Systems and methods for policy-based per-zone air mover management for offline management controller
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsHasnain Shabbir, Timothy M. Lambert
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Abstract
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a management controller for use in an information handling system may include a processor configured to manage a plurality of air mover control systems for a plurality of air movers integral to the information handling system, each air mover of the plurality of air movers associated with a corresponding zone of the information handling system and a co-processor configured to, in the event of a fault condition of the processor, manage the plurality of air mover control systems in accordance with a per-zone policy.
Claims21
A management controller for use in an information handling system comprising:
- a processor configured to manage a plurality of air mover control systems for a plurality of air movers integral to the information handling system, each air mover of the plurality of air movers associated with a corresponding zone of the information handling system;
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- a co-processor configured to, in the event of a fault condition of the processor, manage the plurality of air mover control systems in accordance with a per-zone policy;
- wherein the per-zone policy defines for each zone an air mover speed for an air mover of the plurality of air movers integral to such zone, wherein the air mover speed is defined to have an initial baseline speed that is based on an inventory of information handling resources integral to the zone, and wherein the co-processor is configured to apply the initial baseline speed immediately after the event of the fault condition.
An information handling system comprising:
- a plurality of air movers for cooling information handling resources of the information handling system, each air mover of the plurality of air movers associated with a corresponding zone of the information handling system;
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- a management controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of air movers, the management controller comprising:
- a processor configured to manage a plurality of air mover control systems for the plurality of air movers;
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- a co-processor configured to, in the event of a fault condition of the processor, manage the plurality of air mover control systems in accordance with a per-zone policy;
- wherein the per-zone policy defines for each zone an air mover speed for an air mover of the plurality of air movers integral to such zone, wherein the air mover speed is defined to have an initial baseline speed that is based on an inventory of information handling resources integral to the zone, and wherein the co-processor is configured to apply the initial baseline speed immediately after the event of the fault condition.
A method comprising:
- detecting an event of a fault condition of a processor of a management controller for use in an information handling system comprising, wherein the processor is configured to manage a plurality of air mover control systems for a plurality of air movers integral to the information handling system, each air mover of the plurality of air movers associated with a corresponding zone of the information handling system;
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- managing, by a co-processor communicatively coupled to the processor, the plurality of air mover control systems in accordance with a per-zone policy in the event of the fault condition of the processors;
- wherein the per-zone policy defines for each zone an air mover speed for an air mover of the plurality of air movers integral to such zone, wherein the air mover speed is defined to have an initial baseline speed that is based on an inventory of information handling resources integral to the zone, and wherein the co-processor applies the initial baseline speed immediately after the event of the fault condition.
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