CN111045897A - Method and device for managing multiple assets in data center - Google Patents

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CN111045897A
CN111045897A CN201911315339.XA CN201911315339A CN111045897A CN 111045897 A CN111045897 A CN 111045897A CN 201911315339 A CN201911315339 A CN 201911315339A CN 111045897 A CN111045897 A CN 111045897A
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Abstract

The invention provides a method, equipment and an asset management system for managing a plurality of assets in a data center, wherein the method comprises the following steps: receiving an asset management request of a user; and prompting the user to operate the plurality of assets according to the asset management request and the machine position information sent by the data center. By the method and the system, all the assets in the data center can be monitored in real time without the need of being on line, and the information safety of a hosting party hosting the assets is not influenced.

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Method and device for managing multiple assets in data center
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a method, apparatus, storage medium, and system for managing a plurality of assets in a data center.
Background
Data centers are used to store a plurality of assets (e.g., servers), and there are two main ways to manage these assets, one is manual management and the other is IPMI automated management.
Manual management (mainly involving inventory) is to export the ledger of assets from an asset database (CMDB) storing information of all assets, and then manually inventory one by one according to the ledger.
The IPMI automatic management is realized through an IPMI interface of the server, the interface not only can realize the management of an asset end, but also can carry out all-around monitoring on the state of the server, and a back-end platform can acquire the state of the server.
However, manual management is time consuming, labor intensive, and may be subject to error. As the CMDB needs long-term maintenance by operation and maintenance personnel, if the maintenance is not timely, the burden is increased on a manual management mode.
IPMI automation management requires the bridging of IPMI private networks. For a cloud computing company, a public cloud part can realize an IPMI private network, and a hosting cloud part is very difficult to realize the IPMI private network because the information security of a hosting party hosting assets is easily influenced. Moreover, the method can only monitor the on-line assets, and cannot monitor the off-line cabinets in the cabinets.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the above problem, the present invention provides a method of managing a plurality of assets in a data center, the method comprising:
receiving an asset management request of a user;
and prompting the user to operate the plurality of assets according to the asset management request and the machine position information sent by the data center.
Wherein the data center comprises a plurality of asset groups, each asset group comprising a monitoring device and a plurality of bays for storing the plurality of assets, respectively,
the monitoring equipment can acquire and send the machine position information of each machine position in the plurality of machine positions in real time, and the machine position information comprises a machine position number and a machine position state.
When an asset is stored on a machine position, connecting the asset to the corresponding monitoring equipment through a tag, wherein the tag comprises a tag identifier, and the monitoring equipment reads the tag identifier as the machine position state;
when the assets are not stored in the machine position, the state of the machine position acquired by the monitoring equipment is asset-free.
Wherein the asset management request is a racking request including an asset identifier of a to-be-racked asset, and comprising the steps of:
according to the machine position information sent by each monitoring device, at least one machine position number with the machine position state being the non-asset state is taken out, and an upper machine position number is selected from the at least one machine position number on the basis of the asset identifier;
prompting a user to mount the assets to be mounted to a machine position corresponding to the mounting machine position number, and adding a new tag to connect the assets to be mounted to the corresponding monitoring equipment;
and acquiring the asset identifier and a new tag identifier of the corresponding new tag, and acquiring the asset attribute of the asset to be shelved.
And the corresponding monitoring equipment reads a new label identifier of the new label as the machine position state of the corresponding machine position, and updates the machine position information of the corresponding machine position into the upper rack machine position number and the new label identifier.
Wherein the asset management request is a shelf drop request including an asset identifier and a shelf drop seat number of a to-be-dropped asset, and comprises the steps of:
prompting a user to lower the assets to be lowered on the machine position corresponding to the lower machine position number, and removing the corresponding label;
and according to the machine position information sent by each monitoring device, determining the tag identifier of the removed corresponding tag, finding the corresponding asset identifier, and determining whether the found asset identifier is consistent with the asset identifier of the asset to be shelved.
Wherein an alert is issued upon determining that the found asset identifier does not correspond to the asset identifier of the assets to be shelved.
Wherein, after the operation of the racking request or the racking request is completed, it is confirmed whether to update the asset attribute of the operated asset.
Before prompting the user to perform the racking operation or the racking operation, the method further comprises the steps of lighting an indicator lamp corresponding to the racking machine position number or the racking machine position number, and turning off the indicator lamp after confirming that the asset attribute of the operated asset is updated.
The data center is provided with a plurality of data centers which are located at different positions.
Wherein after receiving the asset management request, further comprising: and detecting whether the monitoring module and the label are normal or not.
The present invention also provides an apparatus for managing a plurality of assets in a data center, the apparatus comprising:
a receiving unit, configured to receive an asset management request of a user;
and the processing unit prompts the user to operate the plurality of assets according to the asset management request and the machine position information sent by the data center.
The present invention also provides an asset management system comprising:
a data center containing a plurality of assets and a plurality of monitoring devices; and to a device as described above.
The present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein that, when executed, cause the computer to perform a method of managing a plurality of assets in a data center, the instructions comprising:
receiving an instruction for receiving an asset management request of a user;
and the processing instruction prompts the user to operate the plurality of assets according to the asset management request and the machine position information sent by the data center.
The present invention also provides a system comprising:
a memory for storing instructions for execution by one or more processors of the system, an
A processor, being one of the processors of the system, for performing the method of managing a plurality of assets in a data center as described above.
By the method and the system, all the assets in the data center can be monitored in real time without the need of being on line, and the information safety of a hosting party hosting the assets is not influenced.
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FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of a system that manages a plurality of assets in a data center, according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram including an asset management system according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram of an apparatus for managing a plurality of assets in a data center, according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 4 illustrates a flow diagram of a method of managing a plurality of assets in a data center, according to an embodiment of the invention.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present invention is provided for illustrative purposes, and other advantages and effects of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the present disclosure. While the invention will be described in conjunction with the preferred embodiments, it is not intended that features of the invention be limited to these embodiments. On the contrary, the invention is described in connection with the embodiments for the purpose of covering alternatives or modifications that may be extended based on the claims of the present invention. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The invention may be practiced without these particulars. Moreover, some of the specific details have been left out of the description in order to avoid obscuring or obscuring the focus of the present invention. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.
It should be noted that in this specification, like reference numerals and letters refer to like items in the following drawings, and thus, once an item is defined in one drawing, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent drawings.
The terms "first," "second," and the like, are used solely to distinguish one from another, do not denote any order, and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The embodiments provided by the present invention can be implemented in a mobile terminal, a computer terminal, or a similar computing device (e.g., an ECU (Electronic Control Unit)), or a system. Taking a system as an example, fig. 1 is a hardware block diagram of a system for managing a plurality of assets in a data center according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the system 100 may include one or more (only one shown) processors 101 (the processor 101 may include, but is not limited to, a processing device such as a central processing unit CPU, an image processor GPU, a digital signal processor DSP, a microprocessor MCU, or a programmable logic device FPGA), an input-output interface 102 for interacting with a user, a memory 103 for storing data, and a transmission device 104 for communication functions. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the structure shown in fig. 1 is only an illustration and is not intended to limit the structure of the electronic device. For example, system 100 may also include more or fewer components than shown in FIG. 1, or have a different configuration than shown in FIG. 1.
The input/output interface 102 may be coupled to one or more displays, touch screens, etc. for displaying data communicated from the system 100, and may also be coupled to a keyboard, stylus, touch pad, mouse, etc. for inputting user instructions such as selection, creation, editing, etc.
The memory 103 may be used for storing software programs and modules of application software, such as program instructions/modules corresponding to the management of the plurality of assets in the data center in the embodiment of the present invention, and the processor 101 executes various functional applications and data processing by running the software programs and modules stored in the memory 103, so as to implement the above-mentioned method for managing the plurality of assets in the data center. The memory 103 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic storage devices, flash memory, or other non-volatile solid-state memory. In some examples, the memory 103 may further include memory located remotely from the processor 101, which may be connected to the system 100 over a network. Examples of such networks include, but are not limited to, the internet, intranets, local area networks, mobile communication networks, and combinations thereof.
The transmitting device 104 is used to receive or transmit data via a network. Specific examples of such networks may include the internet provided by a communications provider of system 100. In the above-described operating environment, the present invention provides a flow chart of a method of managing a plurality of assets in a data center of the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram containing an asset management system 200 according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown, asset management system 200 includes a data center 21 and a device 20 in communication with data center 21 via a network (not shown). Although only one data center 21 is shown in fig. 2, the data center 21 in the present invention may be plural and may be respectively located at different positions without limitation. The device 20 is, for example, a cloud platform 20.
Data center 21 includes a plurality of asset groups, e.g., asset group 1, asset group 2. Although only two asset groups are shown in fig. 2, the present invention is not so limited and may include any number of asset groups. Wherein each asset group includes a monitoring device and a plurality of bays for storing a plurality of assets, respectively. For example, asset group 1 includes monitoring device 211A, asset-holding bays 2120-1, 2120-2, etc., and asset group 2 includes monitoring device 211B and asset-holding bays 2121-1, 2121-2, etc. Where the box "asset/seat" indicates that the asset is stored at the seat, e.g., 2120-1, 2121-2 in FIG. 2, and the box "seat" indicates that the asset is not stored at the seat, e.g., 2120-2 in FIG. 2. Hereinafter, reference numeral 211 without letters denotes any monitoring device in the data center 21, and does not mean a specific monitoring device.
Each monitoring device 211 monitors the plurality of machine positions corresponding thereto, that is, obtains and sends out machine position information of each machine position in the plurality of machine positions corresponding thereto in real time, wherein the machine position information includes a machine position number and a machine position state.
When an asset is stored at a flight level, such as flight level 2120-1, the asset is connected to corresponding monitoring device 211A using a tag (e.g., tag L1), tag L1 including a tag identificationSymbols (e.g. sequence number SN)L1) And the monitoring device 211A reads the tag identifier SNL1As the seat state of the seat 2120-1. The information of the machine position obtained by the monitoring device 211A to the machine position 2120-1 includes, for example, machine position numbers N1 and SNL1And transmits the machine position information to the cloud platform 20 in real time.
When no asset is stored in the seat, for example, when no asset is stored in the seat 2120-2, there is no tag, and the monitoring device 211A cannot read any tag identifier, so that the obtained seat status is asset-free. The monitoring device 211A acquires the position information of the position 2120-2, including the position number N2 and the no-asset, and sends the position information to the cloud platform 20 in real time.
In the present invention, when assets are stored in a seat, the assets have corresponding tags (i.e. one asset is connected with one tag), and are connected to the monitoring device 211 through the corresponding tags, so that the monitoring device 211 can obtain the seat status of each seat monitored by the monitoring device according to the presence or absence of the tags (whether the tags SN are read) to determine whether the seat has the assets.
Similarly, the monitoring device 211B in the asset group 2 also transmits the position information of the positions 2121-1, 2121-2, etc. to the cloud platform 20 in real time.
Fig. 3 shows a block diagram of a cloud platform 20 for managing a plurality of assets in a data center according to an embodiment of the present invention, the cloud platform 20 includes a receiving unit 201, a processing unit 203, and preferably also includes a detecting unit 202.
FIG. 4 illustrates a flow diagram of a method of managing a plurality of assets in a data center, according to an embodiment of the invention.
An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to fig. 2 to 4.
In step S41, the reception unit 201 receives the asset management request of the user. The asset management request may be an on-shelf request or an off-shelf request, etc.
Preferably, the cloud platform 20 further includes a detection unit 202, and in step S42, the detection unit 202 detects whether all the monitoring devices 211 and all the tags are normal, and if the detection result is "no", the subsequent process is not continued, and a next asset management request is waited; if the detection result is "yes", the flow proceeds to step S43. Here, all the monitoring devices and tags send respective information to the cloud platform 20 in real time, and if the detection unit 202 detects the information, it is determined that the monitoring devices and tags are normal, otherwise, it is determined that the monitoring devices and tags are not normal.
In step S43, the processing unit 203 prompts the user to operate on a plurality of assets according to the asset management request and the airplane space information transmitted from the data center 21. The machine position information sent by the data center 21 is the machine position information of each machine position sent by each monitoring device 211 in the data center 21.
When the asset management request is an racking request, i.e. a user wants to rack a certain asset (server) to a stand, the racking request comprises the asset identifier of the asset to be shelved, e.g. the serial number SNp, entered by the user.
The processing unit 203 extracts at least one machine number in which the machine status is asset-free from the machine information transmitted from each monitoring device 211, and selects an upper machine number from the at least one machine number based on the asset identifier SNp. As described above, each monitoring device 211 of the data center 21 sends the machine position information of each machine position that it monitors in real time to the cloud platform 20, and the processing unit 203 in the cloud platform 20 extracts all machine position numbers whose machine position status is asset-free, for example, 10 machine position numbers from the machine position information. Then, based on the asset identifier SNp of the asset to be shelved, one shelved bay number is selected from the 10 bay numbers, for example, the bay number N2 of the bay 2120-2 in fig. 2.
Preferably, the processing unit 203 lights up the indicator light of the position 2120-2, so that the user can find the position 2120-2 conveniently, and the user is prevented from performing misoperation on other positions and assets. Further preferably, the processing unit 203 can lock the seat 2120-2 to prevent other operations from being performed thereon.
The processing unit 203 then prompts the user to mount the above-mentioned assets to be mounted to the cage 2120-2 and adds a new tag to connect the assets to be mounted to the corresponding monitoring device 211A. At this time, the monitoring device 211A readsTaking a new tag identifier (e.g. serial number SN) of the new tagLn) As the machine position state of the machine position 2120-2, and updates the machine position information of the machine position 2120-2 to the machine position number N2 and the new tag identifier SNLn. And, the monitoring device 211A sends the position information of the position 2120-2 at this time to the cloud platform 20.
The processing unit 203 obtains the asset identifier SNp and the new tag identifier SN of the corresponding new tagLnAnd acquiring the asset attribute of the assets to be shelved.
Specifically, after the user mounts the asset to be mounted to the seat 2120-2 and adds a new tag, the SNp of the asset to be mounted and the SN of the new tag can be combined by an input application, such as a WeChat applet, for exampleLnAssociating (binding), and inputting the association information of the assets to be shelved and the new tags into the cloud platform 20, so that the processing unit 203 in the cloud platform 20 obtains the SNp and the new tag SN of the assets to be shelvedLnAnd (4) related information of the label. Therefore, the cloud platform 20 stores the association information between all the assets on shelf and the tags corresponding to the assets.
On the other hand, the processing unit 203 may obtain the property attribute (including the property brand, the production date, etc.) of the asset according to the SNp of the asset to be shelved. Wherein if the asset is a new asset, the asset attributes may be obtained from the manufacturer of the asset, and if the asset is an existing asset displaced from another seat, the asset attributes may be obtained from a local database (not shown) that stores the asset attributes of all the existing assets.
When the asset management request is a drop off request, the drop off request includes the asset identifier SNu and the drop off chassis number (e.g., chassis number N3 of chassis 2121-1 in FIG. 2) of the asset to be dropped off the shelf entered by the user.
Preferably, processing unit 203 may cause the lights of stands 2121-1 to illuminate and lock stands 2121-1, and then processing unit 203 prompts the user to put down the assets to be put down on stands 2121-1 and remove corresponding label L2. At this time, the corresponding monitoring device 211B does not read the SN of any tag, and thus updates the seat status of the seat 2121-1 to non-asset. The monitoring device 211B transmits the station information (station number N3 and no asset) of the station 2121-1 to the cloud platform 20.
The processing unit 203 in the cloud platform 20 determines that the label L2 is actually removed according to the currently received machine position information of the machine position 2121-1. Specifically, the processing unit 203 compares the previously received position information of the position 2121-1 with the currently received position information of the position 2121-1 to determine that the tag identifier SN is absentL2So that it can be determined that it is the label L2 that is actually removed.
The processing unit 203 bases on the tag identifier SN of the tag L2L2Find the corresponding asset identifier SN2I.e. with the tag identifier SN when the asset is on shelf as described aboveL2Associated asset identifier SN2And determining the found asset identifier SN2Whether it coincides with the asset identifier SNu of the asset to be shelved in the racking request.
Determining the found asset identifier SN at the processing unit 2032Consistent with the asset identifier SNu of the asset to be shelved, it may be determined that the asset that the user has shelved is eligible for a shelving request (i.e., an asset that has no shelving errors).
In addition, if it is determined that the asset identifier SN is found2In disagreement with the asset identifier SNu of the property to be shelved, an alert is issued to prompt the user. In this manner, it is ensured that the assets actually off-shelf by the user are correct and in compliance with the off-shelf request.
In addition, the asset management request of the user may also be a maintenance request, which includes a maintenance position number (e.g., N4 of position 2121-2) input by the user and an asset identifier (e.g., serial number SNw) of the asset to be maintained, and the processing unit 203 processes according to the maintenance request.
Preferably, the processing unit 203 can turn on the indicator light of the machine position 2121-2, so as to facilitate the user to find the machine position 2121-2, and lock the machine position 2121-2 to avoid misoperation. The processing unit 203 then prompts the user to perform maintenance on the asset to be maintained at the airport 2121-2.
Preferably, after the operation of the above-mentioned on-shelf request, off-shelf request or maintenance request is completed, the processing unit 203 may confirm whether the asset attribute of the operated asset is updated. For example, the processing unit 203 may prompt the user and confirm by the user whether to update the asset attributes of the above-listed assets into an asset database (CMDB) (not shown) in communication with the cloud platform 20, wherein the asset database is used to store the asset attributes of all the assets.
After confirming that the asset attributes of the operated assets are updated, the processing unit 203 may preferably cause the corresponding indicator light to go off. For example, in the above racking operation, the processing unit 203 may turn off the indicator light of the cage 2120-2. And thereafter, the processing unit 203 updates the asset attributes of the asset to the asset database (CMDB).
Preferably, the present invention further comprises a local database (not shown) in communication with the cloud platform 20, wherein the position information of each position, the property attribute of the property, and the operation information of the property, such as the time for getting on shelf, getting off shelf, maintaining the property, are stored in the local database.
By combining the label and the monitoring equipment, all the assets in the data center can be monitored in real time without the assets being on line, and the information safety of the hosting party hosting the assets is not influenced.
The present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein that, when executed, cause the computer to perform a method of managing a plurality of assets in a data center, the instructions comprising:
receiving an instruction for receiving an asset management request of a user;
and the processing instruction prompts the user to operate the plurality of assets according to the asset management request and the machine position information sent by the data center.
In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. It is understood, however, that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure an understanding of this description.
Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the foregoing description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, various features of the invention are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the invention and aiding in the understanding of one or more of the various inventive aspects. However, the disclosed method should not be interpreted as reflecting an intention that: that the invention as claimed requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment. Thus, the claims following the detailed description are hereby expressly incorporated into this detailed description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of this invention.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the modules in the device in an embodiment may be adaptively changed and disposed in one or more devices different from the embodiment. The modules or units or components of the embodiments may be combined into one module or unit or component, and furthermore they may be divided into a plurality of sub-modules or sub-units or sub-components. All of the features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), and all of the processes or elements of any method or apparatus so disclosed, may be combined in any combination, except combinations where at least some of such features and/or processes or elements are mutually exclusive. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise.
Furthermore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that while some embodiments described herein include some features included in other embodiments, rather than other features, combinations of features of different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the invention and form different embodiments. For example, in the claims, any of the claimed embodiments may be used in any combination.
The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of elements or steps not listed in a claim. The word "a" or "an" preceding an element does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements. The invention may be implemented by means of hardware comprising several distinct elements, and by means of a suitably programmed terminal device. In the unit claims enumerating several terminal devices, several of these terminal devices may be embodied by one and the same item of hardware.

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1. A method of managing a plurality of assets in a data center, the method comprising:
receiving an asset management request of a user;
and prompting the user to operate the plurality of assets according to the asset management request and the machine position information sent by the data center.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data center includes a plurality of asset groups, each asset group including a monitoring device and a plurality of bays for storing the plurality of assets, respectively,
the monitoring equipment can acquire and send the machine position information of each machine position in the plurality of machine positions in real time, and the machine position information comprises a machine position number and a machine position state.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein when an asset is deposited on a seat, the asset is connected to the corresponding monitoring device by a tag, the tag contains a tag identifier, and the monitoring device reads the tag identifier as the seat status;
when the assets are not stored in the machine position, the state of the machine position acquired by the monitoring equipment is asset-free.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the asset management request is an racking request, the racking request including an asset identifier of a to-be-racked asset, and comprising the steps of:
according to the machine position information sent by each monitoring device, at least one machine position number with the machine position state being the non-asset state is taken out, and an upper machine position number is selected from the at least one machine position number on the basis of the asset identifier;
prompting a user to mount the assets to be mounted to a machine position corresponding to the mounting machine position number, and adding a new tag to connect the assets to be mounted to the corresponding monitoring equipment;
and acquiring the asset identifier and a new tag identifier of the corresponding new tag, and acquiring the asset attribute of the asset to be shelved.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the corresponding monitoring device reads a new tag identifier of the new tag as the machine position status of the corresponding machine position and updates the machine position information of the corresponding machine position to the on-shelf machine position number and the new tag identifier.
6. The method of claim 3, wherein the asset management request is a drop off request, the drop off request including an asset identifier and a drop off rack location number for a pending asset, and comprising the steps of:
prompting a user to lower the assets to be lowered on the machine position corresponding to the lower machine position number, and removing the corresponding label;
and according to the machine position information sent by each monitoring device, determining the tag identifier of the removed corresponding tag, finding the corresponding asset identifier, and determining whether the found asset identifier is consistent with the asset identifier of the asset to be shelved.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein an alert is issued upon determining that the found asset identifier does not correspond to the asset identifier of the assets to be shelved.
8. The method of any of claims 4-7, wherein after completion of the operation of the onboarding request or the off-boarding request, it is confirmed whether an asset attribute of the operated asset is updated.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising, prior to prompting the user to engage or disengage, illuminating an indicator light corresponding to the engage bay number or the disengage bay number and, after confirming the update to the asset attributes of the operated asset, extinguishing the indicator light.
10. The method of claim 1 or 9, wherein the data center is multiple and located at different locations.
11. The method of claim 1 or 9, after receiving the asset management request, further comprising: and detecting whether the monitoring module and the label are normal or not.
12. An apparatus for managing a plurality of assets in a data center, the apparatus comprising:
a receiving unit, configured to receive an asset management request of a user;
and the processing unit prompts the user to operate the plurality of assets according to the asset management request and the machine position information sent by the data center.
13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the data center includes a plurality of asset groups, each asset group including a monitoring device and a plurality of bays for storing the plurality of assets, respectively,
the monitoring equipment can acquire and send the machine position information of each machine position in the plurality of machine positions in real time, and the machine position information comprises a machine position number and a machine position state.
14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein when an asset is stored on a gate, the asset is connected to the corresponding monitoring device by a tag, the tag contains a tag identifier, and the monitoring device reads the tag identifier as the gate state;
when the assets are not stored in the machine position, the state of the machine position acquired by the monitoring equipment is asset-free.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the asset management request is an racking request, the racking request including an asset identifier of a to-be-racked asset, wherein the processing unit:
according to the machine position information sent by each monitoring device, at least one machine position number with the machine position state being the non-asset state is taken out, and an upper machine position number is selected from the at least one machine position number on the basis of the asset identifier;
prompting a user to mount the assets to be mounted to a machine position corresponding to the mounting machine position number, and adding a new tag to connect the assets to be mounted to the corresponding monitoring equipment;
and acquiring the asset identifier and a new tag identifier of the corresponding new tag, and acquiring the asset attribute of the asset to be shelved.
16. The device of claim 15, wherein the corresponding monitoring device reads a new tag identifier of the new tag as the machine position status of the corresponding machine position and updates the machine position information of the corresponding machine position to the on-shelf machine position number and the new tag identifier.
17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the asset management request is a drop shelf request, the drop shelf request including an asset identifier and a drop shelf location number of a pending drop shelf asset, wherein the processing unit:
prompting a user to lower the assets to be lowered on the machine position corresponding to the lower machine position number, and removing the corresponding label;
and according to the machine position information sent by each monitoring device, determining the tag identifier of the removed corresponding tag, finding the corresponding asset identifier, and determining whether the found asset identifier is consistent with the asset identifier of the asset to be shelved.
18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein an alert is issued after the processing unit determines that the found asset identifier is not consistent with the asset identifier of the assets to be shelved.
19. The apparatus of any of claims 15-18, wherein after completion of the operation of the racking request or the racking request, it is confirmed whether an asset attribute of the operated asset is updated.
20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processing unit is further to cause an indicator light corresponding to the racking machine number or the racking machine number to be illuminated prior to prompting the user to rack or rack a racking operation, and to cause the indicator light to be extinguished after confirming an update to the asset attributes of the operated asset.
21. The apparatus of claim 12 or 20, wherein the data center is plural and located at different locations.
22. The apparatus of claim 12 or 20, further comprising a detecting unit for detecting whether the monitoring module and the tag are normal after the receiving unit receives the asset management request.
23. An asset management system, comprising:
a data center containing a plurality of assets and a plurality of monitoring devices; and
the apparatus of any one of claims 12-22.
24. A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein that, when executed, cause the computer to perform a method of managing a plurality of assets in a data center, the instructions comprising:
receiving an instruction for receiving an asset management request of a user;
and the processing instruction prompts the user to operate the plurality of assets according to the asset management request and the machine position information sent by the data center.
25. A system, comprising:
a memory for storing instructions for execution by one or more processors of the system, an
A processor, being one of the processors of the system, for performing the method of managing a plurality of assets in a data center according to any one of claims 1-11.
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