Patent ID: 9104405
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
1. A method of monitoring power consumption, the method comprising: determining, by a circuit monitoring interposer, a power capacity of a power circuit based on a type of the power circuit, wherein the circuit monitoring interposer comprises a device that provides an electrical contact between the power circuit and a power supply; receiving, by the circuit monitoring interposer, a power consumption server measurement from each server monitoring interposer of a plurality of server monitoring interposers, each power consumption server measurement corresponding to a server of the plurality of servers, wherein a server monitoring interposer comprises a device that provides an electrical contact between the power circuit and a server; determining a total power consumption of the power circuit in dependence upon a total of the power consumption server measurements received from the server monitoring interposers coupled to the power circuit; and determining whether the total power consumption of the power circuit exceeds the power capacity of the power circuit, and if the total power consumption of the power circuit exceeds the power capacity, instructing, by the circuit monitoring interposer, one or more servers to reduce their power consumption.