Patent ID: 9710051
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,H05K

Claim:
1. A method of adjusting power supply modes, comprising: dividing, with a control unit, a power loading of an information handling system into N sections, wherein N corresponds to a number of power supply units coupled to the information handling system; configuring, with the control unit, a first power supply unit to an active state during a first time period; configuring, with the control unit, one or more of the remaining power supply units to a suspended state during the first time period; configuring, with the control unit, the first power supply to the suspended state in response to a second time period being reached; configuring, with the control unit, a second power supply to the active state in response to the second time period being reached; rotating, with the control unit, the active state among the power supply units in response to sequential time periods being reached; and dynamically adjusting, with the control unit, a duration of time periods in response to a change in a power load profile of the information handling system.