SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING CONTAINER DATA CENTERS

• US 20140257524A1
• Filed: 07/16/2013
• Published: 09/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: CHEN, SHIH-CHIEH, CHANG, CHIH-HUNG
• Application Number:
  US13/942,715
• Publication Number:
  US 20140257524A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management

Abstract

A system for controlling container data centers (CDCs) includes a number of CDC groups, a number of slave monitoring systems, and a master monitoring system. Each CDC group includes a number of CDCs. Each slave monitoring system is connected to the CDCs of one CDC group via a network. Each slave monitoring system receives and processes data transmitted from the CDCs connected to the slave monitoring system, and transmits the processed data to the master monitoring system via the network. The master monitoring system receives the processed data from the slave monitoring systems, responds to user input to receive settings for controlling operation of the plurality of CDCs, and transmits the settings to the plurality of slave monitoring systems. The slave monitoring system transmit the settings to the CDCs connected to the slave monitoring systems. Each CDC operates according to the settings input by the user.

Claims

1. A system for controlling container data centers (CDCs), comprising:

a plurality of CDC groups each comprising a plurality of CDCs, each CDC comprising a controller to collect data generated by to-be-controlled modules of the CDC;

a plurality of slave monitoring systems each connected to the CDCs of one CDC group via a network, each slave monitoring system being to receive and process data transmitted from the controller of the CDCs connected to the salve monitoring system, and transmit the processed data to a master monitoring system via the network; and

the master monitoring system connected to the plurality of slave monitoring systems via the network, receive the processed data from the plurality of slave monitoring systems, respond to user input to receive settings for controlling operation of the plurality of CDCs, and transmit the settings to the plurality of slave monitoring systems;

wherein, each slave monitoring system is further to transmit the settings to the CDCs connected to the slave monitoring system, the controller of each CDC is further to control the operation of the CDC according to the settings.

2. The system as described in claim 1, wherein the master monitoring system further communicates with a portable communication terminal, when the master monitoring system determines that one or more CDCs run abnormally according to the processed data, the master monitoring system is to transmit a prompt to the portable communication terminal to inform the portable communication terminal of the one or more abnormal CDCs.

3. The system as described in claim 1, wherein when the master monitoring system determines data needed by a CDC manager does not exist in the master monitoring system, the master monitoring system commands the slave monitoring systems to transmit the needed data to the master monitoring system.

4. The system as described in claim 1, wherein the to-be-controlled modules of each CDC includes temperature and humidity sensors, fire-fighting equipments, air-conditions, and power equipments.

5. The system as described in claim 1, wherein the master monitoring system provides a plurality of environmental classes for a CDC manger to select, each environmental class corresponds to a season of the year and comprises environmental data on the season, the master monitoring system further transmits the environmental data of one selected environmental class to the controllers of the CDCs via the slave masters, the controller of each CDC controls the CDC to operate in an environment according to the environmental data of the selected environmental class.

6. The system as described in claim 5, wherein four environmental classes are provided.