Server inventory of non-electronic components
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1. A system comprising:
- one or more non-electronic components, each having a unique Near Field Communication (NFC) identification chip affixed thereto;
an NFC emitter; and
a non-electronic component inventory controller, wherein the system is a blade server within a blade chassis, wherein the non-electronic components are in the blade server, and wherein the non-electronic components are one or more components from a group consisting of a server cover, a heat sink on a processor, an air duct, and a chip slot filler.
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Abstract
A system contains one or more non-electronic components, each of which has a near field communication (NFC) identification chip attached thereon and/or associated therewith. A non-electronic component inventory controller identifies the non-electronic components in the system by interrogating the NFC identification chips with an NFC electromagnetic field that is emitted an NFC electromagnetic field emitter.
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16 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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one or more non-electronic components, each having a unique Near Field Communication (NFC) identification chip affixed thereto; an NFC emitter; and a non-electronic component inventory controller, wherein the system is a blade server within a blade chassis, wherein the non-electronic components are in the blade server, and wherein the non-electronic components are one or more components from a group consisting of a server cover, a heat sink on a processor, an air duct, and a chip slot filler. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of inventorying non-electronic components of an electronic device, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a Near Field Communication (NFC) receiver within a non-electronic component inventory controller, an identification signal, wherein the identification signal is generated by an NFC identification chip, wherein the NFC identification chip is affixed to a specific non-electronic component within an electronic device, and wherein the identification signal is generated in response to an NFC electromagnetic field inducing a current in the NFC identification chip to cause a transmission of the identification signal from the NFC identification chip; and inventorying, by a non-electronic component inventory controller, non-electronic components of the electronic device according to received identification signals, wherein the electronic device is a blade server within a blade chassis, wherein the non-electronic components are in the blade server, and wherein the non-electronic components are one or more components from a group consisting of a server cover, a heat sink on a processor, an air duct, and a chip slot filler. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product for inventorying non-electronic components in an electronic device, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, and wherein the program code is readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
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emitting, from a Near Field Communication (NFC) electromagnetic field emitter within a non-electronic component inventory controller, an NFC electromagnetic field, wherein the non-electronic component inventory controller inventories non-electronic components of the electronic device, wherein the electronic device is a blade server within a blade chassis, wherein the non-electronic components are in the blade server, and wherein the non-electronic components are one or more components from a group consisting of a server cover, a heat sink on a processor, an air duct, and a chip slot filler; and receiving, by an NFC receiver within the non-electronic component inventory controller, an identification signal, wherein the identification signal is generated by an NFC identification chip, wherein the NFC identification chip is affixed to a specific non-electronic component within an electronic device, and wherein the identification signal is generated in response to the NFC electromagnetic field inducing a current in the NFC identification chip to cause a transmission of the identification signal from the NFC identification chip. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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