Method of Determining a Configuration of Multiple Power Supply Units of a Computer System
First Claim
1. Method of determining a configuration of multiple power supply units of a computer system with the following steps:
- evaluating a time shift between different synchronization signals, wherein the different synchronization signals are associated with different power supply units among the multiple power supply units of the computer system, anddetermining a connection configuration of the different power supply units from the evaluated time shift, wherein a predetermined first time shift characteristic is associated with a connection configuration of the different power supply units to different power phases of a multiple phase power system, and wherein a predetermined second time shift characteristic is associated with a connection configuration of the different power supply units to one shared power phase of the multiple phase power system.
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Abstract
A method of determining a configuration of multiple power supply units of a computer system. According to the method, in a first step a time shift between different synchronization signals is evaluated, wherein the different synchronization signals are associated with different power supply units among the multiple power supply units of the computer system. In a subsequent step, a connection configuration of the different power supply units is determined from the evaluated time shift. In this regard, a predetermined first time shift characteristic is associated with a connection configuration of the different power supply units to different power phases of a multiple phase power system, whereas a predetermined second time shift characteristic is associated with a connection configuration of the different power supply units to one shared power phase of the multiple phase power system. With such a method a power management of the computer system may be enhanced.
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10 Claims
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1. Method of determining a configuration of multiple power supply units of a computer system with the following steps:
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evaluating a time shift between different synchronization signals, wherein the different synchronization signals are associated with different power supply units among the multiple power supply units of the computer system, and determining a connection configuration of the different power supply units from the evaluated time shift, wherein a predetermined first time shift characteristic is associated with a connection configuration of the different power supply units to different power phases of a multiple phase power system, and wherein a predetermined second time shift characteristic is associated with a connection configuration of the different power supply units to one shared power phase of the multiple phase power system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. Computer system with multiple power supply units and an evaluation component,
wherein the evaluation component is configured: -
to evaluate a time shift between different synchronization signals associated with different power supply units among the multiple power supply units of the computer system and to determine a connection configuration of the different power supply units from the evaluated time shift, wherein a predetermined first time shift characteristic is associated with a connection configuration of the different power supply units to different power phases of a multiple phase power system, and wherein a predetermined second time shift characteristic is associated with a connection configuration of the different power supply units to one shared power phase of the multiple phase power system. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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