Power Inrush Management of Storage Devices
First Claim
1. A method of power management of a plurality of storage device slots configured to be populated by two or more storage devices, the method comprising:
- for at least one storage device populated in a slot of the plurality of storage device slots;
detecting a unique location associated with the storage device;
determining a time delay for the storage device in accordance with the unique location associated with the storage device; and
delaying at least one power-on operation of the storage device by the time delay for the storage device.
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Abstract
The various embodiments described herein include systems, methods and/or devices used to enable power inrush management of storage devices (e.g., DIMM devices). In one aspect, the method includes, for at least one storage device populated in a slot of a plurality of storage device slots, the plurality of storage device slots configured to be populated by two or more storage devices: (1) detecting a unique location associated with the storage device, (2) determining a time delay for the storage device in accordance with the unique location associated with the storage device, and (3) delaying at least one power-on operation of the storage device by the time delay for the storage device.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of power management of a plurality of storage device slots configured to be populated by two or more storage devices, the method comprising:
for at least one storage device populated in a slot of the plurality of storage device slots; detecting a unique location associated with the storage device; determining a time delay for the storage device in accordance with the unique location associated with the storage device; and delaying at least one power-on operation of the storage device by the time delay for the storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A storage device, comprising:
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an interface for operatively coupling the storage device with a host system; an energy storage device; and a controller with one or more processors and memory, the controller configured to; detect a unique location associated with the storage device; determine a time delay for the storage device in accordance with the unique location associated with the storage device; and delay at least one power-on operation of the storage device by the time delay for the storage device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, storing one or more programs for execution by one or more processors of a storage device, the one or more programs including instructions for:
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detecting a unique location associated with the storage device; determining a time delay for the storage device in accordance with the unique location associated with the storage device; and delaying at least one power-on operation of the storage device by the time delay for the storage device.
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