Administering power supplies in a data center

Details Administering power supplies in a data center Administering power supplies in a data center

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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