System and method for aggregating communication and control of wireless end-points in a data center

• US 10,298,460 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2015
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Ahmed, Sajjad, Raju, Arulnambi, Shetty, Sudhir V.
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M
• Application Number:
  US14/976,777
• Publication Number:
  US 20170180206A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,247 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/80 comprising an array of processing units with common control, e.g. single instruction multiple data processors G06F15/82 takes precedence ; for correlation function computation G06F17/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/71 Hardware identity

Abstract

A server rack, includes a first system and a second system. The first system includes a host processing complex and a first wireless management system that manages a managed element of the first system out of band from a hosted processing environment instantiated on the first system and that provides a first wireless connection beacon. The second system includes a second wireless management system that receives the first wireless connection beacon and that provides a first indication to the first wireless management system that the second wireless management system received the first wireless connection beacon. The first wireless management system further determines a first location of the second system based upon the first indication.

Claims

1. A server rack, comprising:

a first system including a processor, and a first wireless management system that manages a managed element of the first system out of band from the processor and that provides at a first time a first wireless connection beacon transmitted at a first power level and that provides at a second time a second wireless connection beacon at a second power level, the second power level being higher than the first power level; and

a second system including a second wireless management system that receives the second wireless connection beacon at the second time and that provides a first indication to the first wireless management system that the second wireless management system received the second wireless connection beacon;

wherein the first wireless management system further determines a first distance between the first system and the second system based upon the first indication.

2. The server rack of claim 1, wherein the first location is further determined based on the second power level.

3. The server rack of claim 1, wherein the first wireless management system further provides at a third time a third wireless connection beacon at a third power level, the third power level being higher than the second power level, the server rack further comprising:

a third system including a third wireless management system that receives the third wireless connection beacon at the third time and that provides a second indication to the first wireless management system that the third wireless management system received the second wireless connection beacon;

wherein the first wireless management system further determines a second distance between the first system and the third system based upon the second indication.

4. The server rack of claim 1, wherein the first wireless management system further groups the first system and the second system into a group based upon the second system being located at the first location.

5. The server rack of claim 1, wherein the first system and the second system are a same type of system.

6. The server rack of claim 5, wherein the first system further groups the first system and the second system into a group based upon the first system and the second system being the same type of system.

7. The server rack of claim 1, wherein the first system and the second system are configured to provide a common processing function.

8. The server rack of claim 7, wherein the first system further groups the first system and the second system into a group based upon the first system and the second system being configured to provide the common processing function.

9. A method, comprising:

managing, by a first wireless management system, a managed element of a first system that includes the first wireless management system, wherein the managed element is managed out of band from a processor of the first system;

providing at a first time, by the first wireless management system, a first wireless connection beacon at a first power level;

providing at a second time, by the first wireless management system, a second wireless connection beacon at a second power level, the second power level being higher than the first power level;

receiving, by a second wireless management system, the second wireless connection beacon at the second time;

providing, by the second wireless management system, a first indication to the first wireless management system that the second wireless management system received the second wireless connection beacon; and

determining, by the first wireless management system, a first distance between the first system and a second system based upon the first indication, wherein the second system includes the second wireless management system.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first location is further determined based on the first power level.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

providing at a third time, by the first wireless management system, a third wireless connection beacon at a third power level, the third power level being higher than the second power level;

receiving, by a third wireless management system, the third wireless connection beacon at the third time;

providing, by the third wireless management system, a second indication to the first wireless management system that the third wireless management system received the second wireless connection beacon; and

determining, by the first wireless management system, a second distance between the first system and a third system based upon the second indication, wherein the third system includes the third wireless management system.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

grouping, by the first wireless management system, the first system and the second system into a group based upon the second system being located at the first location.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the first system and the second system are a same type of system.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

grouping, by the first wireless management system, the first system and the second system into a group based upon the first system and the second system being the same type of system.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the first system and the second system are configured to provide a common processing function.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

grouping, by the first wireless management system, the first system and the second system into a group based upon the first system and the second system being configured to provide the common processing function.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including code for performing a method, the method comprising:

managing, by a first wireless management system, a managed element of a first system that includes the first wireless management system, wherein the managed element is managed out of band from a processor of the first system;

providing at a first time, by the first wireless management system, a first wireless connection beacon at a first power level;

providing at a second time, by the first wireless management system a second wireless connection beacon at a second power level, the second power level being higher than the first power level;

receiving, by a second wireless management system, the second wireless connection beacon at the second time;

providing, by the second wireless management system, a first indication to the first wireless management system that the second wireless management system received the second wireless connection beacon; and

determining, by the first wireless management system, a first distance between the first system and a second system based upon the first indication, wherein the second system includes the second wireless management system.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the first location is further determined based on the first power level.