Wireless mesh fabric for hardware resource discovery and management
US10887785B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 10, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 10, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided are systems and methods for wirelessly managing hardware resources that are distributed across different storage apparatus in a site. The systems and methods may include broadcasting a unique identifier from different controllers that operate as part of the different storage apparatus, mapping a physical position of the different controllers based on one or more of a different time or order with which each controller receives the unique identifier of another controller, monitoring a data network that is used to access the hardware resources installed in a particular storage apparatus, determining status of the hardware resources, and controlling visual indicators of a particular controller, that operates as part of the particular storage apparatus, so that each visual indicator conveys the status of a different hardware resource that is aligned or otherwise associated with one of the visual indicators.
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