System and method for monitoring and managing data center resources in real time

US9568974B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AVOCENT HUNTSVILLE, LLC · US

Inventors

• Bharat A. Khuti · Huntsville, US
• Steven Geffin · Miami, US
• Richard C. Williams · Pittsford, US
• Joe Kutner · Owens Cross Roads, US
• Jack Basiago · Toney, US
• Sheldon Altman · New Haven, US
• Brian E. Williams · Struthers, US
• Juarez Carvalho · Boca Raton, US
• Michael Browner · Sunrise, US
• Mitesh Patel · Hillsboro, US
• Kenneth Harper · Coral Springs, US
• James H. Shelton · Pembroke Pines, US
• Steven Clark · Cambridge, US
• Donald A. Sturgeon · Huntsville, US
• David John Cowen · Sunrise, US
• Mark Kershner · Huntsville, US
• Steven R. Blackwell · Huntsville, US
• Karl Mills · Lynnwood, US
• Yang Pu · Beihai, CN
• Dai Jun · Nanhu, CN
• Richard M. Tobin · Marysville, US
• Aman Khan · Bethel, US
• Roy D. Pestone · Mount Vernon, US
• Jean-Maxime Lachapelle · Coral Springs, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2011
• Grant date: Feb 14, 2017
• Expiry date: Aug 13, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02D10/00
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for monitoring, controlling and optimizing power usage and cooling utilization within a data center infrastructure. The system may make use of a subsystem which is adapted to obtain real time information on both facility devices and information technology (IT) devices. The subsystem may be used to evaluate the real time information to provide an alert and diagnostic information with respect to at least one of the facility devices or at least one of the IT devices. The subsystem may also make use of a mechanism that provides real time control over at least one of the facility devices or at least one of the IT devices to optimize at least one of cooling utilization, power usage or performance of at least one of the facility devices or at least one of the IT devices.