A network system is directed to the locating and verifying data cable routing. The network system includes a data storage server with a switch device, and processing nodes, where each of processing node includes a baseboard management controller (BMC) and a host bus adapter (HBA). The network system also includes a data cable electrically connected to the switch device of the data storage server and the HBA of the processing node. A cable identifier is stored in the BMC of the processing node and the data storage server. The data storage server and each of the processing nodes are managed by a data resource manager configured to read the cable identifier stored in the BMC of the processing node and the data storage server.