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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Mukund Khatri, Austin, TX (US);
Lee Zaretsky, Austin, TX (US);
Mukund Khatri, Austin, TX (US);
Lee Zaretsky, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for managing the power consumption of an information handling system including a multi-lane serial link having a lane setting that identifies the number of active lanes in the multi-lane serial link. The method may include determining a number of lanes required for the multi-lane serial link based on one or more I/O devices connected to the information handling system, triggering a reduction of the lane setting of the multi-lane serial link if the lane setting of the multi-lane serial link is greater than the determined number of lanes required, and automatically reducing power to the multi-lane serial link in response to the reduction of the lane setting.