Patent ID: 7313714

Claim:
A power management system for managing a plurality of modular power supplies for a computer system, the system comprising: a monitor circuit coupled to receive information from each said modular power supply of the plurality of modular power supplies, the plurality of modular power supplies for powering the computer system or subcomponents of the computer system, the plurality of modular power supplies being groupable so that a first group of two or more of the modular power supplies can power a first subcomponent of the computer system, and a second group of at least one of the modular power supplies can power a different second subcomponent of the computer system, wherein from the information the monitor circuit is operable to identify a respective state associated with the first and second groups of modular power supplies, and to generate an alert reflective of any said state; an alert system circuit operable to receive the alert and communicate with a user concerning the alert.