Method and system for managing power supply to at least one device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsVishwas Venkatesh Pai, Harish Kuttan
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Abstract
A method of managing power supply to at least one device in a data processing system, the method comprising determining when the at least one device has been associated with no resources for a predetermined period of time; turning off the power supply to the at least one device; determining that the at least one device is required for use by the data processing system; and restoring the power supply to the at least one device.
Claims16
A method of managing power supply to at least one device in a data processing system, the method comprising:
- determining when the at least one device has been associated with no resources for a predetermined period of time, comprising performing an analysis to determine whether the at least one device is associated with any critical resources;
- turning off the power supply to the at least one device;
- determining that the at least one device is required for use by the data processing system;
- and
- restoring the power supply to the at least one device.
A system for managing power supply to at least one device in a data processing system, the system arranged to:
- determine when the at least one device has been associated with no resources for a predetermined period of time, the determination comprised to perform an analysis to determine whether the at least one device is associated with any critical resources;
- turn off the power supply to the at least one device;
- determine that the at least one device is required for use by the data processing system;
- and
- restore the power supply to the at least one device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.