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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2009
Dmitry Andreev, Port Chester, NY (US);
Paul G. Greenstein, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Galina Grunin, Somers, NY (US);
Gregory Vilshansky, Somers, NY (US);
Dmitry Andreev, Port Chester, NY (US);
Paul G. Greenstein, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Galina Grunin, Somers, NY (US);
Gregory Vilshansky, Somers, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An Information Technology (IT) system display method and computer program product. A description is provided of a configuration of devices, network segments, and vertical connectors relating to an IT structure. The devices are initially distributed to form a distribution of the devices in a matrix representing a display screen. A defined goal value of the configuration is a function of a length and weight of each network segment, a length and weight of each vertical connector, and a penalty for each crossing of a device by a network segment. An overlay pattern of the network segments and the vertical connectors overlayed on the matrix is displayed in accordance with the description and the final distribution of the devices in the matrix. The goal value for the final distribution is lower than for the initial distribution. The final distribution is displayed on the display screen together with the overlay pattern.