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Acquiring information dynamically regarding a hardware component in the cloud computing system while on the floor of the data center

  • US 9,747,286 B2
  • Filed: 11/23/2016
  • Issued: 08/29/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing hardware components in a cloud computing environment, the method comprising:

  • downloading photographs of a plurality of computer hardware components of a rack from a management software;

    capturing a photograph of a computer hardware component in said rack;

    matching said photograph of said computer hardware component with one of said downloaded photographs of said plurality of computer hardware components of said rack to identify a matching downloaded photograph;

    identifying a component serial number for the matching downloaded photograph from a table of serial numbers respectively corresponding to said downloaded photographs of said plurality of computer hardware components;

    transmitting a request for information regarding said component serial number to said management software, wherein said requested information comprises current users of said computer hardware component, unresolved error codes of said computer hardware component, and utilization data of said computer hardware component;

    receiving information as requested for said computer hardware component; and

    displaying, by a processor, said received information for said computer hardware component and said component serial number that overlays a displayed downloaded photograph of said computer hardware component.

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