System and method for activity or event based dynamic energy conserving server reconfiguration
First Claim
1. An information processing system comprising:
- a frame or enclosure for mounting a plurality of devices;
a backplane having a plurality of connectors disposed within said frame or enclosure; and
a plurality of devices, each including a device electrical connector, matingly coupled to said backplane electrical connectors, said plurality of devices including a plurality of network devices wherein each network device includes at least one processor and an activity monitor identifying a level of activity indicator for said at least one processor, each of said plurality of network devices being operable in a plurality of modes wherein each mode has a respective maximum level of performance and a respective maximum power consumption rate; and
a power manager;
(i) coupled to each of said plurality of network devices and receiving said level of activity information from each of said plurality of network devices;
(ii) analyzing said plurality of received level of activity information;
(iii) determining an operating mode for each of said network devices selected from said plurality of modes based on said analyzed activity information and predetermined policies; and
(iv) generating commands to each of said plurality of network devices directing each of said network devices to operate in said determined operating mode.
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Abstract
Network architecture, computer system and/or server, circuit, device, apparatus, method, and computer program and control mechanism for managing power consumption and workload in computer system and data and information servers. Further provides power and energy consumption and workload management and control systems and architectures for high-density and modular multi-server computer systems that maintain performance while conserving energy and method for power management and workload management. Dynamic server power management and optional dynamic workload management for multi-server environments is provided by aspects of the invention. Modular network devices and integrated server system, including modular servers, management units, switches and switching fabrics, modular power supplies and modular fans and a special backplane architecture are provided as well as dynamically reconfigurable multi-purpose modules and servers. Backplane architecture, structure, and method that has no active components and separate power supply lines and protection to provide high reliability in server environment.
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135 Claims
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1. An information processing system comprising:
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a frame or enclosure for mounting a plurality of devices; a backplane having a plurality of connectors disposed within said frame or enclosure; and a plurality of devices, each including a device electrical connector, matingly coupled to said backplane electrical connectors, said plurality of devices including a plurality of network devices wherein each network device includes at least one processor and an activity monitor identifying a level of activity indicator for said at least one processor, each of said plurality of network devices being operable in a plurality of modes wherein each mode has a respective maximum level of performance and a respective maximum power consumption rate; and a power manager;
(i) coupled to each of said plurality of network devices and receiving said level of activity information from each of said plurality of network devices;
(ii) analyzing said plurality of received level of activity information;
(iii) determining an operating mode for each of said network devices selected from said plurality of modes based on said analyzed activity information and predetermined policies; and
(iv) generating commands to each of said plurality of network devices directing each of said network devices to operate in said determined operating mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132)
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133. A power-conservative multi-node network device, comprising:
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an enclosure having a power supply and a back-plane buss; a plurality of hot-pluggable node devices in the form of printed circuit (PC) cards adapted for connection with said back-plane buss, each said node device being configured to perform a first task; and each said node device being reconfigurable in substantially real-time to perform a second task different than said first task to adapt to changing conditions on the network. - View Dependent Claims (134, 135)
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