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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Peter A. Hansen, Cypress, TX (US);
Andrew Brown, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin M. Jones, Tomball, TX (US);
Jeffrey S. Autor, Houston, TX (US);
Andrew C. Cartes, Cypress, TX (US);
Gordon M. Barton, Houston, TX (US);
Michael Sanders, Spring, TX (US);
Peter A. Hansen, Cypress, TX (US);
Andrew Brown, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin M. Jones, Tomball, TX (US);
Jeffrey S. Autor, Houston, TX (US);
Andrew C. Cartes, Cypress, TX (US);
Gordon M. Barton, Houston, TX (US);
Michael Sanders, Spring, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to a system and related method of allocating power in a rack mounted computer system where the individual servers are powered from a central power supply system. The structure includes a series of serial communication pathways coupling the servers and the individual power supplies in the power supply system. A series of chassis communication modules communicates with servers in its respective chassis, and relays messages to and from a power supply communication module, which is responsible for granting or denying permission for individual servers to allocate power. The disclosed system also envisions intelligent de-allocation of power, for example in the event of a failure of individual components of the central power supply system.