Rack level power management
First Claim
1. A system for rack level power management, the system comprising:
- at least one power source;
a management module; and
a plurality of power managed modules in communication with said management module and connected to draw power from said at least one power source, each of said plurality of power managed modules comprising a power manager and an operating circuit, said operating circuit being operable at a plurality of power drawing levels responsive to said power manager,said management module being operative to dynamically allocate a power budget to each of said plurality of power managed modules and communicate said dynamically allocated power budgets to said power managers,each of said power managers being operative to monitor and control said operating circuit of said power managed module to be operable at a power drawing level within said dynamically allocated budget responsive to said monitoring.
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Abstract
A system for rack level power management, the system comprising: at least one power source; a management module; and a plurality of power managed modules in communication with the management module and connected to draw power from the at least one power source, each of the plurality of power managed modules comprising a power manager and an operating circuit, the operating circuit being operable at a plurality of power drawing levels responsive to the power manager, the management module being operative to allocate a power budget to each of the plurality of power managed modules and communicate the allocated power budgets to the power managers, each of the power managers being operative to control the operating circuit of the power managed module to be operable at a power drawing level within the allocated budget.
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32 Claims
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1. A system for rack level power management, the system comprising:
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at least one power source; a management module; and a plurality of power managed modules in communication with said management module and connected to draw power from said at least one power source, each of said plurality of power managed modules comprising a power manager and an operating circuit, said operating circuit being operable at a plurality of power drawing levels responsive to said power manager, said management module being operative to dynamically allocate a power budget to each of said plurality of power managed modules and communicate said dynamically allocated power budgets to said power managers, each of said power managers being operative to monitor and control said operating circuit of said power managed module to be operable at a power drawing level within said dynamically allocated budget responsive to said monitoring. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of rack level power management comprising:
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providing at least one power source; providing a plurality of power managed modules connected to draw power from said at least one power source; dynamically allocating a power budget to each of said provided plurality of power managed modules; and transmitting said dynamically allocated power budgets to said plurality of power managed modules, each of said power managed modules monitoring and controlling, responsive to said monitoring, said drawn power to be within said transmitted dynamically allocated power budget. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for rack level power management, the system comprising:
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at least one power source comprising a plurality of power supplies; a management module; and a plurality of power managed modules in communication with said management module and connected to draw power from said at least one power source, each of said plurality of power managed modules comprising a power manager and an operating circuit, said operating circuit being operable at a plurality of power drawing levels responsive to said power manager, said management module being operative to dynamically allocate a power budget to each of said plurality of power managed modules and communicate said dynamically allocated power budgets to said power managers, and being further operative to communicate a plurality of power scenarios and associated power budgets to said power managed modules, each of said power managers being operative to monitor power drawn by said operating circuit of said power managed module and control, responsive to said monitoring, the power drawn by said operating circuit of said power managed module to be operable at a power drawing level within said dynamically allocated budget, and in response to a communication from said management module to activate a particular one of said communicated plurality of power scenarios, to control, responsive to said monitoring, said operating circuit of said power managed module to be operable at a power drawing level within said power budget associated with said particular activated scenario.
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