Automated system and method for configuring a rack assembly
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1. A method for configuring a rack assembly, comprising:
- selecting a rack from a catalog and displaying a representation of said rack in a workspace of a graphic display window associated with a computer system;
populating said rack with at least one component selected from said catalog via a drag and drop interface, wherein each selected component is dragged by an input device associated with said computer system and dropped on said representation of said rack in said workspace; and
applying a first set of rules to each component as said each component is added to said representation to automatically configure said each component with respect to said rack.
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Abstract
A scheme for configuring a rack assembly. Upon selecting a rack from a catalog, whereby a pictorial representation of the rack is displayed in a workspace of a graphic display window associated with a user'"'"'s computer system, one or more components are selected the catalog via a drag and drop interface, wherein each selected component is dragged by an input device associated with the computer system and dropped on the rack'"'"'s representation in the workspace. As the selected components are added to the rack, a set of rules are applied to each component to automatically configure it with respect to the rack.
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1. A method for configuring a rack assembly, comprising:
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selecting a rack from a catalog and displaying a representation of said rack in a workspace of a graphic display window associated with a computer system;
populating said rack with at least one component selected from said catalog via a drag and drop interface, wherein each selected component is dragged by an input device associated with said computer system and dropped on said representation of said rack in said workspace; and
applying a first set of rules to each component as said each component is added to said representation to automatically configure said each component with respect to said rack. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for configuring a rack assembly with a computer system having a graphical workspace, comprising:
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means for graphically selecting a rack from a catalog;
means for graphically populating said rack with at least one component selected from said catalog, wherein each selected component is dragged by an input device associated with said computer system and dropped on a representation of said rack; and
means for applying a set of rules as each selected component is added to said representation to automatically configure said each selected component. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer-accessible medium having program code instructions thereon for facilitating, when executed by an application server, an automated scheme for configuring one or more rack assemblies, said computer-accessible medium comprising:
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program code instructions for providing a drag and drop display interface to a user operating a client computer to which said application server is coupled via a computer network, wherein a graphic display window associated with said client computer includes a workspace in which a representation of a selected rack is populated by one or more components dragged and dropped by said user from a catalog display area; and
program code instructions for applying a set of rules as each selected component is added to said selected rack'"'"'s representation in said workspace to automatically configure said each selected component. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A system for configuring a rack assembly with a computer system having a graphical workspace, comprising:
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a configurator coupled to a catalog and operable to allow a user to;
graphically select a rack from a catalog; and
populate said rack with at least one component selected from said catalog, wherein each selected component is dragged and dropped onto a graphical representation of said rack, wherein said configurator automatically applies a set of rules as each selected component is added to said rack representation to automatically configure said each selected component. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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