Patent ID: 7363520
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A power supply subsystem, comprising: a first power supply having a first power circuit, a first controller adapted to control operation of the first power circuit, a first interface adapted to connect the first controller to an external device, and a first bi-directional peer-to-peer port, a second power supply having a second power circuit, a second controller adapted to control operation of the second power circuit, a second interface adapted to connect the second controller to the external device, and a second bi-directional peer-to-peer port, a bi-directional peer-to-peer communications channel interconnecting the first bi-directional peer-to-peer port of the first power supply and the second bi-directional peer-to-peer port of the second power supply to form, between the first and second power supplies, a communications link that is separated from the first and second interfaces.