Systems and methods for power topology mapping
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsLei Wang, Mehran Mirjafari, John J. Breen, Ralph H. Johnson, III
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Abstract
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include communicating a first message to an information handling system such that receipt of the first message by the information handling system causes the information handling system to cause a power supply unit integral to the information handling system to experience a perturbation in an electrical current associated with the power supply unit and receiving a second message from a power distribution unit via an outlet integral to the power distribution unit, the second message indicative of a response to the perturbation of a measured electrical parameter of the outlet.
Claims12
An information handling system comprising:
- a processor;
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the processor and having stored thereon a program of instructions, the instructions for causing the processor to, when read and executed:
- communicate a first message to a second information handling system such that receipt of the first message by the second information handling system causes the second information handling system to cause a power supply unit integral to the second information handling system to experience a perturbation in an electrical current associated with the power supply unit, wherein the perturbation comprises a disabling, for a time period less than a hold-up time of the power supply unit, of a power factor correction stage of a power train integral to the power supply unit;
- and
- receive a second message from a power distribution unit via an outlet integral to the power distribution unit, the second message indicative of a response to the perturbation of a measured electrical parameter of the outlet.
A method comprising:
- communicating a first message to an information handling system such that receipt of the first message by the information handling system causes the information handling system to cause a power supply unit integral to the information handling system to experience a perturbation in an electrical current associated with the power supply unit, wherein the perturbation comprises a disabling, for a time period less than a hold-up time of the power supply unit, of a power factor correction stage of a power train integral to the power supply unit;
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- receiving a second message from a power distribution unit via an outlet integral to the power distribution unit, the second message indicative of a response to the perturbation of a measured electrical parameter of the outlet.
An article of manufacture comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
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- 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:
- communicate a first message to a second information handling system such that receipt of the first message by the second information handling system causes the second information handling system to cause a power supply unit integral to the second information handling system to experience a perturbation in an electrical current associated with the power supply unit, wherein the perturbation comprises a disabling, for a time period less than a hold-up time of the power supply unit, of a power factor correction stage of a power train integral to the power supply unit;
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- receive a second message from a power distribution unit via an outlet integral to the power distribution unit, the second message indicative of a response to the perturbation of a measured electrical parameter of the outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.