Patent ID: 7865746
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling remote power state control of a computer device, said method comprising: receiving a pre-defined input to activate a power state control utility; providing a user interface with options for selection of one or more power states including a sleep state and a hibernate state of a client blade located at a remote blade center; enabling selection of the sleep state and the hibernate state only when a privilege level associated with an authenticated user is a first privilege level, wherein when the privilege level is not the first privilege level, only a power on and power off power states are supported for the authenticated user; encapsulating within a network packet a selected power state from among the one or more power states; and transmitting the network packet to the computer device via a network connection, wherein receipt of the network packet at the computer device triggers a change in power state of the computer device to the selected power state encapsulated within the network packet; wherein when the computer device is the client blade and the power state encapsulated within the network packet is one of the sleep state and the hibernate state, a receipt of the network packet at the client blade triggers the client blade to enter into a respective one of the sleep state and the hibernate state from a remote device.