Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20080028242
Filing Date: July 26, 2006
Inventors: Darren J. Cepulis
Assignee: Hewlett Packard Inc.
Current U.S. Classification: 713, 713/320000
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A method for remotely controlling power consumption of at least one server, comprising:
providing remote control to an administrator over a power state of at least one server;
building an instruction command and encoding it into a suitable format for transport over a data network from an administration terminal to the at least one server; and
interpreting the command and executing the command by the at least one server without powering down the at least one server.
Title IBM Director Extensions: Active Energy Manager
Description
Active Energy Manager will measure, monitor, and manage the energy components built into IBM systems enabling a cross-platform management solution. IBM Director is inherently remotely manageable.
Title Energy-Efficient Server Clusters
ISBN 978-3-540-01028-9
Description
A publication describing the remote control of performance-states on a cluster of servers to save energy.
Subject/Title Synopsis of Patent in Design
Type Email
Description
Submitted by Group 4: Tung Do, Greg Hodgson, Tamer Taher, and Matthew Wojtecki - Kent State University Graduate School of Business
Patent/Application # 11/257,085
Description
Abstract
A power management device with a remote control function configured in a computer system includes a power management unit, a remote control receiver, and a remote control transmitter. The power management unit is configured in the computer system for managing the power of the computer system. The remote control receiver is electrically connected to the power management unit. The remote control transmitter is used for transmitting a control signal. The control signal is received and processed by the remote control receiver to control the power management unit.
Patent/Application # US6553418
Description
An energy management system for monitoring and analyzing the power consumption at a plurality of locations. The energy management system includes a primary server connected to at least one building server or other device through a computer network. Each of the building servers are connected to one or more energy meters contained in a building.
Patent/Application # 6,859,882
Description
A granted US patent that includes remotely controlling power level (operating mode) in remote servers.
Patent/Application # 7,051,215
Description
Another patent with a variation on remote power control, this one even more explicit in claims about not powering down managed server.
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