Patent ID: 7768254
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: G01R,G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a plurality of computer devices, each computer device comprising a power supply that converts alternating power to direct current power and one or more computer sub-systems that receive the direct current power from the power supply through electrical connections that correspond to the computer sub-systems; a plurality of measurement adapters each corresponding to one of the computer devices, where each measurement adapter measures electrical properties associated with the respective electrical connections of the corresponding computer device while the corresponding computer device performs an operation, and wherein: an administrative device in communication with the computing devices over a network, wherein the administrative device is programmed to select one of the measurement adapters and to record information about the electrical properties associated with the computer sub-systems that correspond to the selected measurement adapter and to use the recorded information to adjust how the computing devices perform the operation.