Patent ID: 9474181
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G06F,H02J,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A scalable power and management module (PMM) comprising: a chassis configured to be slideably inserted into at least one power and management bay within a rack, the PMM providing scalable power distribution and rack-level management functions that are shared by a plurality of IT gear; a plurality of power supply units (PSUs) mounted in the chassis, wherein the number of PSUs is scalable based on the number of IT gear; at least one management controller mounted in the chassis that provides rack-level management of at least one of the IT gear and at least one associated block controller within the rack; a power controller mounted in the chassis and communicatively coupled to the PSUs and the at least one management controller, the power controller controlling power functions of the PMM; an infrastructure manager circuit board mounted in the chassis and connected to the management controller by a first Ethernet cable; and at least one Ethernet connector mounted to the infrastructure manager circuit board, the Ethernet connector facing toward a back side of the chassis, the Ethernet connector connected to a second Ethernet cable having an allocated global throttle wire directly connecting a plurality of block controllers within the rack with the management controller, wherein the block controllers within the IHS are pre-programmed to respond to an assertion of a signal on the global throttle wire by the management controller by immediately throttling operations of one or more of the IT gear.