Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20080028242
Filing Date: July 26, 2006
Inventors: Darren J. Cepulis
Assignee: Hewlett Packard Inc.
Current U.S. Classification: 713, 713/320000
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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.
Title ACPIA Programmer's Reference
ISBN
Description
An open industry standard that provides (among other things) power management. Linux implements this.
Title Energy-Efficient Server Clusters
ISBN 978-3-540-01028-9
Description
A publication describing the remote control of performance-states on a cluster of servers to save energy.
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