IP Library Granted Patent US 11,592,887
Granted Patent B2
US 11,592,887 · App. 17/319,125 · Granted Feb 28, 2023

Power control apparatus and method for power control

Inventors: Kiyoshi Sudo (Kuki, JP); Kazuya Okamoto (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
G06F1/30G06F1/263H02J9/06
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Patent No.
US 11,592,887
App. No.
17/319,125
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus includes: a memory and a first processor being configured to: control an operating frequency of a second processor connected to power supply devices that receive power from one or more power source systems to an operating frequency corresponding to a power value based on information on a number of power source systems and information on a number of uninterruptable power supplies connected to the power supply devices; and control, when the number of the power source systems is two or more and an uninterruptable power supply is connected to a power supply device in each of the power source systems, the operating frequency of the second processor to an operating frequency corresponding to a power value based on a number of power supply devices normally operating in a first power source system and a number of uninterruptable power supplies in a second power source system.

Claims (40)

1. A power control apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a first processor coupled to the memory, the first processor being configured to:

control an operating frequency of a second processor connected to a plurality of power supply devices that receive power from one or more power source systems to an operating frequency corresponding to a power value based on information related to a number of power source systems in the plurality of power supply devices and information related to a number of uninterruptable power supplies connected to the plurality of power supply devices; and

control, in a case where the number of the power source systems is two or more, an uninterruptable power supply is connected to a power supply device in each of the power source systems, and each of the power source systems is operating normally, the operating frequency of the second processor to an operating frequency corresponding to a total value of a power value based on a number of power supply devices normally operating in a first power source system and a power value based on a number of uninterruptable power supplies in a second power source system different from the first power source system.

2. The power control apparatus according to claim 1 , the first processor being further configured to:

control, in a case where the number of the power source systems is two or more, an uninterruptable power supply is connected to a power supplying device of each of the power source systems, and a power failure occurs in the one or more power source systems, the operating frequency of the second processor to an operating frequency corresponding to a power value based on a number of power supply devices normally operating in a power source system being normal among the power source systems.

3. The power control apparatus according to claim 1 , the first processor being further configured to:

control, in a case where the number of the power source systems is one, the operating frequency of the second processor to an operating frequency corresponding to a power value based on the number obtained by subtracting one from a number of power supply devices normally operating in the power source system.

4. The power control apparatus according to claim 3 , the first processor being further configured to:

control, in a case where the number of the power source system being one is caused from a power failure in one or more power source systems among the two or more power source systems, the operating frequency of the second processor to an operating frequency corresponding to a power value based on a number of power supply devices normally operating in a normal power source system within a predetermined time period from an occurrence of the power failure.

5. The power control apparatus according to claim 4 , the first processor being further configured to:

control, in a case where a number of the power source systems is two or more and no uninterruptable power supply is not connected to the respective power supply devices of the power source systems, the operating frequency of the second processor to an operating frequency corresponding to a power value based on a number of power supply devices normally operating in the first power source system.

6. The power control apparatus according to claim 1 , the first processor being further configured to:

store power value setting information in which a number of the power source systems, a number of the uninterruptable power supplies, and an operating frequency that is to be set in the second processor are associated with one another; and

control the operating frequency of the second processor to an operating frequency associated with the number of the power source systems and the number of the uninterruptable power supplies by referring to the power value setting information.

7. The power control apparatus according to claim 1 , the first processor being further configured to:

determine the number of the power source systems based on a result of receiving a given signal in each of the plurality of power supply devices in each of the one or more power source systems, the signal being transmitted among the plurality of power supply devices in the power source system through a power line in the power source system, the power line being connected one to a power source provided each of the one or more of power source systems.

8. A method for power control implemented by a computer, the method comprising:

at the computer

controlling an operating frequency of a processor connected to a plurality of power supply devices that receive power from one or more power source systems to an operating frequency corresponding to a power value based on information related to a number of power source systems in the plurality of power supply devices and information related to a number of uninterruptable power supplies connected to the plurality of power supply devices; and

controlling, in a case where the number of the power source systems is two or more, an uninterruptable power supply is connected to a power supply device in each of the power source systems, and each of the power source systems is operating normally, the operating frequency of the processor to an operating frequency corresponding to a total value of a power value based on a number of power supply devices normally operating in a first power source system and a power value based on a number of uninterruptable power supplies in a second power source system different from the first power source system.

9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising

at the computer

controlling, in a case where the number of the power source systems is two or more, an uninterruptable power supply is connected to a power supplying device of each of the power source systems, and a power failure occurs in the one or more power source systems, the operating frequency of the processor to an operating frequency corresponding to a power value based on a number of power supply devices normally operating in a power source system being normal among the power source systems.

10. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising

at the computer

controlling, in a case where the number of the power source systems is one, the operating frequency of the processor to an operating frequency corresponding to a power value based on the number obtained by subtracting one from a number of power supply devices normally operating in the power source system.

11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising

at the computer

controlling, in a case where the number of the power source system being one is caused from a power failure in one or more power source systems among the two or more power source systems, the operating frequency of the processor to an operating frequency corresponding to a power value based on a number of power supply devices normally operating in a normal power source system within a predetermined time period from an occurrence of the power failure.

12. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising

at the computer

controlling, in a case where a number of the power source systems is two or more and no uninterruptable power supply is not connected to the respective power supply devices of the power source systems, the operating frequency of the processor to an operating frequency corresponding to a power value based on a number of power supply devices normally operating in the first power source system.

13. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising

at the computer

controlling the operating frequency of the processor to an operating frequency associated with the number of the power source systems and the number of the uninterruptable power supplies by referring to power value setting information from a storage area, the power value setting information associating a number of the power source systems, a number of the uninterruptable power supplies, and an operating frequency that is to be set in the processor with one another.

14. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising

at the computer

determine the number of the power source systems based on a result of receiving a given signal in each of the plurality of power supply devices in each of the one or more power source systems, the signal being transmitted among the plurality of power supply devices in the power source system through a power line in the power source system, the power line being connected one to a power source provided each of the one or more of power source systems.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2021
From: SUDO, KIYOSHI; OKAMOTO, KAZUYA
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-135997 · Aug 11, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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