International Business Machines Corporation

Bryan Edward Truong

Robert Wilhelm

Derek Ryan Brewer

A method for displaying identification information for devices electrically coupled to a plurality of ports includes determining a first device is electrically coupled to a first port out of a plurality of ports. The method further includes establishing communications between a first communication transmitter on a first electrical connector for the first device and a first communication receiver associated with the first port. In response to determining first identification information is available for the first device, the method further includes receiving, from the first communication transmitter, at the first communication receiver the first identification information for the device. The method further includes displaying, in a first display, the first identification information for the first device, wherein the first display is associated with the first port.

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Bryan Edward Truong