System and method for dynamically managing groups of power supplies for a computer system
AssigneeFoundry Networks, Inc.
InventorsCharles Allen Helfinstine, Chang-Pen Tai
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Abstract
A system and method for dynamically managing groups of power supplies for a computer system has a plurality of first circuits, each of the first circuits responsive to an electrical condition of each of the plurality of power sources. A second circuit is coupled to the plurality of first circuits, and is responsive to the plurality of first circuits. The second circuit identifies a state associated with any one of the plurality of power supplies. A third circuit is coupled and responsive to the second circuit. The third circuit communicates the states of the plurality of power supplies to a user.
Claims7
A power management system comprising:
- a plurality of modular power supplies;
- a means for grouping the plurality of modular power supplies so that a first subgroup of the plurality of modular power supplies power a first subcomponent of a computer system, and a different second subgroup of the power supplies power a different second subcomponent of the computer system;
- a monitor circuit operable to detect a respective electrical condition of the first and second subgroups of the plurality of modular power supplies, and to detect a respective electrical condition of the respective modular power supplies of the first and second subgroups of the plurality of modular power supplies.
A method comprising:
- grouping a plurality of modular power supplies into a plurality of groups, at least one said group comprising at least two, but less than all, of the modular power supplies, wherein each said group provides power to a different system;
- monitoring an electrical condition each of said modular power supplies and each of said groups;
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- generating an alert concerning a state of the monitored electrical condition for a said group of the modular power supplies or a respective one of the modular power supplies that make up a said group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.