Patent ID: 9342249
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06F,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling partner partitions in a clustered storage system by a processor device in a computing environment, the method comprising: using a physical rack-power control module (RPC) module for allowing a local storage partition, located on a local server, for controlling a destination storage partition, located on a destination server, by piggybacking a plurality of commands on power alerts issued by the RPC module; connecting the RPC module to a plurality of servers in the clustered storage system; and sending at least one of the plurality of commands from the local storage partition to the RPC module, wherein the plurality of commands are RPC commands and include a destination server identification (ID) and payload data that includes a hypervisor command containing a command type, a subtype, and a destination identification (ID).