Power management control of remote servers

A method, comprising:

• receiving a request, by a remote computing management server from a customer server, for a record of power management services available by a plurality of remote computing servers that are networked to provide remote computing services and that are managed by the remote computing management server;
• determining, by the remote computing management server, ones of the plurality of remote computing servers that provide the power management services;
• creating, by the remote computing management server, the record of the power management services based on said determining;
• and
• transmitting the record of the power management services to the customer server, in response the request for the record, to enable the customer server to access the power management services provided by the ones of the plurality of remote computing servers.

A server, comprising:

• a network interface configured to communicate with a remote computing service through a remote computing management server;
• memory coupled to the network interface and configured to store a plurality of instructions;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory and the network interface, the processor configured to execute the plurality of instructions to:
• send a request, via the network interface to the remote computing management server, to receive a record of remote computing servers that are managed by the remote computing management server to provide remote computing service for the server and that include power management controllers.

A remote computing server, comprising:

• a power supply;
• memory coupled to the power supply to receive power and to store a plurality of instructions;
• one or more processors coupled to the power supply to receive power and coupled to the memory to execute the plurality of instructions stored by the memory;
• a plurality of power consumption meters configured to measure power consumption of the power supply, the memory, and the one or more processors;
• a power management controller configured to collect data corresponding to the measured power consumption and configured to reduce the power consumption of the one or more processors in response to instructions received by a customer server subscribed to receive remote computing services from the remote computing server, wherein the instructions are based on power management application programming interface (API) calls made with a handle for the remote computing server, wherein the handle is managed by a remote computing management server;
• and
• a network interface configured to transfer data between the processor, the power management controller, and a network.

A remote computing management server, comprising:

• a network interface configured to communicatively couple the remote computing management server to one or more remote computing servers;
• memory configured to store a plurality of instructions for transferring information to and from the one or more remote computing servers;
• and
• one or more processors configured to execute the plurality of instructions to support or provide remote computing services, the one or more processors being configured to execute the plurality of instructions to create a record that includes power management services provided by the one or more remote computing servers, in response to a query from a customer server that receives the remote computing services.

At least one computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored therein and configured to enable a remote computing server, in response to execution by one or more processors of the remote computing server, to:

• provide remote computing services to one or more customer servers;
• determine whether the remote computing server is configured to provide remote power management services;
• reply to a query from a managing server that is configured manage the remote computer server and other remote computing server, wherein replying to the query includes indicating which, if any, power management services the remote computing server is configured to provide;
• and
• in response to power management commands received from at least one of the one or more customer servers, decrease power consumption by the remote computing server.