System and method for monitoring rack equipment
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1. A system for monitoring rack equipment, comprising:
- a first sensor associated with a first instance of computer equipment having a first manufacturer;
a second sensor associated with a second instance of computer equipment having a second manufacturer, said first and second instances of computer equipment being compliant in accordance with a common computer equipment environment specification; and
a monitoring unit in communication with said first and second sensors to monitor environment conditions based upon said common computer equipment environment specification.
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring rack equipment. In one embodiment, first and second instances of computer equipment having first and second manufacturers, respectively, are deployed. Both instances of computer equipment are compliant in accordance with a common computer equipment environment specification. First and second sensors are associated with the first and second instances of computer equipment, respectively. A monitoring unit communicates with the first and second sensors in order to monitor environment conditions based upon the common computer equipment environment specification.
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1. A system for monitoring rack equipment, comprising:
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a first sensor associated with a first instance of computer equipment having a first manufacturer;
a second sensor associated with a second instance of computer equipment having a second manufacturer, said first and second instances of computer equipment being compliant in accordance with a common computer equipment environment specification; and
a monitoring unit in communication with said first and second sensors to monitor environment conditions based upon said common computer equipment environment specification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for monitoring rack equipment, comprising:
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implementing a common computer equipment environment specification;
providing, in accordance with said common computer equipment environment specification, a first instance of computer equipment having a first manufacturer;
providing, in accordance with said common computer equipment environment specification, a second instance of computer equipment having a second manufacturer; and
monitoring said first and second instances of computer equipment based upon said common computer equipment environment specification. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for monitoring rack equipment, comprising:
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means for monitoring a first instance of computer equipment having a first manufacturer;
means for monitoring a second instance of computer equipment having a second manufacturer, said first and second instances of computer equipment being compliant in accordance with a common computer equipment environment specification; and
means for administrating, based upon said common computer equipment environment specification, said means for monitoring said first and second instances of computer equipment. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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