Power usage reduction system and method
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1. A computer implemented method comprising:
- collecting in a computer storage medium information from multiple network devices regarding utilization over a predetermined period of time;
identifying using a computer processor unused device resources;
identifying using the computer processor device resources that may be consolidated by grouping boards by technology type and counting ports that are unavailable or available and determining whether ports may be consolidated to boards on a same device or to a different device; and
providing such identifications to a user via an output device for use in consolidating the network to reduce power consumption;
wherein consolidating the device resources comprises identifying how to transfer utilization from one device to another to reduce power consumption of the network.
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Abstract
A computer implemented method includes collecting information from multiple network devices regarding utilization over a predetermined period of time. Unused device resources are identified, along with device resources that may be consolidated. Such identifications are provided to a user for use in consolidating the network to reduce power consumption.
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1. A computer implemented method comprising:
- collecting in a computer storage medium information from multiple network devices regarding utilization over a predetermined period of time;
identifying using a computer processor unused device resources;
identifying using the computer processor device resources that may be consolidated by grouping boards by technology type and counting ports that are unavailable or available and determining whether ports may be consolidated to boards on a same device or to a different device; and
providing such identifications to a user via an output device for use in consolidating the network to reduce power consumption;
wherein consolidating the device resources comprises identifying how to transfer utilization from one device to another to reduce power consumption of the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- collecting in a computer storage medium information from multiple network devices regarding utilization over a predetermined period of time;
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9. A computer implemented method comprising:
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collecting in a computer storage medium information from multiple network devices regarding utilization over a predetermined period of time; identifying using a computer processor unused device resources; identifying using the computer processor device resources that may be consolidated by grouping boards by technology type and counting ports that are unavailable or available and determining whether ports may be consolidated to boards on a same device or to a different device; identifying using the computer processor an efficient device that may be exchanged for existing devices by ensuring that the efficient device supports existing device port types at the same speed; providing such identifications to a user via an output device for use in consolidating the network to reduce power consumption. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A tangible non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon for execution by a computer to perform a method comprising:
- collecting information from multiple network devices regarding utilization over a predetermined period of time;
identifying unused device resources;identifying device resources that may be consolidated by grouping boards by technology type and counting ports that are unavailable or available and determining whether ports may be consolidated to boards on a same device or to a different device; and
providing such identifications to a user via an output device for use in consolidating the network to reduce power consumption;
wherein consolidating the device resources comprises identifying how to transfer utilization from one device to another to reduce power consumption of the network.
- collecting information from multiple network devices regarding utilization over a predetermined period of time;
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