Data center infrastructure management system having real time enhanced reality tablet

1. A system adapted to identify and manage data center assets located in equipment racks present in a data center environment, the system including:

an identification (ID) device disposed on at least-one of a specific data center asset or an equipment rack in which the specific data center asset resides;

a mobile electronic device having:

a processor having processor executable code; a display;

a camera for obtaining an image of the ID device;

a target area defined by one of a dashed line or a shaded area on the display, within which the specific data center asset is imaged using the camera;

a memory for storing asset information concerning a plurality of different ones of the data center assets;

a database of images of at least one of a front panel or a rear panel of each one of the different data center assets, the database including information correlating specific ones of the data center assets with specific equipment racks;

an image recognition system employing at least one algorithm for assisting the processor in visually identifying specific ones of the different data center assets being imaged by the camera when captured images of one of the front panel or the real rear panel of the data center assets are being provided by the camera and the present within the target area of the display;

the processor executable code configured to determine in real time, from a comparison of the captured images and the database of images of the different data center assets, information pertaining to the specific data center asset;

the information being displayed on the display in a pop-up presented on the display to provide at least a portion of the information pertaining to the specific data center asset being imaged within the target area of the display by the camera;

wherein the processor updates the pop-up with information pertaining to specific ones of the different data center assets as at least one of the front panel or rear panel of each one of the different data center assets is scrolled through the target area, together with an equipment rack, identified using a visual reading of the identification device associated with an equipment rack that the different data center assets are located in; and

wherein the processor further uses stored slot location information to correlate specific identified data center components with their slot respective locations in the

equipment rack and provides an indication to a user of an exact slot location of the

specific identified data center component.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information pertaining to the specific data center asset comprises at least one of:

a manufacturer for the specific data center asset;

a model number for the specific data center asset;

a serial number for the specific data center asset;

warranty information for the specific data center asset; and

technical performance information concerning the specific data center asset.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the ID device is a bar code label.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile electronic device comprises a computing tablet.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the display of the mobile electronic device is used to display the information pertaining to the specific data center asset in an overlay on the display.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the display displays a real time image of the data center asset on the display.

7. A method for managing data center assets located in an equipment rack in a data center predetermined environment, the method including:

placing an identification (ID) device on an equipment rack in which a specific data center asset resides;

storing a plurality of images of at least one of a front panel or a rear panel in an on-board database in a mobile electronic device having a processor and a camera, each of the images relating to different ones of a plurality of different data center assets;

using the database to store information correlating the data center assets with one or more equipment racks, and with an operating characteristic of each of the data center assets, the operating characteristic including at least one of power draw, make or model number;

using an image recognition system in the mobile electronic device, the image recognition system employing at least one algorithm for assisting the processor in visually identifying specific ones of the different data center assets being imaged by the camera from captured images of at least one of a front panel or a rear panel of each one of the data center assets;

using the camera of the mobile electronic device to obtain images of at least one of the front panel or the rear panel of the specific data center asset and the ID device, a display of the camera providing a defined target area in which to present a specific one of the plurality of different data center assets being imaged using the camera;

using the mobile electronic device to visually identify, from the image recognition system and the on-board database, and in real time, which specific one of the plurality of different data center assets is being imaged with the camera along with identifying the equipment rack;

using the mobile electronic device to provide, in real time, specific information in a pop-up window on the display concerning the specific data center asset being imaged by the camera of the mobile electronic device, as well as a slot number of the equipment rack in which the specific data center asset is located, as identified using the identification device; and

updating the pop-up window repeatedly with new information pertaining to different ones of the plurality of different data center assets as the camera is scanned along the equipment rack and captures different ones of the plurality of different data center assets in the target area.