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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2010
Eric Marshall Rider, San Jose, CA (US);
Benjamin Trevor Kolin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Karen Natalie Wong, San Carlos, CA (US);
Eric Marshall Rider, San Jose, CA (US);
Benjamin Trevor Kolin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Karen Natalie Wong, San Carlos, CA (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention is a method for managing a datacenter using a mobile device, which method includes: (a) in response to a user request, the mobile device causing an identification prober to obtain information from one or more of a plurality of identification providers disposed at predetermined locations in the datacenter, and determining a mobile device location in the datacenter therefrom; (b) the mobile device requesting a datacenter map from a datacenter management system, displaying at least a portion of the map on a mobile device display, and displaying the mobile device location on the at least a portion of the map; and (c) the mobile device obtaining an equipment location of an equipment in the datacenter from the datacenter management system, displaying directions from the mobile device location to the equipment location, and displaying the equipment location on the at least a portion of the map if it fits in the display.