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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Charles Randall, Longmont, CO (US);
Michael Keith Nunez, Lyons, CO (US);
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/32 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/327 (2013.01); G06F 11/3034 (2013.01); G06F 11/325 (2013.01); G06F 11/328 (2013.01);
Abstract
A management system is described. The management system includes an interface coupled to a plurality of infrastructure appliances and one or more processors to monitor each of the plurality of infrastructure appliances, detect a malfunction at a first of the infrastructure appliances, and transmit a display message to one or more of the plurality of infrastructure appliances that are adjacent to the first infrastructure appliance, wherein a display message indicates one or more activity light indicators to be activated at an adjacent infrastructure appliance.