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A computer system for remotely controlling power consumption of plural servers from a host computer, comprising:a power control module operating on the host computer configured to remotely initiate a change in a power consumption state of the plural remote servers;

a modulation module configured to dynamically modulate clock speed of the plural servers at the request of an administrator;

a command generation module configured to generate appropriate commands and encoding the commands into a format suitable for transport over a data network from an administration terminal to the plural servers; and

a module located at the servers configured to interpret the commands and execute the commands by the plural servers.

#179Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

Applies to Claims 16,6,8

Submitted by: Prithvi SrihariLast updated: almost 4 years ago

Title ACPIA Programmer's Reference

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An open industry standard that provides (among other things) power management. Linux implements this.

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#180Energy-Efficient Server Clusters