IP Library Granted Patent US 8,683,251
Granted Patent B2
US 8,683,251 · App. 12/905,142 · Granted Mar 25, 2014

Determining redundancy of power feeds connecting a server to a power supply

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Patent No.
US 8,683,251
App. No.
12/905,142
Granted
Mar 25, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, system, and computer program products are provided for determining redundancy of power feeds connecting a server to a power supply. Embodiments include receiving, by a redundancy monitoring manager, from each of a plurality of redundancy monitoring interposers, connection information, wherein each redundancy monitoring interposer comprises a device that provides an electrical contact between a power circuit and one of a power supply, the server, and another power circuit; in dependence upon the connection information, determining, by the redundancy monitoring manager, for each power feed provided to the server, which power circuits supply the power feed; determining, by the redundancy monitoring manager, if any of the power feeds are supplied by the same power circuit; and indicating, by the redundancy monitoring manager, that the server has at least one non-redundant power feed when multiple power feeds of the server are supplied by the same power circuit.

Claims (18)

1. A system for determining redundancy of power feeds connecting a server to a power supply, the system comprising:

a redundancy monitoring manager to:

receive from each of a plurality of redundancy monitoring interposers, connection information, wherein each redundancy monitoring interposer comprises a device that provides an electrical contact between a power circuit and one of a power supply, the server, and another power circuit; wherein the connection information is received wirelessly from the redundancy monitoring interposers;

in dependence upon the connection information, determine for each power feed provided to the server, which power circuits supply the power feed;

determine if any of the power feeds are supplied by the same power circuit; and

indicate that the server has at least one non-redundant power feed when multiple power feeds of the server are supplied by the same power circuit.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the connection information received from a particular redundancy monitoring interposer identifies the power circuits that are connected to the particular redundancy monitoring interposer.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one redundancy power interposer determines the connection information by communicating with one of a power circuit, the server, and another redundancy power interposer.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein indicating that the server has at least one non-redundant power feed includes displaying a visual representation of the power feeds for the server, wherein the visual representation indicates the non-redundant power feeds and the redundant power feeds.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the redundancy monitoring manager is integrated within one of the redundancy monitoring interposers.

6. A computer program product for determining redundancy of power feeds connecting a server to a power supply, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to carry out the steps of:

receiving, by a redundancy monitoring manager, from each of a plurality of redundancy monitoring interposers, connection information, wherein each redundancy monitoring interposer comprises a device that provides an electrical contact between a power circuit and one of a power supply, the server, and another power circuit; wherein the connection information is received wirelessly from the redundancy monitoring interposers;

in dependence upon the connection information, determining, by the redundancy monitoring manager, for each power feed provided to the server, which power circuits supply the power feed;

determining, by the redundancy monitoring manager, if any of the power feeds are supplied by the same power circuit; and

indicating, by the redundancy monitoring manager, that the server has at least one non-redundant power feed when multiple power feeds of the server are supplied by the same power circuit.

7. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the connection information received from a particular redundancy monitoring interposer identifies the power circuits that are connected to the particular redundancy monitoring interposer.

8. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein at least one redundancy power interposer determines the connection information by communicating with one of a power circuit, the server, and another redundancy power interposer.

9. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein indicating that the server has at least one non-redundant power feed includes displaying a visual representation of the power feeds for the server, wherein the visual representation indicates the non-redundant power feeds and the redundant power feeds.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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