Server monitoring device and server monitoring system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9959189-B2
Application number	US-201414761265-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2014
Priority date	May 9, 2012
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

[Problem] To provide a server monitoring device capable of grasping the state of a server more rapidly than conventional ones, and a server monitoring system. [Solution] This server monitoring device has a configuration in which a plurality of optical fibers are optically coupled to a plurality of light-emitting elements each showing the operating state of a server by a lighting mode, and the end surfaces of the plurality of optical fibers on the opposite side to the light-emitting elements are secured in a predetermined arrangement. An image of a light emission pattern of the end surfaces of the optical fibers is captured by a camera, and the image is transmitted to a monitoring person.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A server monitoring device to be used for monitoring the state of a server accessible via a communication network from a remote site, comprising:
an optical fiber starting end securing means that holds one end portions of a plurality of optical fibers in a state where the one end portions are optically coupled to a plurality of light-emitting elements that are provided on a front surface of the server and indicate the state of the server;
an optical fiber terminal end securing means that holds end surfaces of the other end portions of the plurality of optical fibers so as to be in a predetermined arrangement;
a camera that captures an image of a light emission pattern of the arrangement of the end surface group of the optical fibers;
an image transmitting means for transmitting the image of the light emission pattern to a monitoring terminal for allowing a person to monitor the server;
a plurality of reference light-emitting elements that are provided on the optical fiber terminal end securing means and can emit light at reference positions at which the end surfaces of the optical fibers are arranged;
a pair of linear motion guides as the optical fiber starting end securing means that are attached to a server rack accommodating the server and extend in parallel to a first direction being either one of left-right and up-down directions of the front surface of the server;
a plurality of bridge bars as the optical fiber starting end securing means that extend in a second direction being the other one of the left-right and up-down directions and are bridged at arbitrary positions in the longitudinal directions of the pair of linear motion guides; and
an optical fiber holding member as the optical fiber starting end securing means that is attached at an arbitrary position in a longitudinal direction of the bridge bars and can hold the one end portion of the optical fiber in a state where the one end portion is optically coupled to the light-emitting element.

2. The server monitoring device according to claim 1 , comprising:
the optical fiber holding member including a securing adapter that is attached to the one end portion of the optical fiber and covers the light-emitting element, and a cushioning member that is mounted at an arbitrary position in the longitudinal direction of each bridge bar and clamps the securing adapter between the cushioning member and the front surface of the server; and
the securing adapter that has a front surface recessed portion recessed in a surface facing the light-emitting element and holds the optical fiber in a state where the end surface of the optical fiber is made to face the light-emitting element from the inner side of the front surface recessed portion.

3. A server monitoring device to be used for monitoring the state of a server accessible via a communication network from a remote site, comprising:
an optical fiber starting end securing means that holds one end portions of a plurality of optical fibers in a state where the one end portions are optically coupled to a plurality of light-emitting elements that are provided on a front surface of the server and indicate the state of the server;
an optical fiber terminal end securing means that holds end surfaces of the other end portions of the plurality of optical fibers so as to be in a predetermined arrangement;
a camera that captures an image of a light emission pattern of the arrangement of the end surface group of the optical fibers;
an image transmitting means for transmitting the image of the light emission pattern to a monitoring terminal for allowing a person to monitor the server;
a plurality of reference light-emitting elements that are provided on the optical fiber terminal end securing means and can emit light at reference positions at which the end surfaces of the optical fibers are arranged;
a support net panel as the optical fiber starting end securing means, formed by stretching a net body over the inside of a frame body to be attached to a server rack accommodating the server; and
an optical fiber holding member as the optical fiber starting end securing means that secures the one end portion of the optical fiber in a state where the one end portion is inserted through an arbitrary mesh of the net body and can hold the one end portion of the optical fiber in a state where the one end portion is optically coupled to the light-emitting element.

4. The server monitoring device according to claim 3 , comprising:
the optical fiber holding member including a support pipe which is inserted through the arbitrary mesh of the net body and through the inside of which the optical fiber can be inserted, a tip end head portion that is secured to a tip end of the support pipe and is placed on the front surface of the server to cover the light-emitting element, and a compression coil spring that is provided outside the support pipe and stretched between the net body and the tip end head portion and presses the tip end head portion against the front surface of the server; and
the tip end head portion that has a front surface recessed portion recessed in a surface facing the light-emitting element, and holds the optical fiber in a state where the end surface of the optical fiber is made to face the light-emitting element from the inner side of the front surface recessed portion.

5. The server monitoring device according to claim 1 , comprising: a light shielding box that houses the optical fiber terminal end securing means and the camera and blocks light from the outside.

6. The server monitoring device according to claim 2 , comprising: a light shielding box that houses the optical fiber terminal end securing means and the camera and blocks light from the outside.

7. The server monitoring device according to claim 3 , comprising: a light shielding box that houses the optical fiber terminal end securing means and the camera and blocks light from the outside.

8. The server monitoring device according to claim 4 , comprising: a light shielding box that houses the optical fiber terminal end securing means and the camera and blocks light from the outside.

9. The server monitoring device according to claim 1 , comprising:
an environmental light optical fiber that takes in indoor light of a server room in which the server is placed from an end surface of one end portion and outputs the light from an end surface of the other end portion;
the optical fiber terminal end securing means that holds the environmental light optical fiber so that an image of the end surface of the other end portion of the environmental light optical fiber is captured by the camera.

10. The server monitoring device according to claim 3 , comprising:
an environmental light optical fiber that takes in indoor light of a server room in which the server is placed from an end surface of one end portion and outputs the light from an end surface of the other end portion;
the optical fiber terminal end securing means that holds the environmental light optical fiber so that an image of the end surface of the other end portion of the environmental light optical fiber is captured by the camera.

11. The server monitoring device according to claim 5 , comprising:
an environmental light optical fiber that takes in indoor light of a server room in which the server is placed from an end surface of one end portion and outputs the light from an end surface of the other end portion;
the optical fiber terminal end securing means that holds the environmental light optical fiber so that an image of the end surface of the other end portion of the environmental light optical fiber is captured by the camera.

Assignees

• Taiheiyo Kogyo Kk

Inventors

• Katou Michiya
• Hara Zenichirou
• Miwa Katsushi

Classifications

• H04N23/661

  Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet · CPC title

• G06F11/3065

  Monitoring arrangements determined by the means or processing involved in reporting the monitored data (error or fault reporting or logging G06F11/0766) · CPC title

• G06F11/3093

  Configuration details thereof, e.g. installation, enabling, spatial arrangement of the probes · CPC title

• H04N5/23206

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06K9/00

  Physics · mapped topic