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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2005
Sumanta K. Bahali, Cary, NC (US);
Warren D. Bailey, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Jimmy G. Foster, Sr., Morrisville, NC (US);
Gregory D. Sellman, Morrisville, NC (US);
Sumanta K. Bahali, Cary, NC (US);
Warren D. Bailey, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Jimmy G. Foster, Sr., Morrisville, NC (US);
Gregory D. Sellman, Morrisville, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A power management server and method for managing power consumption is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a power management server data processing system is provided, where the power management server data processing system comprises a power management communication port to communicatively couple the power management server data processing system to a power-managed server data processing system and a system management processor coupled to the power management communication port. In the described embodiment, the system management processor comprises power management logic configured to receive power management data from the power-managed server data processing system, to generate a power management command utilizing the power management data, and to transmit the power management command to the power-managed server data processing system utilizing the power management communication port. Moreover, the power management data of the described embodiment comprises power management capability data.