Patent ID: 8015420

Claim:
A system for power management of a storage enclosure, comprising: a host; and a storage enclosure comprising: at least one storage resource configured to communicate with the host via a particular transmission protocol; a management module configured to: receive a power down command via the particular transmission protocol; in response to the receipt of the power down command, set a variable indicating that the storage enclosure is to be placed in a low-power state receive a power up command via the particular transmission protocol; and in response to receipt of the power up command, set a variable indicating that the storage enclosure is to be placed in a high-power state, a power supply module comprising: at least one power supply configured to supply electrical energy to the at least one storage resource when the variable indicating that the storage enclosure is to placed in the high-power state; and an auxiliary power supply configured to supply electrical energy to the management module when the variable indicating that the storage enclosure is to placed in the low-power state.