Patent ID: 9720479
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A system for managing power consumption across plural server information handling systems deployed in plural supporting chassis, the system comprising: a local server light manager configured on each of the server information handling systems to gather indicator light configurations from non-volatile memory of components disposed in an associated information handling system and to selectively override component indicator light settings; a supporting chassis server light manager configured on each of the plural supporting chassis to gather indicator light configurations from non-volatile memory of chassis components disposed in an associated chassis and from the local server light managers of server information handling systems disposed in the associated supporting chassis, the supporting chassis server light manager operable to selectively override component indicator light settings of chassis components and to provide associated local server light managers with component indicator light override settings; and an administrative server light manager interfaced with the supporting chassis server light managers, the administrative server light manager operable to accept component indicator light settings and to provide the component indicator light settings to the supporting chassis server light manager; a power manager associated with each server information handling system and operable to manage power consumed by the associated information handling system according to a power allocation; and a power allocator interfaced with one or more of the supporting chassis server light managers, the power allocator operable to adjust the power allocated to the power manager based at least in part upon the component indicator light settings.