Patent ID: 11921562
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 15:
16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a set of instructions which when executed perform a method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
determining a total power supply capacity comprising a sum of a plurality of power supply capacities respectively corresponding to a plurality of power supplies serving a plurality of components disposed in a chassis;
determining a total system power requirement comprising a sum of a plurality of power requirements respectively corresponding to the plurality of components;
determining a need to add a new component to the plurality of components, wherein determining the need to add the new component to the plurality of components comprises determining that a temperature rise in an area on the chassis served by a fan row, and wherein the new component comprises the fan row;
adding a new power requirement to the total system power requirement, the new power requirement corresponding to the new component;
determining that the total power supply capacity is less than the total system power requirement;
powering up a new power supply in the plurality of power supplies serving the plurality of components in response to determining that the total power supply capacity is less than the total system power requirement; and
powering up the new component in the plurality of components in response to powering up the new power supply.