METHOD AND INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE INTERFACE FOR DEVICE-LEVEL MONITORING AND SERVICING OF DATA CENTER

摘要

Interactive component-level visual monitoring and controlling an information handling system (IHS) includes displaying a visual representation of one of a plurality of different levels of the IHS based on a current level identified/selected on a graphical user interface (GUI). A current functional state is received of functional components of the IHS at each component level that are being monitored. A controller displays an operating status of at least one functional component on the physical representation at each level of the plurality of different levels. The operating status includes failed, malfunctioning state, and/or a check and/or repair operating state. In response to receiving a user input selecting a specific component level among the one or more levels that is different from a current level being displayed, the controller modifies the GUI to display the physical representation of the specific component level and identifying any components having the problem state.

主权项

1. An information handling system (IHS) comprising:
a node having at least one functional component, wherein the node and the at least one functional component are capable of being in more than one functional state; a network interface enabling communication with a network over which the node is connected; a memory containing visual representations of the plurality of nodes with a plurality of different levels of visual representations, including a system level, node levels, sub-node levels, and component levels; a display device that provides a graphical user interface (GUI) on which each of the different levels of visual representations can be presented; at least one user input component capable of manipulating and/or interfacing with one or more items on the GUI; and an interactive component-level visual monitoring and control (ICVMC) system comprising a processor in communication with the display device, the memory, and the network interface and ICVMC program modules executes on the processor and configures the ICVMC system to:
display on the display device the visual representation of one of the plurality of different levels of the IHS based on a current level identified/selected on the GUI;receive, via the network interface, a current functional state of functional components at each component level that is being monitored;determine an operating status of the at least one functional component from the current functional state received; anddisplay on the display device the operating status of the at least one functional component on the physical representation at each level of the plurality of different levels when the operating status includes a problem state from among a failed operating state, a malfunctioning state, and/or a check and/or repair (C/R) operating state; andin response to receiving a user input selecting a specific component level among the one or more levels that is different from a current level being displayed, modify the GUI to display the physical representation of the specific component level and identifying any components having the problem state.