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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2011
Rajarshi Das, Armonk, NY (US);
Wael R. El-essawy, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas W. Keller, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey O. Kephart, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Juan C. Rubio, Austin, TX (US);
Rajarshi Das, Armonk, NY (US);
Wael R. El-Essawy, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas W. Keller, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey O. Kephart, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Juan C. Rubio, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A mechanism is provided for automatically detecting and locating equipment within an intelligent equipment rack. The intelligent equipment rack comprises a rack controller that determines whether a signal has been received indicating that a rack space in a plurality of rack spaces in the intelligent equipment rack has been occupied by a piece of electronic equipment. Responsive to receiving the signal indicating that the rack space has been occupied by the piece of electronic equipment, the rack controller updates a rack information table in the memory with occupation information related to the rack space occupied by the piece of electronic equipment.