a data center comprising a plurality of racks, at least some of the racks including at least one of a plurality of servers, wherein an ambient temperature in the data center is controlled by a thermal management system, the method comprising:

• measuring a server temperature in one of the plurality of servers;
• measuring a rack temperature at one of the plurality of racks that is associated with the one of the plurality of servers;
• measuring the ambient temperature in the data center;
• sending the server temperature, the rack temperature, and the ambient temperature to be analyzed in real-time to discover a cause of a fault related to the data center using a troubleshooting table that includes scenarios correlated to at least one value of each of the ambient temperature data, the server temperature data, and the rack temperature data, wherein the troubleshooting table includes causes of faults associated with the scenarios, and wherein the cause is selected from the group consisting of the thermal management system, the one of the plurality of servers, and the one of the plurality of racks;
• and
• receiving a notification regarding the cause of the fault.

An apparatus comprising:

• a body;
• a cable holder connected to the body;
• a temperature sensor connected to the body;
• a transmitter connected to the body and communicatively connected to a third-party source of information about assets related to a data center wherein the data center includes a thermal management system;
• and
• a processor communicatively connected to the transmitter, wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of:
• collecting ambient temperature data in the data center;
• collecting server temperature data in a plurality of servers located in the data center;
• collecting rack temperature data at a plurality of server racks located in a data center using a plurality of rack temperature sensors wherein each of the plurality of rack temperature sensor is associated with one of the plurality of server racks, wherein each of the plurality of server racks includes at least two of the plurality of servers;
• and
• analyzing the ambient temperature data, the server temperature data, and the rack temperature data to discover a cause of a fault in the data center using a troubleshooting table that includes scenarios correlated to at least one value of each of the ambient temperature data, the server temperature data, and the rack temperature data, wherein the troubleshooting table includes causes of faults associated with the scenarios, and wherein the cause is selected from the group consisting of the thermal management system, the plurality of servers, and the plurality of rack temperature sensors.