Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Computer power control
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-02
2011-08-02
Lee, Thomas (Department: 2116)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Computer power control
C713S310000, C713S320000, C713S321000, C713S323000, C713S324000, C713S330000, C713S340000, C700S022000, C700S292000, C700S295000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07992014
ABSTRACT:
Administering power supplies in a data center including, upon connection of a first power supply through a power line to a circuit breaker in the data center, querying, by a power supply communications device of the first power supply through the power line, a circuit breaker communications device of the circuit breaker for a circuit breaker identification; querying, by the power supply communications device of the first power supply, for a maximum current threshold for the circuit breaker; sending the circuit breaker identification and the maximum current threshold for the circuit breaker to a management module; and determining, by the management module in dependence upon the circuit breaker identification and the maximum current threshold for the circuit breaker, whether to power on a computing device powered by the first power supply including determining whether the circuit breaker is shared by another power supply.
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Langgood John K.
Lewis Thomas F.
Reinberg Kevin M.
Vernon Kevin S. D.
Biggers & Ohanian LLP
International Business Machines - Corporation
Lee Thomas
Rahman Fahmida
Seal Cynthia G.
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