Self-determination of equipment rack consumption by rack-mounted appliances

摘要

Embodiments include systems and methods for self-determination of equipment rack consumption by rack-mounted appliances. Some embodiments operate in context of pre-integrated systems having a number of rack-mounted appliances installed in an equipment rack. The equipment rack can include a number of passive location designators, each positioned on the equipment rack in a physical location corresponding to a mounting location for a rack-mounted appliance, and each including a code that indicates its associated mounting location. Each rack-mounted appliance can include a sensor which, when the rack-mounted appliance is installed in a mounting location of the equipment rack, can read the code on the passive location designator associated with that mounting location. This reading can be used by the rack-mounted appliance to self-determine its rack consumption.

主权项

1. A system for self-determination of rack consumption by rack-mounted appliances, the system comprising:
an equipment rack having a plurality of rails configured to at least partially support each of a plurality of rack-mounted appliances at a respective one of a plurality of mounting locations, each rail comprising a passive location designator that corresponds to a respective one of the mounting locations, and each rack-mounted appliance comprising:
a sensor that operates, actively and wirelessly, to read at least one of the passive location designators; anda processor that operates to receive an indication of the particular mounting location from the sensor according to the reading when the rack-mounted appliance is mounted in the equipment rack, and to determine a rack consumption of the rack-mounted appliance according to the indication.