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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2007
William H. Moore, Fremont, CA (US);
Darrin P. Johnson, San Jose, CA (US);
Randall S. Fishel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William H. Moore, Fremont, CA (US);
Darrin P. Johnson, San Jose, CA (US);
Randall S. Fishel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a method for conserving power. The method includes determining a first network connection speed for a network interface card (NIC), configuring the NIC to operate at the first network connection speed, processing, after the configuration, packets received by the NIC, obtaining a bandwidth utilization of the NIC, determining, using a power management policy, a second network connection speed for the NIC based on the bandwidth utilization when the bandwidth utilization is outside a threshold range, and configuring the NIC to operate at the second network connection speed.