A cabinet management system and method based on visible light or infrared positioning

Abstract

The present invention relates to the technical fields of wireless communication, radio frequency identification and optical and infrared positioning, and relates to a cabinet management system and method based on visible light or infrared positioning. The management system includes a central controller, at least one cabinet with multiple slots and stickers The RFID tag on the device that needs to be managed, the RFID tag can be an active tag or a passive tag, including a microprocessor (MCU) that stores the status information of the device, a photosensitive device and an RFID radio frequency module; outside the cabinet At least one reader is provided, and the light exposure range of each light-emitting unit of the reader is limited within the width of the corresponding cabinet slot, and the reader communicates with the central controller through the communication interface; after the device is placed in the cabinet, The RFID label pasted on each device faces a light-emitting unit of a certain reader, and the invention can greatly improve the management efficiency of the cabinet.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical fields of wireless communication, radio frequency identification (RFID) and optical and infrared positioning, relates to an effective cabinet management system and method, which can greatly improve cabinet management efficiency, and is an important application of the Internet of Things. Background technique [0002] In the digital computer rooms of data centers such as power, banks, operators, and governments, there are a large number of cabinets, and there are many data devices in each cabinet. Due to the lack of effective management methods, many devices in the data center may have been idle or the resource utilization rate is low. It is very low, but because no one knows its status, they dare not replace equipment or switch services, resulting in a lot of waste of resources. [0003] Under the traditional management method, many devices have been running for a long time. With the change of personnel and the lac...

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[0002] In the digital computer rooms of data centers such as power, banks, operators, and governments, there are a large number of cabinets, and there are many data devices in each cabinet. Due to the lack of effective management methods, many devices in the data center may have been idle or the resource utilization rate is low. Very low, but because no one knows its status, they dare not replace equipment or switch services, resulting in a lot of waste of resources

[0003] Under the traditional management method, many devices have been running for a long time. With the change of personnel and the lack of records, it is no longer known which business this device serves, and are there any resources available? In this case, a lot of "zombie devices" are generated. No one knows what this device is for, but no one touches this device, for fear of affecting an unknown business.

According to statistics, in some industries, the proportion of such "zombie devices" has even reached 30%, which causes new data devices to be re-purchased for every new business, resulting in a large waste of investment

[0004] From another point of view, when new equipment is purchased in the data center, either the management personnel in the computer room know where to put the new equipment based on experience, or the racks will be repurchased every time a batch of new equipment is purchased, which will also It causes a lot of waste of investment and computer room area. We can call this kind of "zombie cabinet". This cabinet still has a lot of space that can be used, but it is wasted.

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