LOCATION-AWARE INVENTORY, CONFIGURATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES

In one aspect, an example system implementing the disclosed techniques includes a data center rack having a left vertical flange and a right vertical flange, the data center rack divided into a plurality of U positions, wherein each U position is spaced in groups of three holes provided in the left vertical flange and the right vertical flange, and wherein the holes enable mounting of electronic devices in the data center rack. The system also includes an optically readable label provided at a U position of the plurality of U positions in the data center rack, wherein the optically readable label encodes location identifying information that can be accessed by an optical reader.