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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2019
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
John A. Owen, Winchester, GB;
Colin Ian Holyoake, Braishfield, GB;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/14 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06K 7/12 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); H05K 7/1498 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and related system are used for device management in a datacenter having multiple racks adapted to house multiple devices. The system may comprise an optical sensor and a reporting unit. The optical sensor may be provided at a position in a rack in a datacenter, the optical sensor configured to sense device identifying data of a device inserted in the rack. The reporting unit may transmit the sensed device identifying data and the position in a message to a central data processing system for the datacenter.