System and Method for Providing a Tile Management Controller

Abstract

A floor tile for a data center floor includes a memory device and a tile management controller coupled to the memory device. The tile management controller receives configuration information for a server rack located on the floor tile and stores the configuration information in the memory device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A floor tile for a data center, the floor tile comprising:
 a memory device; and   a tile management controller coupled to the memory device, the tile management controller operable to:
 receive configuration information for a server rack located on the floor tile; and 
 store the configuration information in the memory device. 
   
     
     
         2 . The floor tile of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a communication module operable to couple the tile management controller to a management network of a data center.   
     
     
         3 . The floor tile of  claim 2 , wherein the management controller is further operable to receive the configuration information from the management network. 
     
     
         4 . The floor tile of  claim 2 , wherein:
 the management network includes a rack management controller of the server rack;   the tile management controller is further operable to provide the configuration information to the rack management controller.   
     
     
         5 . The floor tile of  claim 4 , wherein the tile management controller directs the rack management controller to configure equipment in the server rack with the configuration information. 
     
     
         6 . The floor tile of  claim 1 , wherein the configuration information includes one of a grid location of a data center floor upon which the server rack is located, a weight limit for the server rack, and an Internet Protocol address range for the equipment in the server rack. 
     
     
         7 . The floor tile of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a sensor coupled to the tile management controller.   
     
     
         8 . The floor tile of  claim 7 , wherein the sensor comprises one of a temperature sensor and a weight sensor. 
     
     
         9 . A method comprising:
 receiving, at a tile management controller of a floor tile of a data center floor, configuration information; and   storing the configuration information in a memory device of the floor tile, wherein the memory device is coupled to the management controller.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 prior to receiving the configuration information, coupling the tile management controller to a management network of a data center via a communication module of the floor tile.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 coupling, via the communication module, the tile management controller to a rack management controller of a server rack located on the floor tile; and   providing the configuration equipment to the rack management controller.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 directing, by the tile management controller, the rack management controller to configure equipment in the server rack with the configuration information.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the configuration information includes one of a grid location of a data center floor upon which the server rack is located, a weight limit for the server rack, and an Internet Protocol address range for the equipment in the server rack. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 coupling the management controller to one of a temperature sensor and a weight sensor.   
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium including code for performing a method, the method comprising:
 receiving, at a tile management controller of a floor tile of a data center floor, configuration information; and   storing the configuration information in a memory device of the floor tile, wherein the memory device is coupled to the management controller.   
     
     
         16 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , the method further comprising:
 prior to receiving the configuration information, coupling the tile management controller to a management network of a data center via a communication module of the floor tile.   
     
     
         17 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 16 , the method further comprising:
 coupling, via the communication module, the tile management controller to a rack management controller of a server rack located on the floor tile; and   providing the configuration equipment to the rack management controller.   
     
     
         18 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 17 , the method further comprising:
 directing, by the tile management controller, the rack management controller to configure equipment in the server rack with the configuration information.   
     
     
         19 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the configuration information includes one of a grid location of a data center floor upon which the server rack is located, a weight limit for the server rack, and an Internet Protocol address range for the equipment in the server rack. 
     
     
         20 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , the method further comprising:
 coupling the management controller to one of a temperature sensor and a weight sensor.