Apparatus and method for automatically configuring control of a fan to be exclusively performed by a motherboard
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a remote fan speed control module to be coupled with a fan via a communication medium, anda signal module to be coupled with the fan via the communication medium to transmit a signal over the communication medium indicating that the remote fan speed control module has exclusive control of fan speed of the fan.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are described for automatically configuring control of a fan to be exclusively performed by a motherboard is disclosed. In an embodiment, the motherboard includes remote fan speed control module and a signal module, each to be coupled with a fan over a communication medium. The signal module is to transmit a signal over the communication medium indicating that the remote fan speed control module has exclusive control over fan speed of the fan.
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22 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a remote fan speed control module to be coupled with a fan via a communication medium, and a signal module to be coupled with the fan via the communication medium to transmit a signal over the communication medium indicating that the remote fan speed control module has exclusive control of fan speed of the fan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An apparatus comprising:
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a fan;
,a local fan speed control module to be coupled with a motherboard via a communication medium and to control the fan speed of the fan; and a determination module to be coupled with the motherboard via the communication medium and to determine whether the motherboard has exclusive control of fan speed of the fan. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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generating a signal to indicate to a fan that a motherboard has exclusive control of the fan speed of the fan; and controlling the fan speed of the fan. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A machine-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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generating a signal to indicate to a fan that a motherboard has exclusive control of the fan speed of the fan; and controlling the fan speed of the fan. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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receiving a signal from a motherboard; and determining whether the signal indicates that the motherboard has exclusive control of the fan speed of a fan. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
a computer chassis housing at least one motherboard and a plurality of fans, the at least one motherboard including a remote fan speed control module and a signal module, each coupled with each of the plurality of fans, the signal module to transmit a signal to each of the plurality of fans to indicate that the remote fan speed control module has exclusive control of fan speed of each of the plurality of fans, and each of the plurality of fans including a local fan speed control module to control fan speed, and a determination module y coupled with the local fan speed control module and the signal module, and to receive the signal from the signal module to determine that the motherboard has exclusive control of fan speed of the one of the plurality of fans. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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