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Tracking The Physical Location Of A Server In A Data Center

  • US 20090024764A1
  • Filed: 07/18/2007
  • Published: 01/22/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of tracking the physical location of a server in a data center, the data center comprising a management module, the data center further comprising a plurality of cabinet slots, each cabinet slot having a connector, the data center further comprising a presence-detection network, the presence-detection network comprising one-wire links among the cabinet slots and the management module, the one-wire links coupled between the connectors in the cabinet slots and the management module and multiplexed into the management module according to multiplexer address codes, each one-wire link associated with a separate multiplexer address code, each multiplexer address code associated with a separate physical location in the data center, the method comprising:

  • detecting, by the management module through a one-wire link between a connector in a cabinet slot and the management module, insertion of the server into the cabinet slot, the server connected upon insertion to the one-wire link through the connector in the cabinet slot; and

    determining, by the management module in dependence upon the one-wire link'"'"'s multiplexer address code, a physical location of the server.

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