Patent ID: 7816810

Claim:
A rack mount power system for configuring alternating current (AC) power, the rack power system comprising: a plurality of direct current (DC) receptacles; a communication system configured to receive a plurality of externally transmitted communications, each communication comprising configuration data that, when processed, identifies at least one selected DC power level; an AC to DC regulator configured to convert AC power to DC power; a plurality of DC to DC regulators, each corresponding to one of the DC receptacles and each configured to receive the DC power from the AC to DC regulator, to convert the DC power to the selected DC power level for the corresponding DC receptacle, and to generate the DC power at the selected DC power level for the corresponding DC receptacle, each selected DC power level independent of other selected DC power levels, each selected DC power level not initially preset; and a processor configured to receive the communications from the communication system, to process the communications to determine each selected DC power level based on the configuration data of a corresponding communication, to configure each DC to DC regulator to convert the DC power to the selected DC power level for the corresponding DC receptacle, and to enable generating the DC power at the selected DC power levels to the corresponding DC receptacles.