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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2014
Applicant:

Rackspace Us, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);

Inventors:

Jason Mick, Converse, TX (US);

Dale Lee Bracey, San Antonio, TX (US);

Assignee:

Rackspace US, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/04 (2006.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 23/1917 (2013.01); G06F 1/324 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 11/3051 (2013.01); H05K 7/1492 (2013.01); H05K 7/1498 (2013.01); H05K 7/207 (2013.01); H05K 7/20209 (2013.01); H05K 7/20836 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1217 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1282 (2013.01);
Abstract

A rack management method and system is disclosed. The method includes detecting the presence of a computing device releasably mounted in a frame, the detecting based on an electrical connection established between a configuration bar disposed in a rear portion of the frame and the computing device, and determining a physical location of the computing device within the frame based on the electrical connection. The method also includes retrieving management information about the computing device from a profile storage disposed within the computing device via the electrical connection and storing the management information in a management table, the management table associating the computing device with the physical location within the frame.


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