SERVER RACK POWER MANAGEMENT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power management method using a rack management controller (RMC) at a server rack.SOLUTION: A power management method includes the steps of: collecting power consumption data from a first board management controller (BMC) of a first server at a server rack; transmi...

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Main Authors LIN SHIHIEH, CHIEN WEI-YU
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published 09.11.2017
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power management method using a rack management controller (RMC) at a server rack.SOLUTION: A power management method includes the steps of: collecting power consumption data from a first board management controller (BMC) of a first server at a server rack; transmitting the power consumption data to a management server; receiving a power request, by a rack management controller, from the management server, and determining power setting on the basis of the power consumption data and the power request; and requesting, by the rack management controller, the first board management controller to limit power consumption of the first server according to the power setting.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】サーバラックにおけるラック管理コントローラ（ＲＭＣ）による電力管理方法を提供する。【解決手段】サーバラックにおける第１サーバの第１基板管理コントローラ（ＢＭＣ）から電力消費データを収集するステップと、電力消費データを管理サーバへ送信するステップと、ラック管理コントローラは管理サーバから電力要求を受信して、電力消費データ及び電力要求に基づいて電力設定を決定するステップと、ラック管理コントローラは、電力設定に応じて第１サーバの電力消費を制限するよう第１基板管理コントローラに要求するステップとを含む。【選択図】図１
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20170088697