SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED AND REAL-TIME DETERMINATION OF OPTIMUM INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM LOCATION

• US 20150095270A1
• Filed: 09/30/2013
• Published: 04/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Shabbir, Hasnain, Govindarajan, Ramsundar, Ragupathi, Dinesh Kunnathur
• Granted Patent: US 9,250,649 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 706/12
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/206 comprising thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2111/20 Configuration CAD, e.g. designing by assembling or positioning modules selected from libraries of predesigned modules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2119/08 Thermal analysis or thermal optimisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/17 Mechanical parametric or variational design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/18 Network design, e.g. design based on topological or interconnect aspects of utility systems, piping, heating ventilation air conditioning [HVAC] or cabling circuit design at the physical level G06F30/39; network planning tools for wireless communication networks H04W16/18
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may comprise a plurality of slots each configured to receive a modular information handling system, a plurality of air movers each configured to cool at least one modular information handling system disposed in at least one of the plurality slots, and a chassis management controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of slots and the plurality of air movers and configured to display a recommended placement of modular information handling systems in the plurality of slots based on at least one of: identities of slots populated with modular information handling systems, an airflow ranking of the plurality of slots, an impedance ranking of information handling systems disposed in the slots, and a workload of each of the information handling systems disposed in the slots.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a plurality of slots each configured to receive a modular information handling system;

a plurality of air movers each configured to cool at least one modular information handling system disposed in at least one of the plurality slots; and

a chassis management controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of slots and the plurality of air movers and configured to display a recommended placement of modular information handling systems in the plurality of slots based on at least one of;

identities of slots populated with modular information handling systems, an airflow ranking of the plurality of slots, an impedance ranking of information handling systems disposed in the slots, and a workload of each of the information handling systems disposed in the slots.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the chassis management controller is further configured to display a recommended placement of modular information handling systems in the plurality of slots based on a user-defined preference of permissible reconfiguration of the placement of information handling systems in the slots.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein displaying a recommended placement of modular information handling systems in the plurality of slots comprises displaying a recommended placement of an information handling system to be added to the system.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the recommended placement is based on the airflow ranking and the impedance ranking.

5. A method comprising:

receiving information regarding at least one of;

identities of slots populated with modular information handling systems, an airflow ranking of the plurality of slots, an impedance ranking of information handling systems disposed in the slots, and a workload of each of the information handling systems disposed in the slots; and

displaying a recommended placement of modular information handling systems in the plurality of slots based on the received information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein displaying the recommended placement further comprises displaying the recommended placement based on a user-defined preference of permissible reconfiguration of the placement of information handling systems in the slots.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein displaying a recommended placement of modular information handling systems in the plurality of slots comprises displaying a recommended placement of an information handling system to be added to the chassis.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the recommended placement is based on the airflow ranking and the impedance ranking.

9. An article of manufacture comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and

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;

receive information regarding at least one of;

airflow impedance of a plurality of slots integral to a chassis, identities of slots populated with modular information handling systems, an airflow ranking of the plurality of slots, an impedance ranking of information handling systems disposed in the slots, and a workload of each of the information handling systems disposed in the slots; and

display a recommended placement of modular information handling systems in the plurality of slots based on the received information.

10. The article of claim 9, wherein displaying the recommended placement further comprises displaying the recommended placement based on a user-defined preference of permissible reconfiguration of the placement of information handling systems in the slots.

11. The article of claim 9, wherein displaying a recommended placement of modular information handling systems in the plurality of slots comprises displaying a recommended placement of an information handling system to be added to the chassis.

12. The article of claim 9, wherein the recommended placement is based on the airflow ranking and the impedance ranking.