Systems and methods for power control based on power consumption of storage devices

A method comprising, in a system comprising a rack configured to receive a plurality of server information handling systems, each server information handling system comprising a respective baseboard management controller, and configured to receive a plurality of storage resources, a rack manager configured to communicatively couple to each of the respective baseboard management controllers and configured to manage power consumption by information handling resources housed in the rack, and a block controller communicatively coupled to at least one of the baseboard management controllers:

• monitoring and reporting, by the block controller, information regarding power consumption by the plurality of storage resources to the at least one of the baseboard management controllers;
• communicating, by the at least one of the baseboard management controllers to the rack manager, the information regarding power consumption by the plurality of storage resources;
• and
• managing, by the rack manager, power consumption by information handling resources housed in the rack based on the information regarding power consumption by the plurality of storage resources.

An article of manufacture, comprising

• a non-transitory computer readable medium;
• and
• computer-executable instructions carried on the computer readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to, in a system comprising a rack configured to receive a plurality of server information handling systems, each server information handling system comprising a respective baseboard management controller, and configured to receive a plurality of storage resources, a rack manager configured to communicatively couple to each of the respective baseboard management controllers and configured to manage power consumption by information handling resources housed in the rack, and a block controller communicatively coupled to at least one of the baseboard management controllers:
• monitor and report, by the block controller, information regarding power consumption by the plurality of storage resources to the at least one of the baseboard management controllers;
• communicate, by the at least one of the baseboard management controllers to the rack manager, the information regarding power consumption by the plurality of storage resources;
• and
• manage, by the rack manager, power consumption by information handling resources housed in the rack based on the information regarding power consumption by the plurality of storage resources.