Computer system and operating method thereof
AssigneesInventec Corporation, Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation
InventorChia-Hsiang CHEN
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Abstract
A computer system and an operating method thereof are disclosed herein. The operating method includes determining an operating state of a logic device; receiving a present power level of a mainboard; comparing the present power level of the mainboard with a present power level threshold of the mainboard, and determining whether to generate an alert signal accordingly; selectively providing the alert signal to a system controller or a baseboard management controller (BMC) according to the operating state; and adjusting, through one of the system controller and the BMC, whichever receives the alert signal, the present power level threshold of the mainboard.
Claims10
An operating method for a computer system including a system controller and a mainboard, and the mainboard including a baseboard management controller and a logic device, the method comprising:
- determining an operating state of the logic device by the system controller;
- receiving a present power level of the mainboard by the logic device;
- comparing the present power level of the mainboard with a present power level threshold of the mainboard, and determining whether to generate an alert signal by the logic device according to the comparison between the present power level and the present power level threshold;
- selectively providing the alert signal to the system controller or the baseboard management controller according to the operating state by the logic device;
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- adjusting the present power level threshold of the mainboard in accordance with the alert signal by the system controller or the baseboard management controller, whichever receives the alert signal.
A computer system, comprising:
- a mainboard, comprising:
- a logic device receiving a present power level of the mainboard, and comparing the present power level of the mainboard with a present power level threshold of the mainboard so as to determine whether to generate an alert signal according to the comparison between the present power level and the present power level threshold;
- and
- a baseboard management controller;
- and
- a system controller determining the operating state of the logic device,
- wherein the logic device selectively provides the alert signal to the system controller or the baseboard management controller according to the operating state so that the system controller or the baseboard management controller, whichever receives the alert signal, adjusts the present power level threshold of the mainboard according to the alert signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.