METHOD FOR LEARNING, TEACHING AND TRAINING DATACENTER IT SOLUTIONS, A DATACENTER IT SOLUTION KIT, AND A METHOD FOR TROUBLESHOOTING A DATACENTER

• US 20090035732A1
• Filed: 07/30/2007
• Published: 02/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gowthaman Manickam, Thanaraj Kanagalingam
• Original Assignee: Gowthaman Manickam, Thanaraj Kanagalingam
• Inventors: Kanagalingam, Thanaraj, Manickam, Gowthaman
• Application Number:
  US11/829,979
• Publication Number:
  US 20090035732A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/118
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0053 Computers, e.g. programming

Abstract

A set of pre-defined datacenter IT solution tasks which are to be performed by a user for setting up or for extending a datacenter is provided for a pre-defined IT solution. Groups of basic tasks and learning tasks are provided such that each learning task comprises one or more basic task. A sequence of interface tasks is assigned to the basic tasks and learning tasks. An interface task provides a predefined instruction or set of instructions for validation or for verification of the correctness of the performed learning task or interface task. This is done by evaluating a characteristic behaviour of the datacenter and not necessarily by monitoring each step of the user who is fulfilling the tasks.

Claims

1-16. -16. (canceled)

17. Method of providing a set of pre-defined datacenter IT solution tasks which are to be performed by at least one user for setting up a datacenter for providing a pre-defined IT solution, the method comprising the step of providing the datacenter IT solution tasks in groups of basic tasks and groups of learning tasks, such that each learning task comprises one or more basic task, the method further comprising the step of providing a sequence of interface tasks, wherein at least one interface task being assigned to at least one basic task or to at least one learning task, an interface task providing a predefined instruction or set of instructions for validation of the correctness of the performed learning task or interface task, the reverse sequence of the interface tasks providing a set of instructions for identifying the cause of a problem in the datacenter IT solution.

18. Method of providing a set of pre-defined datacenter set-up tasks according to claim 17, wherein a corresponding interface task is provided for each basic task.

19. Method of providing a set of pre-defined datacenter set-up tasks according to claim 17, wherein a corresponding interface task is provided for each leaning task.

29. Method of training of at least one individual or a group of individuals

providing a problem in a datacenter IT solution,

providing groups of learning tasks, groups of basic tasks and a sequence of interface tasks according to claim 17,

causing the at least one individual to solve the problem by performing the reverse sequence of the interface tasks, for each interface task verifying whether the datacenter IT solution comprises the characteristic behavior of that interface task,

wherein—

if a verification step is not successful for a current interface task—

the basic and learning tasks which are assigned to the current interface task are performed.

30. Method of training of at least one individual or a group of individuals according to claim 29, the method comprising the steps of performing the reverse sequence of the interface tasks before the current interface task, for each interface task verifying whether the datacenter IT solution comprises the characteristic behavior of that interface task, wherein—

if a verification step is not successful for an interface task before the current interface task—

the basic and learning tasks which are assigned to the interface task before the current interface task are performed.

33. Computer program, performing the method of claim 17.

37. Computer program, performing the method of claim 29.

20. Method of providing information, the method comprising the following steps:

providing groups of learning tasks, groups of basic tasks and a sequence of interface tasks according to one of the aforementioned claims, providing the basic tasks and learning tasks in the sequence of the respective interface tasks.

21. Method of teaching information to an individual or to a group of individuals, the method comprising the following steps:

providing information according to claim 20,

transmitting the information to the individual or to the group of individuals.

22. Method of teaching information according to claim 21, wherein the information is provided orally by an individual.

23. Method of teaching information according to claim 21, wherein the information is provided in a written form on paper.

24. Method of teaching information according to claim 21, wherein the information is provided with data which is downloaded from a network such as the Internet or from a data carrier.

25. Method of training of at least one individual or a group of individuals, the method comprising the following steps:

teaching according to claim 21 until a pre-determined current learning task or basic task is reached,

causing the individual to repeat the basic tasks learning tasks that have been taught so far,

performing the current interface task which is assigned to the current basic task or learning task, that has been taught,

verifying whether the datacenter IT solution comprises the characteristic behaviour of the current interface task.

26. Method according to claim 25, wherein—

if the verification step was successful—

the steps of claim 25 are performed until reaching the next pre-determined learning task or basic task, performing the interface task which is assigned to the next basic task or learning task, that has been taught, and verifying whether the datacenter IT solution comprises the characteristic behavior of that next interface task.

27. Method according to claim 25, wherein—

if the verification step was not successful—

the steps of claim 25 are performed until reaching a previous pre-determined learning task or basic task, performing the previous interface task which is assigned to the previous basic task or learning task, and verifying whether the datacenter IT solution comprises the characteristic behavior of the previous interface task.

28. Method according to claim 25, wherein—

if the verification step was not successful—

the steps of claim 25 are repeated again until reaching the current learning task or basic task, performing again the current interface task, and verifying again whether the datacenter IT solution comprises the characteristic behavior of the current interface task.

31. Printed Matter with the information provided by the method of claim 20.

32. Data carrier with the information provided by the method of claim 20.

34. Computer program, performing the method of claim 20.

35. Computer program, performing the method of claim 21.

36. Computer program, performing the method of claim 25.

38. A Datacenter IT Solution Kit which comprises a single portable rack housing IT equipments, namely

at least one external storage device,

at least one SAN switch device,

at least one server computer,

at least one Ethernet network device such as a LAN switch,

at least one console device,

a data input device and a display,

a patch panel for interconnecting the IT equipments,

at least one application software which is running on the server,

at least one system management software which is running on the server,

a connection for supplying electrical power to the components in the rack,

a connection with a super-ordinate data network.