US Patent 11006544 Automatic component discovery mechanism

A system to facilitate automatic data center assembly is described. The system includes a first enclosure, including a first set of components, each component including a component manager to perform a component function and a first enclosure manager, communicatively coupled to each component manager, to perform a discovery of each of the first set of components and discover one or more adjacent enclosures coupled to the enclosure via link cables. The system also includes a system manager to automatically discover the first enclosure via the first enclosure manager and discover each of the first set of plurality of components via an associated component manager.