Automatic transfer switch module
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsSamantha Jean Castillo, David Paul Mohr, Daniel Humphrey
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Abstract
An automatic transfer switch module includes an automatic transfer switch. The automatic transfer switch may receive a first power from a first power source and a second power from a second power source. The automatic transfer switch may selectively provide one of the first power and the second power to a power supply module.
Claims14
An automatic transfer switch module usable with a power supply module to power a load of an electrical system, the automatic transfer switch module comprising:
- a modular switch housing to removably fit into a redundant power supply bay of the electrical system, wherein the electrical system is a computer server system;
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- an automatic transfer switch to receive a first power from a first power source and a second power from a second power source, and to selectively provide one of the first power and the second power to the power supply module;
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- wherein the automatic transfer switch is disposed in the modular switch housing.
A power supply system usable with a computer server system, comprising:
- a power supply module to provide power to a respective computer server of the computer server system including a modular supply housing;
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- an automatic transfer switch module including a modular switch housing, an automatic transfer switch and a control module;
- the modular switch housing and the modular supply housing configured to interchangeably fit into a redundant power supply bay of the computer server system;
- the automatic transfer switch to receive a first power from a first power source and a second power from a second power source, and to selectively provide one of the first power and the second power to the power supply module;
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- the control module to identify a power supply fault event corresponding to a malfunctioning power supply state, and to communicate information with at least one of the power supply module and the computer server system in a standby state in response to an identification of the power supply fault event.
A power supplying method, comprising:
- receiving a first power from a first power source and a second power from a second power source by an automatic transfer switch of an automatic transfer switch module of a computer server system;
- selectively providing one of the first power and the second power to a power supply module by the automatic transfer switch;
- providing power to the respective computer server of a computer server system by the power supply module;
- receiving a first bias voltage from the first power source by a first terminal member of the automatic transfer switch module;
- receiving a second bias voltage from the second power source by a second terminal member of the automatic transfer switch module;
- at least one of applying the first bias voltage by the first terminal member and applying the second bias voltage by the second terminal member to the respective computer server;
- identifying a power supply fault event corresponding to a malfunctioning power supply state by a control module of the automatic transfer switch module;
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- communicating information with at least one of the power supply module and the computer server system in a standby state by the control module in response to identification of the power supply fault event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.