Physical infrastructure management system
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1. A network cabinet comprising:
- at least one intelligent patch panel installed in said network cabinet, said at least one intelligent patch panel having stored therein a patch panel physical location information that represents the physical location in which said at least one intelligent patch panel is installed;
at least one piece of network equipment installed in said network cabinet and connected to a patch port of said at least one intelligent patch panel;
at least one power outlet unit installed in said network cabinet, said at least one power outlet unit having a power outlet unit management port that is connected to said at least one intelligent patch panel such that information about power consumption in said network cabinet can be collected by said at least one intelligent patch panel and associated with said network cabinet, said at least one power outlet unit further comprising a sensing and control port; and
at least one environmental sensor connected to said sensing and control port of said at least one power outlet unit, environmental data from said at least one environmental sensor being collected by said at least one intelligent patch panel and associated with said network cabinet.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of the present invention allow for the discovery of physical location information about network assets and the delivery of that information to network administrators. In addition, environmental and other information about network asset locations can be provided to an administrator. Intelligent patch panels and power outlet units are installed in network cabinets to facilitate the acquisition and reporting of physical infrastructure information, including information about network resource availability.
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1. A network cabinet comprising:
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at least one intelligent patch panel installed in said network cabinet, said at least one intelligent patch panel having stored therein a patch panel physical location information that represents the physical location in which said at least one intelligent patch panel is installed; at least one piece of network equipment installed in said network cabinet and connected to a patch port of said at least one intelligent patch panel; at least one power outlet unit installed in said network cabinet, said at least one power outlet unit having a power outlet unit management port that is connected to said at least one intelligent patch panel such that information about power consumption in said network cabinet can be collected by said at least one intelligent patch panel and associated with said network cabinet, said at least one power outlet unit further comprising a sensing and control port; and at least one environmental sensor connected to said sensing and control port of said at least one power outlet unit, environmental data from said at least one environmental sensor being collected by said at least one intelligent patch panel and associated with said network cabinet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A physical infrastructure management system comprising:
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a physical infrastructure management server; at least one intelligent patch panel having a network connection to said physical infrastructure management server, said intelligent patch panel being installed in a network cabinet and having stored therein in a patch panel memory physical location information that represents the physical location in which the intelligent patch panel is installed; at least one piece of network equipment installed in said cabinet and connected to said intelligent patch panel; at least one power outlet unit installed in said cabinet, said power outlet unit having a power outlet unit management port that is connected to said intelligent patch panel; a sensing and control port in communication with at least one of said physical infrastructure management server and connected to at least one said intelligent patch panel; and at least one environmental sensor connected to said sensing and control port, environmental data from said environmental sensor being associated with at least one said cabinet. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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