Method and apparatus for collaborative power and thermal control of fan run time average power limiting
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsJohn Erven Jenne, Dominick Adam Lovicott
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method for allocating power within an information handling system (IHS) includes: monitoring power consumed by components within the IHS; monitoring thermal state of the components; evaluating power demand and cooling demand for each of the components; and adjusting power allocated to at least one of a computing resource and system cooling according to results of the evaluating. An information handling system (IHS) and a controller that both perform similar processes are disclosed.
Claims18
A computer-implemented method for allocating power within an information handling system (IHS), the method comprising:
- monitoring power consumed by components within the IHS;
- monitoring thermal state of the components;
- evaluating power demand and cooling demand for each of the components;
- and
- adjusting power allocated to at least one of a computing resource and system cooling according to results of the evaluating, wherein the adjusting comprises setting a power cap for at least one of the computing resource and the system cooling and dynamically limiting an amount of power being sent to at least one component.
An information handling system (IHS) comprising:
- a plurality of computing resources configured for providing computing functions;
- system cooling configured for cooling the plurality of computing resources;
- and
- a controller that is configurable to monitor power consumed by the computing resources and the system cooling and to monitor the thermal state of the computing resources;
- to evaluate power demand and cooling demand for each of the components;
- and to adjust power allocated to at least one of a computing resource and system cooling according to results of the evaluating, wherein to adjust the power allocated, the controller sets a power cap for at least one of the computing resource and the system cooling and dynamically limits an amount of power being sent to at least one component.
A controller for an information handling system (IHS), the controller comprising:
- a processing unit and a set of machine executable instructions stored on non-transitory machine readable media and configured to be executed by the processing unit, the instruction for configuring the controller to:
- monitor power consumed by at least one computing resource and system cooling;
- monitor the thermal state of the at least one computing resource;
- evaluate power demand for the at least one computing resource and the system cooling as well as cooling demand for the at least one computing resource;
- and
- adjust power allocated to at least one of the at least one computing resource and to the system cooling according to results of the evaluating:
- wherein to adjust the power allocated, the controller:
- sets a power cap for at least one of the computing resource and the system cooling;
- and dynamically limits an amount of power being sent to at least one component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.