Computer System with ID Tag

• US 20080238633A1
• Filed: 03/28/2008
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH (Fujitsu Limited)
• Inventors: Siebert, Franz
• Application Number:
  US12/058,115
• Publication Number:
  US 20080238633A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.51
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0748 in a remote unit communicating with a single-box computer node experiencing an error/fault remote testing G06F11/2294
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0766 Error or fault reporting or storing

Abstract

A computer system (1) includes a housing. An RFID tag (4) can be placed as a rating plate on the housing of the computer system (1).

Claims

1. A computer system comprising:

a housing;

an RFID tag integrated on the housing of the computer system, wherein the RFID tag serves as a rating plate and has a storage unit;

an interface device communicatively coupled to the RFID tag such that information can be conducted from the computer system to the RFID tag and the information can be stored in the storage unit of the RFID tag, wherein the data contain error information sent during an abnormal operation of the computer system.

2. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit on the RFID tag can be inscribed for inventorying the computer system via a reading/writing device from outside the computer system.

3. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the data in the storage unit of the RFID tag can be read by a reading/writing device from outside the computer system.

4. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the housing includes a front shield, the RFID tag being located on the front shield of the housing of the computer system.

5. The computer system according to claim 1, further a slide-in unit within the housing, the slide-in unit holding the RFID tag.

6. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the housing of the computer system has a recess in an area of the RFID tag.

7. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the housing of the computer system in an area of the RFID tag is made of a non-electrically conductive material.

8. The computer system according to claim 7, further comprising a metal shielding within the housing in the area of the RFID tag and spaced from the RFID tag.

9. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the RFID tag includes data that was stored during manufacture of the computer system, the data are stored on the RFID tag as the rating plate.

10. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the RFID tag has a power supply via the computer system.

11. The computer system according to claim 1, further comprising a device for inductive inscription of the RFID tag.

12. The computer system according to claim 11, wherein data from the computer system are stored on the storage unit of the RFID tag via the device.

13. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the computer system is a server in a server rack.

14. A method of operating a computer system, the method comprising:

providing a computer system with a housing, wherein an RFID tag that includes a storage unit is integrated on the housing of the computer system;

communicating information from the computer system to the RFID tag;

storing the communicated information in the storage unit of the RFID tag; and

retrieving the stored information from outside the computer system.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein retrieving the stored information comprises retrieving data containing error information sent during an abnormal operation of the computer system.

16. The method according to claim 14, further comprising writing information to the storage unit of the RFID tag from outside the computer system.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein writing information comprises writing inventory information.

18. The method according to claim 14, further comprising retrieving rating plate data from the storage unit of the RFID tag

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the rating plate data was stored during manufacture of the computer system.