IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,705,579
Granted Patent B2
US 10,705,579 · App. 15/206,924 · Granted Jul 7, 2020

Information handling system having regional cooling

Inventors: Andrew O. Ingalls (Round Rock, TX); Travis C. North (Cedar Park, TX)
Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
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Patent No.
US 10,705,579
App. No.
15/206,924
Granted
Jul 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Custom cooling strategies may be implemented for different regions in computers, servers, and other information handling systems. Chassis architecture may have multiple cooling fans, with each fan cooling a different region via dedicated duct work. A user or administrator may thus implement different cooling strategies for internal components, based on different thermal curves defined for each different region.

Claims (14)

1. An information handling system, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a memory device accessible to the hardware processor, the memory device storing instructions that when executed cause the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations including:

receiving an output signal generated by a temperature sensor associated with a region of a chassis housing componentry of the information handling system;

querying an electronic database for a regional identifier associated with the region of the chassis, the electronic database electronically associating cooling criteria and regional identifiers including the regional identifier associated with the region of the chassis;

retrieving the cooling criteria from the electronic database that is electronically associated with the regional identifier associated with the region of the chassis;

receiving a user's selection of an optional thermal curve from a menu of optional thermal curves for controlling a fan dedicated to the region of the chassis, the optional thermal curve specifying greater values than initial values of the cooling criteria specified by a manufacturer of the information handling system; and

controlling an electrical power supplied to the fan dedicated to the region according to the user's selection of the optional thermal curve, the electrical power causing the fan to cool the region of the chassis.

2. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise increasing a speed of the fan according to the user's selection of the optional thermal curve.

3. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further displaying the menu of the optional thermal curves as a graphical user interface.

4. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise replacing the cooling criteria specified by the manufacturer of the information handling system with the greater values specified by the optional thermal curve.

5. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise generating an electronic log associated with the fan, the electronic log tracking output signals generated by the temperature sensor to electrical voltages supplied to the fan over time.

6. The information handling system of claim 5 , wherein the operations further comprise automatically selecting one of the optional thermal curves based on the electronic log.

7. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise storing the optional thermal curves that specify different operational strategies for the fan, each one of the optional thermal curves selectable via a graphical user interface to optionally cool the componentry housed within the region of the chassis.

Assignments (10)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (053546/0001) Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL MARKETING L.P. (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC. AND WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.); EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 071642/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053546/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 21, 2019
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049452/0223 →
RELEASE OF SEC. INT. IN PATENTS (NOTES) Recorded Sep 14, 2016
From: BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: AVENTAIL LLC; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL SOFTWARE INC.; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 040026/0710 →
RELEASE OF SEC. INT. IN PATENTS (TL) Recorded Sep 14, 2016
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: AVENTAIL LLC; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL SOFTWARE INC.; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 040027/0329 →
RELEASE OF SEC. INT. IN PATENTS (ABL) Recorded Sep 13, 2016
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: AVENTAIL LLC; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL SOFTWARE INC.; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 040013/0733 →
SUPPLEMENT TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (ABL) Recorded Aug 10, 2016
From: AVENTAIL LLC; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL SOFTWARE INC.; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 039643/0953 →
SUPPLEMENT TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (TERM LOAN) Recorded Aug 10, 2016
From: AVENTAIL LLC; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL SOFTWARE INC.; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 039719/0889 →
SUPPLEMENT TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (NOTES) Recorded Aug 10, 2016
From: AVENTAIL LLC; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL SOFTWARE INC.; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 039644/0084 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2016
From: INGALLS, ANDREW O.; NORTH, TRAVIS C.
To: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
Reel/Frame 039281/0855 →
Continuity (1)
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