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Granted Patent B2
US 10,409,352 · App. 15/797,753 · Granted Sep 10, 2019

Budgeting for power consumption in a chassis environment that includes a plurality of integrated technology elements

Inventors: Saurabh Chadha (Bangalore, IN); Prasanna Jayaraman (Austin, TX); Tony E. Sawan (Round Rock, TX)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,409,352
App. No.
15/797,753
Granted
Sep 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and products for budgeting for power consumption in a chassis environment that includes a plurality of integrated technology elements (‘ITEs’), each ITE having power utilization information indicating an average power consumption of the ITE, including: determining, by a chassis management module, a total power requirement value based on a sum of the average power consumption for each ITE; increasing, by the chassis management module, the total power requirement value in dependence upon a predetermined power utilization delta; identifying, by the chassis management module, one or more power supplies to provide power to the ITEs in the chassis environment in dependence upon power delivery capabilities of the one or more power supplies and the total power requirement value; and powering on the identified one or more power supplies by the chassis management module.

Claims (27)

1. A method of budgeting for power consumption in a chassis environment that includes a plurality of integrated technology elements (‘ITEs’), each ITE having power utilization information indicating an average power consumption of the ITE, the method comprising:

determining, by a chassis management module, a total power requirement value based on a sum of the average power consumption for each ITE;

determining, by the chassis management module, a system power utilization delta in dependence upon system configuration information describing one or more components in the chassis environment including an amount of time required to power on an additional power supply, wherein the system power utilization delta represents an amount of additional power that can be allocated for use by the ITEs;

increasing, by the chassis management module, the total power requirement value in dependence upon the system power utilization delta;

identifying, by the chassis management module, one or more power supplies to provide power to the ITEs in the chassis environment in dependence upon power delivery capabilities of the one or more power supplies and the increased total power requirement value.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising powering off each of the power supplies that were not identified to provide power to the ITEs in the chassis environment.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising rotating, by the chassis management module, which power supplies are identified to provide power to the ITEs in the chassis environment in dependence upon a power supply management policy.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the power supplies has an identical power delivery rating and identifying the one or more power supplies to provide power to the ITEs in the chassis environment further comprises identifying a number of active power supplies in dependence the power delivery rating and the total power requirement value.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising powering on one or more additional power supplies in dependence upon a predetermined power mode.

6. An apparatus for budgeting for power consumption in a chassis environment that includes a plurality of integrated technology elements (‘ITEs’), each ITE having power utilization information indicating an average power consumption of the ITE, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:

determining, by a chassis management module, a total power requirement value based on a sum of the average power consumption for each ITE;

determining, by the chassis management module, a system power utilization delta in dependence upon system configuration information describing one or more components in the chassis environment including an amount of time required to power on an additional power supply, wherein the system power utilization delta represents an amount of additional power that can be allocated for use by the ITEs;

increasing, by the chassis management module, the total power requirement value in dependence upon the system power utilization delta;

identifying, by the chassis management module, one or more power supplies to provide power to the ITEs in the chassis environment in dependence upon power delivery capabilities of the one or more power supplies and the increased total power requirement value.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the step of powering off each of the power supplies that were not identified to provide power to the ITEs in the chassis environment.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the step of rotating, by the chassis management module, which power supplies are identified to provide power to the ITEs in the chassis environment in dependence upon a power supply management policy.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein each of the power supplies has an identical power delivery rating and identifying the one or more power supplies to provide power to the ITEs in the chassis environment further comprises identifying a number of active power supplies in dependence the power delivery rating and the total power requirement value.

10. The apparatus of claim 6 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the step of powering on one or more additional power supplies in dependence upon a predetermined power mode.

11. A computer program product for budgeting for power consumption in a chassis environment that includes a plurality of integrated technology elements (‘ITEs’), each ITE having power utilization information indicating an average power consumption of the ITE, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium, wherein the computer readable medium is not a signal, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:

determining, by a chassis management module, a total power requirement value based on a sum of the average power consumption for each ITE;

determining, by the chassis management module, a system power utilization delta in dependence upon system configuration information describing one or more components in the chassis environment including an amount of time required to power on an additional power supply, wherein the system power utilization delta represents an amount of additional power that can be allocated for use by the ITEs;

increasing, by the chassis management module, the total power requirement value in dependence upon the system power utilization delta;

identifying, by the chassis management module, one or more power supplies to provide power to the ITEs in the chassis environment in dependence upon power delivery capabilities of the one or more power supplies and the increased total power requirement value.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to carry out the step of powering off each of the power supplies that were not identified to provide power to the ITEs in the chassis environment.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to carry out the step of rotating, by the chassis management module, which power supplies are identified to provide power to the ITEs in the chassis environment in dependence upon a power supply management policy.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein each of the power supplies has an identical power delivery rating and identifying the one or more power supplies to provide power to the ITEs in the chassis environment further comprises identifying a number of active power supplies in dependence the power delivery rating and the total power requirement value.

15. The computer program product of claim 11 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to carry out the step of powering on one or more additional power supplies in dependence upon a predetermined power mode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2017
From: CHADHA, SAURABH; JAYARAMAN, PRASANNA; SAWAN, TONY E.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 14834900 · Aug 25, 2015
Continuation 14269433 · May 5, 2014
Related Publication 20180046237A1 · Feb 15, 2018