Rack server system and operation method applicable thereto
AssigneeQuanta Computer Inc.
InventorsMaw-Zan Jau, Tzu-Hung Wang, Chin-Hsiang Chan
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Abstract
A rack server system and an operating method applicable thereto are provided. The rack server system includes a battery backup unit (BBU) and at least one server. The operating method includes: communicating the server and the BBU with each other; the BBU providing a status information and a previous self-discharging test information to the server for the server to judge a status of the BBU; and providing power from the BBU to the server and adjusting a loading of the server according to the status information of the BBU when an input power is interrupted.
Claims14
An operating method applicable to a rack server system having a battery backup unit (BBU) and at least one server, the operating method comprising:
- communicating between the server and the BBU;
- providing status information and a previous self-discharging test information from the BBU to the server for the server to judge a status of the BBU;
- and
- providing power from the BBU to the server and adjusting a loading of the server according to the status information of the BBU when an input power is interrupted;
- wherein, the BBU comprises a plurality of BBU sub-systems connected in parallel, each BBU sub-system comprises a plurality of BBU modules, and the operating method further comprises:
- after a new BBU sub-system or a new BBU module is loaded into the BBU, judging by the BBU, by the new BBU sub-system or by the new BBU module whether charging is completed, and after charging is judged to be completed, transmitting status information from the new BBU sub-system or the new BBU module to the server or storing the status information in the BBU;
- and
- receiving and recording the status information of the new BBU sub-system or the new BBU module in the server.
A rack server system, comprising:
- a battery backup unit (BBU);
- and
- at least one server coupled to the BBU;
- wherein,
- the server and the BBU communicate with each other;
- the BBU provides status information and previous self-discharging test information to the server for the server to judge a status of the BBU;
- and
- when an input power is interrupted, the BBU provides power to the server, and the server adjusts its own loading according to the status information of the BBU;
- wherein the BBU comprises a plurality of BBU sub-systems connected in parallel, and each BBU sub-system comprises a plurality of BBU modules;
- wherein after a new BBU sub-system or a new BBU module is loaded into the BBU, the BBU, the new BBU sub-system or the new BBU module judges whether charging is completed, and after charging is judged to be completed, the new BBU sub-system or the new BBU module transmits its status information to the server or the BBU stores the status information;
- and
- wherein the server receives and records the status information of the new BBU sub-system or the new BBU module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.