Method of Determining a Configuration of Multiple Power Supply Units of a Computer System

Abstract

A method of determining a configuration of multiple power supply units of a computer system. According to the method, in a first step a time shift between different synchronization signals is evaluated, wherein the different synchronization signals are associated with different power supply units among the multiple power supply units of the computer system. In a subsequent step, a connection configuration of the different power supply units is determined from the evaluated time shift. In this regard, a predetermined first time shift characteristic is associated with a connection configuration of the different power supply units to different power phases of a multiple phase power system, whereas a predetermined second time shift characteristic is associated with a connection configuration of the different power supply units to one shared power phase of the multiple phase power system. With such a method a power management of the computer system may be enhanced.

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