System and method for data reporting in a tile management controller
First Claim
1. A floor tile for a data center, the floor tile comprising:
- a Power-Over-Ethernet power source,a hardware management controller coupled to receive power from the power source;
a communication device coupled to receive power from the power source, the communication device including a first port to couple the hardware management controller to a data center management system, a second port to couple the hardware management controller to a server rack, and a third port to couple the hardware management controller to an adjacent floor tile;
wherein the hardware management controller;
receives first configuration information from the management system via the first port;
determines whether the data center floor tile is located at the first physical location of the data center;
provides the first configuration information to a server rack located at the first physical location when the data center floor tile is located at the first physical location, wherein the first configuration information is provided via the second port; and
provides the first configuration information to an adjacent data center floor tile located at the first physical location when the data center floor tile is not located at the first physical location, wherein the first configuration information is provided via the third port.
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Abstract
A floor tile for a data center floor a management controller, a first communication port to couple the management controller to a server rack, and a second communication port to couple the management controller to an adjacent floor tile. A method of using a data center floor tile includes receiving, by a management controller of the data center floor tile, first configuration information for a first server rack of a data center, wherein the first configuration information is received via a first communication port of the data center floor tile, and providing, from the management controller, the first configuration information to an adjacent data center floor tile, wherein the first configuration information is provided via a second communication port of the data center floor tile.
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18 Claims
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1. A floor tile for a data center, the floor tile comprising:
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a Power-Over-Ethernet power source, a hardware management controller coupled to receive power from the power source; a communication device coupled to receive power from the power source, the communication device including a first port to couple the hardware management controller to a data center management system, a second port to couple the hardware management controller to a server rack, and a third port to couple the hardware management controller to an adjacent floor tile; wherein the hardware management controller; receives first configuration information from the management system via the first port; determines whether the data center floor tile is located at the first physical location of the data center; provides the first configuration information to a server rack located at the first physical location when the data center floor tile is located at the first physical location, wherein the first configuration information is provided via the second port; and provides the first configuration information to an adjacent data center floor tile located at the first physical location when the data center floor tile is not located at the first physical location, wherein the first configuration information is provided via the third port. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a hardware management controller of a data center floor tile, first configuration information associated with a first physical location of the data center floor, wherein the first configuration information is received via a first port of a communication device of the data center floor tile, the first port coupled to a data center management system; determining, by the hardware management controller, whether the data center floor tile is located at the first physical location; providing, from the hardware management controller, the first configuration information to a server rack located at the first physical location when the data center floor tile is located at the first physical location, wherein the first configuration information is provided via a second port of the communication device, the second port coupled to the server rack; and providing, from the hardware management controller, the first configuration information to an adjacent data center floor tile located at the first physical location when the data center floor tile is not located at the first physical location, wherein the first configuration information is provided via a third port of the communication device, the third port coupled to the adjacent data center floor tile. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including code for performing a method, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a hardware management controller of a data center floor tile, first configuration information associated with a first physical location of the data center floor, wherein the first configuration information is received via a first port of a communication device of the data center floor tile, the first port coupled to a data center management system; determining, by the hardware management controller, whether the data center floor tile is located at the first physical location; providing, from the hardware management controller, the first configuration information to a server rack located at the first physical location when the data center floor tile is located at the first physical location, wherein the first configuration information is provided via a second port of the communication device, the second port coupled to the server rack; and providing, from the hardware management controller, the first configuration information to an adjacent data center floor tile located at the first physical location when the data center floor tile is not located at the first physical location, wherein the first configuration information is provided via a third port of the communication device, the third port coupled to the adjacent data center floor tile. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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