Interactive display of data center assets

摘要

Interactively displaying assets in a data center. Data describing locations over time for the assets in the data center is accessed. Asset location is displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI). The asset location comprises a view of a rack in the data center. Also displayed in the GUI is an asset history related to the rack. At least one of the displaying asset location and the displaying the asset history is responsive to user selection of an element in the GUI.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method of interactively displaying assets in a data center, said method comprising:
accessing data describing locations over time for said assets in said data center, wherein each asset of said assets is an electronic device within a rack of said data center; displaying an asset location in a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein said asset location comprises a front view of a rack located in said data center and a top view of a plurality of racks located in said data center; and displaying in said GUI an asset history related to said rack, wherein at least one of said displaying said asset location and said displaying said asset history is responsive to user selection of an element in said GUI, and wherein said displaying said asset history related to said rack comprises displaying a location history of an asset in said rack.