Patent ID: 9535479
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of performing power management in a rack-mount system, the rack-mount system including a plurality of electronic devices and a plurality of power supplies disposed in a rack, the method comprising: a specific electronic device among the plurality of electronic devices sending a booting notification to a rack management controller (RMC) of the rack-mount system before performing a booting procedure; and the RMC accessing booting parameters of the specific electronic device after receiving the booting notification; the RMC calculating an amount of power required for the specific electronic device to perform the booting procedure according to the booting parameters; the RMC controlling a number of activated power supplies among the plurality of power supplies according to the calculated amount of power required for the specific electronic device to perform the booting procedure; the RMC sending a booting approval after controlling the number of activated power supplies among the plurality of power supplies; and the specific electronic device performing the booting procedure after receiving the booting approval.