Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20080028242
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Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | Another patent with a variation on remote power control, this one even more explicit in claims about not powering down managed server. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 7,051,215 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | Zimmer, Vincent J., Rothman, Michael A. / Intel Corporation |
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| URL | http://www.google.com/patents?i... |
| Filing Date | June 13, 2003 |
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Excerpt
Excerpt Methods, apparatus, and systems for power management of clustered computing platforms. Firmware provided on each platform is loaded for operating system runtime availability. The firmware traps power change events corresponding to a change in a power state of a component or device associated with a platform, such as a processor or a peripheral device. In response to the power change event, the firmware sends corresponding data to a power arbiter using an out-of-band (OOB) communication network/channel. The power arbiter determines an appropriate reallocation of power consumption allotments for the various platforms under its control based on a power management policy. Updated power consumption allocation information is then sent to selected platforms via the OOB network/channel. Upon receipt of the updated allotments, corresponding registers and/or tables are updated on the platforms to effectuate a change in power consumption of one or more components/devices associated with the platform.
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Claims
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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.
Relevance
Prior art generally covers a form of remote power management. Instead of "administrator" and "administration terminal", it involves a "power arbiter" (an automated power administrator). Prior art's claim 1 includes "effectuating the reallocated power consumption allotment on said at least one computing platform in a manner that is transparent to an operating system running on said at least one computing platform" which transparent effectuation necessarily includes "interpreting .. and executing the command" while not powering down the maanged server. Prior art's communication over out-of-band network for power management would necessarily include "building an instruction command and encoding it into a suitable format for transport over a data network".
Prior art generally covers a form of remote power management. Instead of "administrator" and "administration terminal", it involves a "power arbiter" (an automated power administrator). Prior art's claim 1 includes "effectuating the reallocated power consumption allotment on said at least one computing platform in a manner that is transparent to an operating system running on said at least one computing platform" which transparent effectuation necessarily includes "interpreting .. and executing the command" while not powering down the maanged server. Prior art's communication over out-of-band network for power management would necessarily include "building an instruction command and encoding it into a suitable format for transport over a data network".
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