US 10,852,796 B2Granted

System and method of managing throttling of information handling systems

AssigneeDell Products L.P.

InventorsDouglas Evan Messick, Kyle E. Cross

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Abstract

In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may query information handling systems (IHSs) for respective power consumption levels; may determine an amount of power utilized by the IHSs from the power consumption levels; may determine an integer number of power supply units (PSUs) based at least on the amount of power utilized by the IHSs; may determine that a number of operational PSUs changes; may determine that the number of operational PSUs is not at or above a threshold number; may determine if the number of operational PSUs is at or above the integer number of PSUs; if the number of operational PSUs is at or above the integer number of PSUs, may determine that the number of operational PSUs changes; and otherwise, may provide throttle down information to the IHSs.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a chassis configured to house a plurality of components, that includes a plurality of information handling systems, and a plurality of power supplies;
and
an enclosure controller that is coupled to the plurality of components and that is configured to:
query the plurality of information handling systems for respective power consumption levels;
determine an amount of power utilized by the plurality of information handling systems from the power consumption levels respectively associated with the plurality of information handling systems;
determine an integer number of power supply units based at least on the amount of power utilized by the plurality of information handling systems;
determine that a number of operational power supply units changes;
determine that the number of operational power supply units is not at or above a threshold number;
determine when the number of operational power supply units is at or above the integer number of power supply units;
when the number of operational power supply units is at or above the integer number of power supply units, determine when a chassis bypass is enabled;
when the chassis bypass is enabled, determine that the number of operational power supply units changes;
and
when the number of operational power supply units is not at or above the integer number of power supply units or when the chassis bypass is not enabled, provide throttle down information to the plurality of information handling systems.

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A method, comprising:

querying a plurality of information handling systems, housed in a chassis, for respective power consumption levels;
determining an amount of power utilized by the plurality of information handling systems from the power consumption levels respectively associated with the plurality of information handling systems;
determining an integer number of power supply units based at least on the amount of power utilized by the plurality of information handling systems;
determining that a number of operational power supply units changes;
determining that the number of operational power supply units is not at or above a threshold number;
determining when the number of operational power supply units is at or above the integer number of power supply units;
when the number of operational power supply units is at or above the integer number of power supply units, determining when a chassis bypass is enabled;
when the chassis bypass is enabled, determining that the number of operational power supply units changes;
and
when the number of operational power supply units is not at or above the integer number of power supply units or when the chassis bypass is not enabled, providing throttle down information to the plurality of information handling systems.

7 more elements

An enclosure controller, configured to:

query a plurality of information handling systems, housed in a chassis, for respective power consumption levels;
determine an amount of power utilized by the plurality of information handling systems from the power consumption levels respectively associated with the plurality of information handling systems;
determine an integer number of power supply units based at least on the amount of power utilized by the plurality of information handling systems;
determine that a number of operational power supply units changes;
determine that the number of operational power supply units is not at or above a threshold number;
determine when the number of operational power supply units is at or above the integer number of power supply units;
when the number of operational power supply units is at or above the integer number of power supply units, determine when a chassis bypass is enabled;
when the chassis bypass is enabled, determine that the number of operational power supply units changes;
and
when the number of operational power supply units is not at or above the integer number of power supply units or when the chassis bypass is not enabled, provide throttle down information to the plurality of information handling systems.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/167,190Filed 22 Oct 2018
Published: US 2020/0125159 A123 Apr 2020
Granted: 1 Dec 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G06F 1/263
Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof: arrangements for using multiple switchable power supplies, e.g. battery and AC
G06F 11/3062
Monitoring arrangements for monitoring environmental properties or parameters of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g.…:…
G06F 1/30
Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof: means for acting in the event of power-supply failure or interruption, e.g. power-supply fluctuations
G06F 1/3206
Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode: monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power…