A plurality of modules and/or engines to manage the operation and health
of a plurality of data center assets through the use of standard
operating procedures (SOPs). Modules of the present invention are
configured to assist IT Administrators to create, and thereafter store in
an accessible memory resource, a plurality of SOPs. These SOPs define
procedures to address various data center asset informational states. An
asset's state information is monitored, collected and analyzed to
determine, based either on a predetermined rule set or on manual input
from an authorized IT Administrator, whether one or more SOPs will be
applied to a particular data center asset. These SOPs can be combined
and/or executed on the asset either automatically or manually.