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 computer system for remotely controlling power consumption of plural servers from a host computer, comprising:
a power control module operating on the host computer configured to remotely initiate a change in a power consumption state of the plural remote servers;
a modulation module configured to dynamically modulate clock speed of the plural servers at the request of an administrator;
a command generation module configured to generate appropriate commands and encoding the commands into a format suitable for transport over a data network from an administration terminal to the plural servers; and
a module located at the servers configured to interpret the commands and execute the commands by the plural servers.
Submitted by: Prithvi SrihariLast updated: 4 months ago
Title ACPIA Programmer's Reference
ISBN
Description
An open industry standard that provides (among other things) power management. Linux implements this.
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#180Energy-Efficient Server Clusters
Applies to Claims 1,16,5,9
Submitted by: Charles LefurgyLast updated: 4 months ago
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.
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