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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
Charles W. Cochran, Spring, TX (US);
Chris F. Felcman, Spring, TX (US);
Scott E. Holloway, Houston, TX (US);
Charles W. Cochran, Spring, TX (US);
Chris F. Felcman, Spring, TX (US);
Scott E. Holloway, Houston, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Determining power topology of a computer system. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including communicating with a first computer system of a plurality of computer systems mounted in a rack (the communicating through dedicated communication conductors integral with a first cord carrying operational power to first computer system), communicating with a second computer system of the plurality of computer systems (the communicating through dedicated communication conductors integral with a second cord carrying operational power to first computer system), determining a power topology regarding the plurality of computer systems based on the communicating, and displaying an indication of the power topology.