US 2020/0401494 A1 · SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING HARDWARE DEVICE LIGHTING IN MULTI-CHASSIS ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

Systems and methods for controlling one or more visual indicators, such as unit identification devices (UIDs), are provided. Control of such visual indicators allows lighting sequences to be displayed vis-à-vis the visual indicators in a data center or similar environment including multiple hardware devices or units, such as server blades in multiple chassis enclosures in a data center. In this way, users such as data center administrators, information technology (IT) personnel, etc. can be alerted to hardware events that impact hardware devices or units, such as hardware faults. The visual indicators can be controlled in such a way that animated lighting sequences can be used to guide users to the hardware devices or units experiencing the hardware event(s).

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Dependent claims

A method for hardware unit identification, comprising:

assigning a coordinate value to each light source of each of a plurality of hardware units, wherein the assignment of the coordinate value comprises an assignment of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional coordinate value of a coordinate map representative of all or a subset of the plurality of hardware units;
determining an inventory reflecting presence of each of the plurality of hardware units;
calculating a light source activation sequence;
mapping the light source activation sequence to one or more of the plurality of hardware units in accordance with assigned coordinate values;
and
initiating the light source activation sequence.

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Systems and methods for controlling hardware device lighting in multi-chassis environment

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Systems and methods for controlling hardware device lighting in multi-chassis environment

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