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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2016
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abey K. Mathew, Georgetown, TX (US);
Padmanabh R. Gharpure, Round Rock, TX (US);
Stuart Allen Berke, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method may include, when a management controller is able to control a plurality of power supply units (PSUs): selecting a PSU of the plurality of PSUs as a master of a current share bus; driving, by the PSU selected as the master, a current share signal on the current share bus; and monitoring, by PSUs other than the power supply unit selected as the master, the current share signal. The method may also include, when the management controller is unable to control the plurality of PSUs: attempting, by each of the plurality of PSUs, to drive the current share signal on the current share bus; and monitoring, by each of the PSUs, the current share signal. Each of the PSUs may output current to the power bus in accordance with the current share signal.