System and method of controlling an air mover
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsEric M. Tunks, William K. Coxe
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Abstract
A system and method of controlling a cooling fan in an information handling system is disclosed. A fan request signal is received from a component of an information handling system and a determination is made regarding whether the component is configured to operate with a cooling fan. If the component is configured to operate with the cooling fan, the fan request signal is transmitted to the cooling fan. If, on the other hand, the component is not configured to operate with the cooling fan, a revised fan request signal is generated and transmitted to the cooling fan.
Claims15
A cooling system of an information handling system comprising:
- a cooling fan;
- a management controller communicatively coupled to the cooling fan, the management controller configured to:
- receive a fan request signal from a component;
- identify a fan type of the cooling fan;
- determine whether the component is configured to operate with the cooling fan based on the fan type of the cooling fan;
- if the component is configured to operate with the cooling fan, transmit the fan request signal to the cooling fan;
- and
- if the component is not configured to operate with the cooling fan, generate a revised fan request signal and transmit the revised fan request signal to the cooling fan.
An information handling system comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory communicatively coupled to the processor;
- a cooling fan;
- and
- a management controller communicatively coupled to the cooling fan, the management controller configured to:
- receive a fan request signal from a component of the information handling system;
- identify a fan type of the cooling fan;
- determine whether the component of the information handling system is configured to operate with the cooling fan based on the fan type of the cooling fan;
- if the component of the information handling system is configured to operate with the cooling fan, transmit the fan request signal to the cooling fan;
- and
- if the component of the information handling system is not configured to operate with the cooling fan, generate a revised fan request signal and transmit the revised fan request signal to the cooling fan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.