Data center equipment location and monitoring system

A method for locating equipment in racks comprising:

• providing electronic identification (ID) tags each having a unique, reportable ID;
• providing equipment in a rack physically connected to the electronic ID tag(s);
• providing at least one rack controller with a unique electronic ID connected by physical wire to at least one of the electronic ID tags wherein the electronic ID tags are not connected to electronics of the equipment;
• storing data in a database, the data identifying:
• a physical location of at least one rack;
• physical relationships between the at least one rack controller and the at least one rack;
• and
• physical relationships between the equipment and the physically connected electronic ID tags;
• and
• processing the data from the database and electronic ID information from the tags provided from the at least one rack controller in a central control computer to determine the physical location of at least one of the electronic ID tags.

A system for locating equipment in racks comprising:

• electronic identification (ID) tags each having a unique, reportable ID;
• equipment in a rack physically connected to electronic ID tag(s), wherein the electronic ID tags are not connected to the server's electronics;
• at least one rack controller with a unique electronic ID connected by physical wire to at least one electronic ID tag;
• a database comprising data identifying:
• a physical location of the at least one rack controller;
• wherein the database can be accessed for information linking data from the at least one rack controller to determine a location of one of the electronic ID tags.

A method for locating equipment in racks comprising:

• providing electronic identification (ID) tags each having a unique, reportable ID;
• providing equipment in a rack physically connected to the electronic ID tag(s) wherein the electronic ID tags are not connected to electronics of the equipment;
• providing at least one rack controller with a unique electronic ID connected by physical wire to at least one of the electronic ID tags;
• storing data in a database, the data identifying a physical location of at least one rack controller;
• and
• processing the data from the database and electronic ID information from the tags provided from the at least one rack controller to determine a physical location of at least one of the electronic ID tags.