Patent ID: 8452867
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for managing network and server power, the method comprising: routing network traffic onto a number of core networks based on core network statistics; determining capacity requirements for the number of core networks based on core network statistics for the number of core networks and for a number of servers operating a number of virtual machines on the number of core networks, wherein the number of core networks include a number of core switches and a number of edge switches; ranking the number of core switches based on their ability to increase network traffic and consume less power; setting the capacity for the number of core switches based on the capacity requirements for the number of core networks and the rank of the core switches and for the number of servers based on the capacity requirements for the number of servers; and setting the capacity of the number of core networks by reading core network statistics from a database, determining that the capacity of the number of core networks needs to increase or decrease to meet core network capacity requirements, and changing the capacity of a Link Aggregation Group (LAG) to increase or decrease the capacity of the number of core networks.