Server Management Module Geographic Identification via Management Host
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Solution Overview
Problem
Data center equipment lacks a method to identify its geographic location without locally available identifying information, hindering networking and management tasks.
Innovation Solution
A management host server generates and stores a geographic client identifier in the server management module, using power distribution units to apply standby power and assign IP addresses, allowing the creation of a geographic map.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If equipment relies on locally available identifying information for self-identification, then self-identification can be performed autonomously, but equipment without local identification pins cannot be identified or mapped geographically
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a management host server as an intermediary that generates and assigns client identifiers to equipment. This external identification system allows equipment without local identification capabilities to be uniquely identified and geographically mapped through the management server's assignment of location sensor values as client IDs.
Solution Approach 2:
The management host server performs preliminary identification by generating client identifiers and associating them with equipment locations before the equipment needs to self-identify. This pre-assignment of identification data enables subsequent autonomous self-identification without requiring local identification hardware.
2Reliability
If no locally available identifying information is available, then equipment cannot identify itself, but adding local identification pins increases device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical identification pins with an electronic/software-based identification system. The management host server generates and assigns client identifiers that are stored in the equipment's memory, eliminating the need for physical identification pins while maintaining reliable identification and geographic mapping capabilities.
3Ease of operation
If geographic mapping is implemented without client identifiers, then networking tasks cannot be performed, but implementing identification systems increases system complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The management host server performs multiple functions: generating client identifiers, assigning IP addresses, storing location sensor values, and enabling geographic mapping. This multi-functional approach simplifies the overall system by consolidating identification and networking tasks into a single management platform rather than requiring separate systems for each function.
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AI summary
A method includes a management host server causing a power distribution unit to apply standby power to at least one server management module having at least one service processor; the management host server receiving an IP address request from the at least one server management module; the management host server network assigning the IP address and associates the at least one server management module with the assigned IP address; and the management host server issuing a command to the at least one server management module to store a client ID as a location sensor value wherein a geographic map can be created using the client ID.