System and method for locating devices within a data center
AssigneeEMC Corporation
InventorsJames W. Espy, F. William French
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Abstract
A method, computer program product, and computing system for defining a device identifier for a data center device within a data center. Location coordinates are defined for the data center device within the data center. The device identifier is associated with the location coordinates to define geospatial information for the data center device within the data center. The geospatial information is processed to locate the data center device within the data center.
Claims24
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- defining, via one or more computing devices, a device identifier for a data center device within a data center that includes a plurality of data center devices, the data center device being one of the plurality of data center devices;
- defining, via the one or more computing devices, location coordinates for the data center device within the data center that includes the plurality of data center devices;
- associating, via the one or more computing devices, the device identifier with the location coordinates to define geospatial information for the data center device within the data center that includes the plurality of data center devices;
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- processing, via the one or more computing devices, the geospatial information to locate the data center device within the data center that includes the plurality of data center devices.
A non-transitory computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- defining a device identifier for a data center device within a data center that includes a plurality of data center devices, the data center device being one of the plurality of data center devices;
- defining location coordinates for the data center device within the data center that includes the plurality of data center devices;
- associating the device identifier with the location coordinates to define geospatial information for the data center device within the data center that includes the plurality of data center devices;
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- processing the geospatial information to locate the data center device within the data center that includes the plurality of data center devices.
A computing system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- at least one memory architecture coupled with the at least one processor;
- a first software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the first software module is configured to define a device identifier for a data center device within a data center that includes a plurality of data center devices, the data center device being one of the plurality of data center devices;
- a second software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the second software module is configured to define location coordinates for the data center device within the data center that includes the plurality of data center devices;
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- a third software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the third software module is configured to associate the device identifier with the location coordinates to define geospatial information for the data center device within the data center that includes the plurality of data center devices;
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- a fourth software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the fourth software module is configured to process the geospatial information to locate the data center device within the data center that includes the plurality of data center devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.