Patent ID: 8225122

Claim:
A method for providing a power-on request from a blade computing module in a blade server system, said blade computing module comprising a blade management processor and a field replaceable unit electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (FRU EEPROM), the method comprising: receiving, in the blade management processor and the FRU EEPROM, power from an auxiliary power supply while the blade computing module is in a power-off state; receiving, at the blade management processor, a power-on signal when the blade computing module is in the power-off state, wherein the blade computing module consumes more power in the a power-on state than in the power-off state; and while the blade computing module is in the power-off state, formatting, at the blade management processor, a power-on request that characterizes actual power requirements of operating the blade computing module including actual power requirements of operating the FRU EEPROM in the power-on state; and providing the power-on request to a chassis management processor of the blade server system.