Granted Patent B2

US 11,181,961 · App. 16/842,248 · Granted Nov 23, 2021

Inventors: Doug E. Messick (Austin, TX); Aaron M. Rhinehart (Georgetown, TX); Ayedin Nikazm (Austin, TX)

Assignee: Dell Products L.P.

G06F1/28G06F1/263

Abstract

Claims (39)

1. A method comprising:

determining, by a service processor, a power requirement of an information handling system;

determining whether a power limit of a connector between the information handling system and a first power source is less than or equal to the power requirement of the information handling system;

subsequent to determining that the power limit of the connector is less than or equal to the power requirement of the information handling system, comparing the power requirement of the information handling system with a total available power, wherein the total available power is a sum of a first available power from the first power source and a second available power from a second power source, wherein the first available power is based on a lesser of a first power capacity of the first power source and the power limit of the connector;

determining whether the total available power is at least equal to the power requirement of the information handling system; and

responsive to determining that the total available power is at least equal to the power requirement of the information handling system:

allowing the information handling system to power on;

determining whether the second power source is healthy; and

responsive to determining that the second power source is healthy, enabling the information handling system to draw the first available power from the first power source and the second available power from the second power source.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the power limit is a maximum power that can pass through the connector without damaging the connector.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the power requirement is a maximum throttled power required by the information handling system at full utilization.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining whether the total available power is at least equal to a particular power requirement.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the particular power requirement is a sustained power required by information handling system at typical utilization.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining whether a power-on request is received from the information handling system.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising responsive to determining that the total available power is less than the power requirement of the information handling system, denying the power-on request of the information handling system.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising monitoring the information handling system to detect a power shutdown request of the information handling system.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising responsive to detecting the power shutdown request, shutting down the information handling system and monitoring the information handling system to detect a power-on request of the information handling system.

10. A chassis, comprising:

a plurality of power supply units configured to be a primary source of power for a plurality of information handling systems; and

a chassis management controller communicatively coupled to the information handling systems, the chassis management controller configured to:

monitor a first power capacity of the power supply units; and

send a measure of a first available power of the power supply units to a service processor of one of the information handling systems, wherein the measure of the first available power is the first power capacity of the power supply units that is limited by a power limit of a sled connector between the chassis and the one information handling system;

wherein the service processor, responsive to a power-on request from the one information handling system, is configured to:

when the power limit of the sled connector is at least equal to a first power requirement of the one information handling system, then determine whether a total power available for the one information handling system is at least equal to the first power requirement of the one information handling system, wherein the total power available is a sum of the first available power of the power supply units and a second power capacity of a secondary power source of the one information handling system; and

when the total power available for the one information handling system is at least equal to the first power requirement of the one information handling system, then allow the one information handling system to power-on.

11. The chassis of claim 10 , wherein the service processor is further configured to, subsequent to the power-on request of the one information handling system, determine whether the secondary power source is healthy.

12. The chassis of claim 11 , wherein the service processor is further configured to, responsive to a determination that the secondary power source is healthy, enable the one information handling system to draw the first available power from the power supply units and the second power capacity from the secondary power source.

13. The chassis of claim 10 , wherein the first power capacity of the power supply units is at full capacity of the power supply units.

14. The chassis of claim 10 , the service processor is further configured to determine whether the total power available for the one information handling system is at least equal to a second power requirement of the one information handling system.

15. The chassis of claim 10 , the service processor is further configured to monitor the one information handling system to detect a power shutdown request from the one information handling system.

16. The chassis of claim 10 , wherein the secondary power source is in parallel with the power supply units.

17. A method comprising:

when a power-on request from an information handling system is detected by a service processor, then determining whether a power limit of a connector between the information handling system and a first power source is less than or equal to a first power requirement of the information handling system;

when the power limit of the connector is less than or equal to the first power requirement, then determining whether a total available power for the information handling system is at least equal to the first power requirement and a second power requirement of the information handling system, wherein the total available power is a sum of a first power available from the first power source and a second power available from a second power source;

when the total available power for the information handling system is at least equal to the first power requirement and the second power requirement of the information handling system, allowing the information handling system to power on and then determining whether the second power source is healthy; and

when the second power source is healthy, then drawing the first power available from the first power source and the second power available from the second power source.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first power available from the first power source is based on a power capacity of the first power source and the power limit of the connector.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising responsive to the determining that the second power source is unhealthy, drawing power from the first power source.

20. The method of claim 17 , further comprising responsive to the determining that the second power source is unhealthy, limiting sustained power consumption from the first power source to the power limit of the connector.

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