US Patent:
20020066045, May 30, 2002
Inventors:
Jeffrey Layton - Round Rock TX, US
Reynolds Macnary - Pflugerville TX, US
David Moss - Cedar Park TX, US
International Classification:
G06F001/26
Abstract:
A system and method for determining power supply requirements for a plurality of servers in an information network that includes a system management bus coupled to provide information on power being utilized by the servers during operation. The information from the system management bus is provided to program instructions that provide power usage values indicative of the power being utilized by the servers, determine the maximum value of the power usage values, and determine power supply requirements based on the maximum power usage. The power supply requirements include operating power and/or redundant power requirements. A warning signal is generated if adequate power is not available to the servers.