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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2008
Sivarama K. Kodukula, Round Rock, TX (US);
Omar Cardona, Austin, TX (US);
James B. Cunningham, Austin, TX (US);
Binh K. Hua, Austin, TX (US);
Nicholas E. Bofferding, Austin, TX (US);
Sivarama K. Kodukula, Round Rock, TX (US);
Omar Cardona, Austin, TX (US);
James B. Cunningham, Austin, TX (US);
Binh K. Hua, Austin, TX (US);
Nicholas E. Bofferding, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of reducing Ethernet power consumption in a network having an operating system by reducing an Ethernet link speed to a minimum rate required for current data link traffic, and automatically commanding an Ethernet adapter/cable to decrease or increase a link rate by dynamically auto-negotiating an Ethernet port by IEEE standards to a lower or higher link rate without user intervention.