JP7199713B2 - Environmental condition monitoring system in the monitored room - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an environmental condition monitoring system for monitoring environmental conditions within specific facilities such as data centers and server rooms.

A data center infrastructure management system (DCIM (Date Center Infrastructure Management)) is known as a system for monitoring temperature, humidity, and the like in data centers, server rooms, and the like.

For example, in Patent Document 1, on a graphic plan view of a server room, the current and current load of network equipment such as servers and IT equipment, environmental values such as temperature and humidity in the server room, network equipment such as servers, and Methods have been proposed for displaying the states of IT equipment (normal/abnormal, running/stopped, ON/OFF, etc.) using colors, graphics, or numerical values.

JP 2010-257439 A

In order to provide graphically easy-to-understand information for monitoring the above environmental values in the server room, it is necessary to devise ways to recognize multiple pieces of information on a single screen. In the conventional data center infrastructure management system, the floor map of the server room is displayed on a plane, so when displaying different types of information on a single screen at the same time, there are limits with colors, graphics, and numerical values alone. It is difficult to represent exact values other than numerical values.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an environmental condition monitoring system in a room to be monitored that enables expression of accurate values other than colors, graphics, and numerical values without impairing the information value of existing expression methods.

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A monitoring object room in which a plurality of structures are installed is displayed three-dimensionally based on structure installation position information and appearance/form information of the plurality of structures. a first image display means for displaying one piece of 3D image information on a display screen;
Specific information about each of the plurality of structures stereoscopically displayed in the first 3D image information is superimposed on the plurality of structures in the first 3D image information as second 3D image information. and a second image display means for displaying the image on the display screen.

[2]
A monitoring object room in which a plurality of structures are installed is displayed three-dimensionally based on the structure installation position information and appearance/form information of the plurality of structures. a first image display means for displaying one piece of 3D image information on a display screen;
Based on environmental information acquired by a plurality of environmental information acquisition sensors installed at a plurality of locations in the monitoring target room and environmental information acquisition sensor installation position information related to the installation positions of the plurality of environment information acquisition sensors, each third image display means for displaying the environment information acquired by the environment information acquisition sensor at the installation position of the environment information acquisition sensor as third 3D image information superimposed on the first 3D image information on the display screen; An environmental condition monitoring system in a monitored room comprising and .

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3D displaying a plurality of installed structures in a room to be monitored in which a plurality of structures are installed based on structure installation position information and appearance/form information of the plurality of structures; a first image display means for displaying one piece of 3D image information on a display screen;
Specific information about each of the plurality of structures stereoscopically displayed in the first 3D image information is superimposed on the plurality of structures in the first 3D image information as second 3D image information. second image display means for displaying on the display screen by means of a second image display means; environment information acquired by a plurality of environment information acquisition sensors installed at a plurality of locations in the room to be monitored; and installation of each of the plurality of environment information acquisition sensors. Environment information acquired by the environment information acquisition sensor at the installation position of each environment information acquisition sensor is used as third 3D image information based on the environment information acquisition sensor installation position information related to the position, and the environment information acquired by the environment information acquisition sensor is used as the first 3D image information. and a third image display means for superimposed display on the display screen.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an environmental condition monitoring system in a room to be monitored that enables expression of accurate values other than colors, graphics, and numerical values without impairing the information value of existing expression methods.

It is a figure showing an example of composition of an environmental condition monitoring system in a monitoring object room of the present invention. It is a figure showing an example of composition of a server device with which an environmental condition monitoring system in a monitoring subject room of the present invention is provided. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of first 3D image information employed in the system for monitoring environmental conditions in a room to be monitored according to the present invention; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a state in which specific information about a structure installed in a room to be monitored is superimposed on the first 3D image information shown in FIG. 3; 4(a) and 4(b) are diagrams showing an example of a state in which environmental information acquired by a plurality of sensors installed in a room to be monitored is superimposed on the first 3D image information shown in FIG. 3. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a state in which specific information about structures installed in a room to be monitored and environmental information acquired by a plurality of sensors are superimposed on the first 3D image information shown in FIG. 3. FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of a state in which specific information about structures installed in a room to be monitored and environmental information acquired by a plurality of sensors are superimposed on the first 3D image information shown in FIG. 3; be.

An example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention includes sensors installed at a plurality of predetermined locations in a facility to be monitored, a server device communicably connected to the sensors, and a server device communicatively connected to the server device via a communication network. and a user terminal, wherein numerical values such as temperature and humidity in said facility are measured by said sensor, and environmental conditions within said facility are monitored based on said measured numerical values. is.

In this embodiment, the facility to be monitored is a data center operated and managed as a DCIM, and environment information acquisition sensors installed at a plurality of predetermined locations inside the data center can communicate with the environment information acquisition sensors. A connected server device and a user terminal communicably connected to the server device via a communication network are provided, and numerical values such as temperature and humidity in the data center are measured by the environmental information acquisition sensor. 1, an example of an environmental state monitoring system in a monitoring target room for monitoring the environmental state in the data center based on the measured numerical values will be described.

[System configuration]
The environmental state monitoring system 1 in the monitoring target room of the present embodiment (hereinafter, the environmental state monitoring system 1 in the monitoring target room is referred to as the "environmental state monitoring system 1") is installed inside the data center 2 as shown in FIG. It includes a plurality of installed server racks 3 , air conditioners 4 , distribution boards 5 , server devices 6 , and user terminals 7 .

Environmental information acquisition sensors 10 for acquiring environmental information regarding the environment within the data center 2 are arranged at predetermined locations on the floor and walls within the data center 2 of the present embodiment. In this embodiment, the temperature and humidity in the data center 2 are used as environmental information about the environment in the data center 2, and a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor are used as the environmental information acquisition sensors 10 for measuring these.

Although FIG. 1 shows an example in which one environment information acquisition sensor 10 is installed on each of the floor and wall portions in the data center 2, a plurality of sensors may be installed. The environmental information acquisition sensor 10 is connected to a measurement terminal (not shown) and is communicably connected to the server device 6 via a predetermined wiring 9 .

A plurality of server racks 3 of this embodiment are installed inside the data center 2 as shown in FIG. Each server rack 3 accommodates network equipment and IT equipment such as one or more servers used by a plurality of users (enterprises) using the DCIM. Although each server rack 3 is shown to have the same height in FIG. 1, a plurality of server racks 3 having different heights may be installed. An environment information acquisition sensor 10 for acquiring environment information about the environment of the server rack 3 is arranged at a predetermined location of each server rack 3 . In this embodiment, the environment information about the environment of the server rack 3 includes the temperature and humidity of the server rack 3 or its surroundings, the current, voltage, power, and power amount of network devices such as servers and IT devices, and the like. A temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, and a current/voltage sensor are adopted as the environment information acquisition sensor 10 for measurement.

Although FIG. 1 shows an example in which one environment information acquisition sensor 10 is installed in each server rack 3, a plurality of sensors may be installed. The environmental information acquisition sensor 10 is connected to a measurement terminal (not shown) and is communicably connected to the server device 6 via a predetermined wiring 9 .

One air conditioner 4 of the present embodiment is installed inside the data center 2, as shown in FIG. The air conditioner 4 is provided with an environment information acquisition sensor 10 that acquires environmental information about the environment of the air conditioner 4 . In the present embodiment, the environmental information about the environment of the air conditioner 4 includes the temperature and humidity of the air conditioner 4 or its surroundings, the current, voltage, power, and electric energy of the air conditioner 4, and an environmental information acquisition sensor that measures these. As 10, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, and a current/voltage sensor are adopted.

FIG. 1 shows an example in which one air conditioner 4 is installed inside the data center 2 and one environment information acquisition sensor 10 is arranged in the air conditioner 4. 2 , and a plurality of environmental information acquisition sensors 10 may be arranged in each air conditioner 4 . The environmental information acquisition sensor 10 is connected to a measurement terminal (not shown) and is communicably connected to the server device 6 via a predetermined wiring 9 .

The distribution board 5 is a device that supplies power to the server rack 3 . As shown in FIG. 1, one distribution board 5 of this embodiment is installed inside the data center 2 . The distribution board 5 is provided with an environment information acquisition sensor 10 that acquires environmental information about the environment of the distribution board 5 . In this embodiment, the environmental information about the environment of the distribution board 5 includes the temperature and humidity of the distribution board 5 or its surroundings, the current, voltage, power, and electric energy of the distribution board 5, and the environment in which these are measured. A temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, and a current/voltage sensor are employed as the information acquisition sensor 10 .

FIG. 1 shows an example in which one distribution board 5 is installed inside the data center 2 and one environmental information acquisition sensor 10 is arranged in the distribution board 5 . may be installed inside the data center 2 , and a plurality of environmental information acquisition sensors 10 may be arranged on each distribution board 5 . The environmental information acquisition sensor 10 is connected to a measurement terminal (not shown) and is communicably connected to the server device 6 via a predetermined wiring 9 .

Each environmental information acquisition sensor 10 continuously monitors the temperature, humidity, current, voltage, power, power amount, etc. of the data center 2, server rack 3, air conditioner 4, and distribution board 5 at a predetermined date and time at its installation position. to measure.

The user terminal 7 is a computer such as a personal computer, a smart phone, a tablet terminal, or the like, and includes a plurality of users who use the DCIM, a service provider who provides the DCIM to the users, and a user who receives a request from the user. It is a terminal used by a management company that manages network equipment such as the server used by the user and IT equipment. The user terminal 7 is communicably connected to the server device 6 via a communication network 8 such as the Internet communication network or a wireless communication network defined by wireless communication standards. Although not shown, the user terminal 7 includes a CPU or the like and includes an arithmetic processing unit that processes and calculates various data, a storage unit that stores various data such as a memory, an information output unit such as a liquid crystal display, An information input unit such as a touch panel and a communication unit for transmitting and receiving various data are provided.

The server device 6 is a computer such as a server installed by the service provider who provides the user with DCIM by the environmental monitoring system 1 of the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 2, the server device 6 of the present embodiment includes information transmitting/receiving means 11, control means 12, measured value acquisition means 13, first 3D image information creating means 14, first image display means 15, second A second image display means 16 , a third image display means 17 and a storage means 18 are provided.

The information transmitting/receiving means 11 transmits/receives information to/from the user terminal 7 and the environment information acquisition sensor 10, respectively.

The control means 12 controls the information processing performed by each processing means provided in the server device 6 by an arithmetic processing section such as a CPU and a RAM.

The measured value acquisition means 13 measures the data center 2, the server rack 3, the air conditioner 4, and the distribution board at the installation position of the temperature sensor, the humidity sensor, and the current/voltage sensor, which are the environmental information acquisition sensors 10, on a predetermined date and time. 5 numerical values such as temperature, humidity, current, voltage, power, electric energy, etc. are acquired.

The first 3D image information creating means 14 prepares a plurality of structures installed in the data center 2, such as the server racks 3, the air conditioners 4, and the distribution board 5, according to the structure installation position information of the plurality of structures. , processing for creating first 3D image information stereoscopically represented in the data center 2 based on the appearance/morphology information.

In this embodiment, for example, as shown in FIG. A process of creating first 3D image information 21 stereoscopically representing the racks 3a to 3h in the data center 2 is performed. In addition, the air conditioner 4 and the distribution board 5 shown in FIG. Processing for creating the first 3D image information 21 is performed.

The first image display means 15 displays a room to be monitored in which the plurality of structures are installed based on the structure installation position information 19 and the structure appearance/form information 20 of the plurality of structures. processing for displaying on the display screen first 3D image information 21 that stereoscopically displays the plurality of structures that are located on the display screen.

In this embodiment, for example, the first 3D image information 21 shown in FIG. As a result, the server racks 3a to 3h are stereoscopically displayed in the data center 2 on the user terminal 7. FIG.

The second image display means 16 converts specific information about each of the plurality of structures stereoscopically displayed in the first 3D image information 21 into the first 3D image information as the second 3D image information. 21, the process of superimposing the plurality of structures and displaying them on the display screen is performed.

In this embodiment, for example, specific information of each of the server racks 3a to 3h installed in the data center 2 is measured by a plurality of current/voltage sensors. It is used as the current value of network equipment and IT equipment such as The second image display means 16 changes the heights of the server racks 3a to 3h in the first 3D image information 21 as shown in FIG. to display an image on the screen of the user terminal 7. Thereby, the user can accurately grasp the current value of the network equipment such as the server and the IT equipment accommodated in each server rack from the height of each server rack.

Specific information about each of the plurality of structures, including the above, is measured by the temperature sensor, humidity sensor, current/voltage sensor, which is the environmental information acquisition sensor 10, at the installation position at the data center 2, Values such as temperature, humidity, current, voltage, power, and power amount of the server rack 3, the air conditioner 4, and the distribution board 5 can be appropriately selected.

In addition, if it is possible to display the height of each structure, in addition to the above, the rack load of the server racks 3a to 3h obtained in advance, the occupancy rate of the network equipment such as the server and the IT equipment, and the user Various information such as power contract fee, line contract fee, contract period, capital, stock price, etc. for each user associated with the server rack being used is used as specific information for each of the plurality of structures. be able to.

Furthermore, in order to be able to display negative numerical values for these specific information, the second image display means 16 displays the height of the structure related to the specific information as a downward depth from the floor. can also be processed.

The third image display means 17 displays environment information 23 acquired by a plurality of environment information acquisition sensors 10 installed at a plurality of locations in the room to be monitored, and environment information relating to the installation positions of the plurality of environment information acquisition sensors 10. Based on the acquisition sensor installation position information 22, the environment information 23 acquired by the environment information acquisition sensor 10 at the installation position of each environment information acquisition sensor 10 is superimposed on the first 3D image information 21 as third 3D image information. to display on the display screen.

In this embodiment, for example, a plurality of temperature sensors installed at predetermined locations in the data center 2 measure the temperatures of the server racks 3a to 3h or their surroundings at the respective installation locations on a predetermined date and time. Then, as shown in FIG. 5A, each measured temperature is displayed as a temperature distribution image on the screen of the user terminal 7 in association with the installation position of each temperature sensor. In FIG. 5(b), a plurality of temperature sensors installed at predetermined locations in the data center 2 measure the temperature of the server racks 3a to 3h or their surroundings at the respective installation locations on a predetermined date and time, and the data center The humidity in the data center 2 measured at each installation position on a predetermined date and time by a plurality of humidity sensors installed at predetermined locations in the data center 2 is set as the environment information 23, and the measured temperatures and humidity are Images of the temperature distribution and the humidity distribution are displayed on the screen of the user terminal 7 corresponding to the installation positions of each temperature sensor and each humidity sensor. In FIG. 5(b), the dark-colored part of the floor inside the data center 2 (the right-hand part of FIG. 5(b)) is closer to the data center 2 than the light-colored part (the left-hand part of FIG. 5(b)). It indicates that the overall humidity is low.

The environmental information 23 includes the data center 2, the server rack 3, the air conditioner 4, and the data center 2, the server rack 3, the air conditioner 4, and the temperature sensor, the humidity sensor, the current/voltage sensor, which are the environmental information acquisition sensors 10, measured at the installation position at a predetermined date and time, including the above. It can be appropriately selected from numerical values such as the temperature, humidity, current, voltage, power, and electric energy of the distribution board 5 .

In this embodiment, the processing of the first image display means 15, the second image display means 16, and the third image display means 17 can be combined.

For example, in FIG. 6, information specific to each of the server racks 3a to 3h installed in the data center 2 is measured by a plurality of current/voltage sensors, and the servers and the like housed in the server racks 3a to 3h are measured. environment information 23 is the current value of the network equipment and IT equipment of the and

The second image display means 16 changes the heights of the server racks 3a to 3h in the first 3D image information 21 as shown in FIG. to display an image on the screen of the user terminal 7. Further, the third image display means 17 displays each measured humidity as an image on the screen of the user terminal 7 as a humidity distribution in correspondence with the installation position of each humidity sensor.

Further, in FIG. 7, information specific to each of the server racks 3a to 3h installed in the data center 2 is measured by a plurality of current/voltage sensors, and the servers and the like housed in the respective server racks 3a to 3h are measured. and the temperature of the server racks 3a to 3h or their surroundings measured at each installation position at a predetermined date and time by a plurality of temperature sensors installed at predetermined locations in the data center 2. , and the humidity in the data center 2 measured at each installation position on a predetermined date and time by a plurality of humidity sensors installed at predetermined locations in the data center 2 as environment information 23 .

The second image display means 16 changes the heights of the server racks 3a to 3h in the first 3D image information 21, as shown in FIG. 7, corresponding to the current values acquired by each current/voltage sensor. to display an image on the screen of the user terminal 7. Further, the third image display means 17 displays the measured temperature and humidity on the screen of the user terminal 7 as a temperature distribution and a humidity distribution in correspondence with the installation positions of each temperature sensor and each humidity sensor. I am letting

The user can accurately grasp current values of network devices such as servers and IT devices housed in each server rack based on the height of each server rack, and the humidity and humidity in the data center 2 can be accurately determined. The temperature of the server racks 3a to 3h or their surroundings can also be grasped simultaneously on a single screen.

The storage means 18 stores the structure installation position information 19, the structure appearance/form information 20, the first 3D image information 21, the environment information acquisition sensor installation position information 22, and the environment information 23 described above.

In this way, the environmental condition monitoring system 1 of the present embodiment can display information about the environment in a room to be monitored, not only by colors, figures, and numerical values, but also by heights of structures installed in the room to be monitored. It is a system that expresses. Therefore, the user using the environmental monitoring system 1 of this embodiment can simultaneously and accurately grasp these pieces of information on a single screen.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the technical scope grasped from the description of the claims. Can be changed.

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Claims (3)

A monitoring object room in which a plurality of structures are installed is displayed three-dimensionally based on structure installation position information and appearance/form information of the plurality of structures. a first image display means for displaying one piece of 3D image information on a display screen;
Specific information about each of the plurality of structures stereoscopically displayed in the first 3D image information is superimposed on the plurality of structures in the first 3D image information as second 3D image information. a second image display means for displaying on the display screen by
The display of the second 3D image information by the second image display means corresponds to specific information about each of the plurality of structures, and each of the plurality of structures in the first 3D image information is displayed by changing the displayed size of
An environmental condition monitoring system in a room to be monitored , characterized by : A monitoring object room in which a plurality of structures are installed is displayed three-dimensionally based on structure installation position information and appearance/form information of the plurality of structures. a first image display means for displaying one piece of 3D image information on a display screen;
Specific information about each of the plurality of structures stereoscopically displayed in the first 3D image information is superimposed on the plurality of structures in the first 3D image information as second 3D image information. second image display means for displaying on the display screen by means of a second image display means; environment information acquired by a plurality of environment information acquisition sensors installed at a plurality of locations in the room to be monitored; and installation of each of the plurality of environment information acquisition sensors. Environment information acquired by the environment information acquisition sensor at the installation position of each environment information acquisition sensor is used as third 3D image information based on the environment information acquisition sensor installation position information related to the position, and the environment information acquired by the environment information acquisition sensor is used as the first 3D image information. and a third image display means for superimposing and displaying on the display screen ,
The display of the second 3D image information by the second image display means corresponds to specific information about each of the plurality of structures, and each of the plurality of structures in the first 3D image information is displayed by changing the displayed size of
An environmental condition monitoring system in a room to be monitored , characterized by : 3. The environmental condition monitoring system in the room to be monitored according to claim 2 , wherein the environmental information acquisition sensor is at least one selected from a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, and a current/voltage sensor.

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