Julia Ann Harper

US Patent:

20130268779, Oct 10, 2013

Filed:

Apr 5, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/440829

Inventors:

Robert J. Hueston - Sunnyvale CA, US
Julia D. Harper - Sunnyvale CA, US
John Mulligan - Sunnyvale CA, US
Michael Banatt - Sunnyvale CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 1/26

US Classification:

713300

Abstract:

A system and method of dynamically managing a power supply allocation for each one of the server blades in a blade server includes a blade server system having a blade chassis, multiple server blades coupled to the blade chassis, a power supply system coupled to the blade chassis, a chassis management module coupled to the blade chassis, wherein the blade chassis includes electrical and data communication interconnections between the server blades, the redundant power supply system and the chassis management module. The chassis management module includes computer readable media having program instructions for dynamically managing a power supply allocation for each one of the server blades.