Patent ID: 9176564
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A storage enclosure configured to receive at least one storage resource, the storage enclosure comprising: an air mover configured to cool one or more storage resources received by the storage enclosure by delivering a flow of air within the storage enclosure; a power supply module configured to generate and deliver electrical energy to information handling resources of the storage enclosure including the at least one storage resource, the power supply module comprising a power monitor configured to: measure a physical quantity indicative of an electrical current delivered from the power supply module; and detect an overcurrent condition of the power supply module based on the physical quantity and cause the power supply module to shut down in response to detection of the overcurrent condition; and a controller configured to: based on the physical quantity, determine a power delivered from the power supply module; based on the power delivered from the power supply module, determine a desired rate of the flow of air from the air mover; cause the air mover to deliver the flow of air in accordance with the desired rate; calculate an estimated power delivered to the one or more storage resources based on the power delivered from the power supply module; periodically receive from the one or more storage resources a signal indicative of a thermal status of the one or more storage resources; responsive to receiving the signal, store to a data structure data correlating the thermal statuses to the estimated power delivered to the one or more storage resources at the time the signal indicative of a thermal status is received; and determine the desired rate of the flow of air based on the data stored to the data structure in addition to the physical quantity indicative of the power delivered from the power supply module.