HIERARCHICAL NAVIGATION AND REMEDIATION IN DATACENTERS

• US 20140038523A1
• Filed: 07/31/2012
• Published: 02/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: McGeer, Patrick C., Milojicic, Dejan S.
• Application Number:
  US13/562,569
• Publication Number:
  US 20140038523A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0677 Localisation of faults

Abstract

Methods, devices, and machine-readable and executable instructions are provided for hierarchical navigation and remediation in datacenters. An example method to provide hierarchical navigation and remediation confirmation in datacenters includes providing navigation toward a reported component with a mobile electronic device via a hierarchy of navigational functionality that includes a differential wireless signal positioning system and a short range beacon detection system, verifying an identity of the reported component with the mobile electronic device, providing a testing protocol with the mobile electronic device to diagnose a fault associated with the reported component, providing a number of remedial instructions regarding the reported component with the mobile electronic device, and providing a remediation verification protocol with the mobile device to confirm whether the remediation was successful.

Claims

1. A method to provide hierarchical navigation and remediation confirmation in datacenters, the method comprising:

providing navigation toward a reported component with a mobile electronic device via a hierarchy of navigational functionality that includes a differential wireless signal positioning system and a short range beacon detection system;

verifying an identity of the reported component with the mobile electronic device;

providing a testing protocol with the mobile electronic device to diagnose a fault associated with the reported component;

providing a number of remedial instructions regarding the reported component with the mobile electronic device; and

providing a remediation verification protocol with the mobile device to confirm whether the remediation was successful.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the hierarchy of navigational functionality further comprises a global positioning system (GPS) and wherein providing navigation comprises providing coarse navigation toward the reported component via the GPS.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein providing navigation comprises:

providing intermediate navigation toward the reported component via the differential wireless signal positioning system, wherein the differential wireless signal positioning system complies with an 802.11x standard; and

providing fine navigation toward the reported component via the short range beacon detection system.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the short range beacon detection system complies with a Bluetooth standard or Radio-frequency identification standard.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the verifying the identity of the reported component comprises optically capturing an identifier associated with the reported component via a visual identification device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the remedial instructions comprise providing instructions to repair the reported component.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the testing protocol comprises displaying the testing protocol in a human-readable format.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the remediation verification protocol comprises:

receiving wirelessly the remediation verification protocol; and

displaying the remediation verification protocol in a human-readable format.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the remediation verification protocol comprises:

transmitting an outcome of the remediation verification protocol to a database.

10. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a set of instructions executable by a processor to cause a computer to:

provide hierarchical navigation toward a reported component in a datacenter via a hierarchy of navigational functionality that includes a global positioning system, differential wireless signal positioning system, and a short range beacon detection system;

verify an identity of the reported component substantially at the location of the reported component with the mobile electronic device;

provide a test protocol to diagnose a fault associated with the reported component;

transmit results of the test protocol to a database coupled to the computer;

receive a number of remedial instructions from the database based on the results of the test protocol; and

provide a number of remedial instructions regarding remediation of the reported component.

11. The medium of claim 10, wherein provide a number of remedial instructions comprises:

receive wirelessly the number of remedial instructions; and

display the number of remedial instructions in a human-readable format.

12. A mobile electronic device for hierarchical navigation and remediation confirmation in datacenters, the device comprising:

a navigate module to provide navigation toward a location of a reported component via a hierarchy of navigational functionality that includes a global positioning system (GPS), differential wireless signal positioning system, and a short range beacon detection system;

a verify module to verify an identity of the reported component by optically capturing an identifier associated with the reported component via a visual identification device including a quick response code reader or a barcode reader;

a testing protocol module to receive a testing protocol to diagnose a fault associated with the reported component and transmit results of the testing protocol;

a remedial instructions module to receive a number of remedial instructions and provide the number of remedial instructions regarding remediation of the reported component with the mobile electronic device; and

a remediation verification module to receive a verification protocol to confirm whether the remediation was successful;

a wireless link module to wirelessly transmit data relating to the testing protocol module, the remedial instructions module, and the remediation verification module.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the data comprises a result of the testing protocol and an outcome of the verification protocol.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the provide navigation comprises

providing coarse navigation toward the reported component via the GPS;

providing intermediate navigation toward the reported component via the differential wireless signal positioning system, wherein the differential wireless signal positioning system complies with an 802.11x standard; and

providing fine navigation toward the reported component via the short range beacon detection system, wherein the short range beacon detection system complies with a Bluetooth standard or Radio-frequency identification standard.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein provide the remediation verification protocol comprises:

transmit the confirmation whether the remediation was successful comprises an output comprising yes or no and receive a set of instructions to reinitiate the testing protocol when the output is no.