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US 12,182,049 B2Granted
Auto switching video by power usage
AssigneeLenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsGary D Cudak, Mehul Shah, Pravin S Patel, James Parsonese
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Abstract
A method for automatically switching input/output (“I/O”) between partitioned systems based on power usage includes monitoring power usage for each of two or more systems, selecting a system of the two or more systems in response to power usage of the of the system reaching a power usage threshold, and switching an input of an I/O switch to send data for display of one or more elements of the selected system to an electronic display.
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A method comprising:
- monitoring power usage for each of two or more systems sharing an electronic display, wherein monitoring power usage for a system of the two or more systems comprises monitoring an amount of power usage associated with one or more executing workloads on the system during operation of the system;
- selecting a system of the two or more systems sharing the electronic display in response to power usage of the of the system reaching a power usage threshold;
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- switching an input of an input/output (“I/O”) switch to send data for display of one or more elements of the selected system to the electronic display.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a power monitor configured to monitor power usage for each of two or more systems sharing an electronic display, wherein monitoring power usage for a system of the two or more systems comprises monitoring an amount of power usage associated with one or more executing workloads on the system during operation of the system;
- a threshold module configured to select a system of the two or more systems sharing the electronic display in response to power usage of the of the system reaching a power usage threshold;
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- an input/output (“I/O”) switch configured to switch an input of the I/O switch to send data for display of one or more elements of the selected system to the electronic display.
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A compute node comprising:
- two or more systems sharing an electronic display and an I/O device, each of the two or more systems comprising a processor, wherein the compute node is partitioned into the two or more systems;
- a power monitor configured to monitor power usage for each of the two or more systems sharing the electronic display and the I/O device, wherein monitoring power usage for a system of the two or more systems comprises monitoring an amount of power usage associated with one or more executing workloads on the system during operation of the system;
- a threshold module configured to select a system of the two or more systems sharing the electronic display in response to power usage of the of the system reaching a power usage threshold;
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- a keyboard, video, and mouse (“KVM”) switch configured to switch an input of the KVM switch to send data for display of one or more elements of the selected system to the electronic display and to connect an I/O controller receiving data from the I/O device to the selected system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.