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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2012
Praveen K. Jagadishprasad, Bangalore, IN;
Gururaja A. Nittur, Bangalore, IN;
Praveen K. Jagadishprasad, Bangalore, IN;
Gururaja A. Nittur, Bangalore, IN;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes ranking a plurality of servers in a network environment according to power characteristics, and choosing a server from the plurality of servers for placement of a service profile according to at least a priority specified in the service profile and the server's rank. The ranking includes identifying power groups into which the plurality of servers are partitioned, identifying respective power group caps of the power groups, determining respective power ranges and respective power supply multipliers of the plurality of servers, calculating a score of each server in the plurality of servers, and assigning ranks to the scores. Choosing the server includes partitioning the servers into priority sets according to respective ranks of servers, and searching the priority sets beginning with a priority set having the priority specified in the service profile until a suitable server is found.