Data Center Tag Association Tracking for Reliable Asset Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing data center management systems face challenges in maintaining and managing data tags effectively, as users often lose track of which tags are associated with which objects, leading to inefficiencies and difficulties in monitoring and managing data center assets.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for generating, registering, and storing data tags within a tag association tracking storage repository, utilizing a tag association tracker module to associate contextual meaning with objects and facilitate efficient data center monitoring and management operations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If data tags are manually managed without automated tracking, then system complexity is reduced, but tag association accuracy and reliability deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetag association accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically tracks and manages data tag associations without requiring manual intervention. The tag association tracker module autonomously records which tags are associated with which objects, eliminating the need for users to manually maintain tracking while ensuring accurate associations throughout the data center environment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides feedback by continuously monitoring and recording tag associations in the storage repository. This feedback mechanism allows the system to maintain accurate records of tag-object relationships, enabling users to reliably track which tags are associated with which objects without adding significant manual complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If comprehensive tag tracking is implemented, then monitoring effectiveness is improved, but operational complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemonitoring effectivenessVSAvoidoperational complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The tag association tracker module operates autonomously to maintain comprehensive tracking records. The system self-manages the complexity of tracking multiple tags and objects, providing effective monitoring capabilities while keeping operational complexity manageable through automated processes rather than manual tracking.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The storage repository acts as an intermediary that centralizes tag association information. By consolidating tracking data in a dedicated repository, the system improves monitoring effectiveness through comprehensive records while simplifying operations by providing a centralized interface for accessing tag information rather than requiring distributed manual tracking.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12379866B2Data center monitoring and management operation including a data tag association tracking operation
Publication Date: 2025.08.05 DELL PROD LP
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AI summary

A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center monitoring and management operation. The data center monitoring and management operation includes: generating a tag for an object within a system, the tag for the object associating a contextual meaning with the object; registering, via a tag association tracker module, the tag when the tag is generated; and, storing the tag within a tag association tracking storage repository when the tag is registered by the tag association tracker module.