Automated Configuration of New Racks and Other Computing Assets in a Data Center

摘要

A configuration tool is used to configure new server racks and computing assets in a data center. When new server racks are placed in a data center, the configuration tool scans the racks to identify any unconfigured server racks and then determines their virtual locations. The tool queries a mapping between the physical and virtual rack locations in the data center to determine the physical location for each rack based on its virtual location. Using the acquired physical and virtual locations for each unconfigured rack, the configuration tool can configure the unconfigured racks. For example, the configuration tool may identify the assets contained in the rack and associate the rack's physical location with those assets. In addition, the configuration tool can determine the rack's VLAN and use that information to configure the TOR switch associated with the rack.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
scanning each server rack within a data center, wherein scanning comprises, for each server rack, requesting virtual locations associated with the server rack from the server rack; identifying a server rack associated with a plurality of virtual locations based on the scanning; and responsive to identifying the server rack:
determining a physical location of the identified server rack based on a virtual location associated with the identified server rack; andreporting an error condition indicating that the identified server rack is associated with a plurality of virtual locations.