Patent ID: 8020167

Claim:
A method for automatic throttling of resources in an information handling system chassis, comprising: determining whether a first throttling condition exists, the first throttling condition existing when a chassis management controller fails to communicate a clock or synchronization signal to one or more devices in an information handling system chassis for a particular duration of time; determining whether a second throttling condition exists, the second throttling condition existing when the chassis management controller fails to communicate data to one or more devices in the information system handling chassis; determining whether a third throttling condition exists, the third throttling condition existing when the resource is not in a low-power configuration; determining whether a fourth throttling condition exists, the fourth throttling condition existing when an out-of-band command has been received to throttle the resource; and throttling a resource in the information handling system chassis if at least one of the first throttling condition and the second throttling condition exists.