Information technology (IT) equipment positioning system
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1. A radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled electronic device comprising:
- an item of information technology (IT) equipment that is mounted at a first location corresponding to a respective slot in racks and/or cabinets of a data center;
a plurality of radio frequency identifier (RFID) tags; and
a storage coupled to the RFID including a data structure field that characterizes physical dimensions of the IT equipment item used by a management utility in combination with temperature conditions and airflow conditions within the data center to determine positioning of the IT equipment item in a second location corresponding to a different respective slot in the racks and/or the cabinets of the data center to improve cooling, airflow, and workload efficiency performance relative to the first location based on the orientation of said plurality of tags, wherein the positioning of the IT equipment item includes three dimensional coordinates of the IT equipment in three dimensional space.
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Abstract
An information technology (IT) equipment positioning system comprises a plurality of wireless transponders distributed in multiple locations in the data center and a controller. The controller is adapted to operate the transponders using triangulation to identify and detect positioning according to three-dimensional coordinates for wireless-tagged IT equipment located in the data center.
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23 Claims
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1. A radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled electronic device comprising:
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an item of information technology (IT) equipment that is mounted at a first location corresponding to a respective slot in racks and/or cabinets of a data center; a plurality of radio frequency identifier (RFID) tags; and a storage coupled to the RFID including a data structure field that characterizes physical dimensions of the IT equipment item used by a management utility in combination with temperature conditions and airflow conditions within the data center to determine positioning of the IT equipment item in a second location corresponding to a different respective slot in the racks and/or the cabinets of the data center to improve cooling, airflow, and workload efficiency performance relative to the first location based on the orientation of said plurality of tags, wherein the positioning of the IT equipment item includes three dimensional coordinates of the IT equipment in three dimensional space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An information technology (IT) equipment positioning system for usage in a data center comprising:
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a plurality of wireless transponders distributed in multiple locations in the data center; a controller coupled to the plurality of wireless transponders that operates the transponders using triangulation to identify and detect positioning according to three-dimensional coordinates for wireless-tagged IT equipment mounted in locations corresponding to slots in racks and/or cabinets located in the data center, the controller using information including the physical dimensions of the IT equipment in combination with temperature conditions and airflow conditions within the data center to determine different locations corresponding to different respective slots in the racks and/or the cabinets in the data center for mounting the IT equipment to position the IT equipment to improve cooling, airflow, and workload efficiency performance relative to the locations corresponding to slots in racks and/or cabinets located in the data center, wherein at least two tags are associated with the IT equipment to determine the position that includes three dimensional coordinates of the IT equipment in three dimensional space. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A database stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
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a plurality of data fields configured to map a data center in a three-dimensional space, the plurality of data fields including; transponder data fields adapted for usage with at least three transponders in a wireless communication system that uses triangulation to determine three-dimensional position coordinates for wireless-tagged information technology (IT) equipment positioned in the data center; location data fields adapted to identify a first location of the IT equipment corresponding to a respective slot in racks and/or cabinets within the data center determined by triangulation; dimensional data fields adapted to identify spatial dimensions of the IT equipment mounted in racks and/or cabinets within the data center encoded in a wireless tag on the IT equipment based on orientation of a plurality of tags, wherein the dimensional data fields are used by a management utility to determine positioning of the IT equipment item in a second location corresponding to a different respective slot in the racks and/or the cabinets of the data center to improve cooling, airflow, and workload efficiency performance relative to the first location based on the orientation of said plurality of tags; and orientation data fields adapted to store information of an orientation according to three dimensional coordinates of the IT equipment determined using triangulation of at least two wireless tags in at least two positions on the IT equipment in the data center. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method of mapping information technology (IT) equipment in a data center comprising:
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distributing at least three transponders in the data center; monitoring, via the at least three transponders, wireless tag signals for tags coupled to and associated with IT equipment mounted into slots in racks and/or cabinets within the data center; determining orientation information that defines orientation of the IT equipment in three dimensions using triangulation of the tags coupled to and associated with the IT equipment; mapping IT equipment location corresponding to a volume-space occupied by the IT equipment in the slots in the racks and/or the cabinets within the data center by triangulation of the monitored wireless tag signals; and using information including physical dimensions of an IT equipment item in combination with temperature conditions and airflow conditions within the data center to determine positioning of the information technology equipment in a different location corresponding to different respective volume-space occupiable by the IT equipment in different slots in the racks and/or the cabinets within the data center to improve performance of the data center. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a controller usable medium having a computable readable program code embodied therein for mapping information technology (IT) equipment in a data center, the controller to; distribute at least three transponders in the data center; monitor, via the at least three transponders, wireless tag signals for tags coupled to and associated with IT equipment mounted into slots in racks and/or cabinets within the data center; map IT equipment location corresponding to a volume-space occupied by the IT equipment in the slots in the racks and/or the cabinets by triangulation of the monitored wireless tag signals, wherein the location includes three dimensional coordinates of the IT equipment in three dimensional space; and use information including physical dimensions of an IT equipment item in combination with temperature conditions and airflow conditions within the data center to determine positioning the information technology equipment in a different location corresponding to a different volume-space occupied by the IT equipment in different respective slots in the racks and/or the cabinets in the data center to improve performance of the data center. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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