Mass storage device electrical power consumption monitoring

    公开(公告)号:US10976793B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-13

    申请号:US16739810

    申请日:2020-01-10

    Abstract: A rack computer system can provide data indicating electrical power consumption by separate sets of the mass storage devices, including separate individual mass storage devices, of the rack computer system. A power sensor can be electrically coupled to a power transmission line for each mass storage device. The power sensor can be coupled to the power transmission line externally to the mass storage device. The power sensor can be an internal power sensor of the mass storage device, where a mass storage device microcontroller transmits internally-generated data to an external power monitoring system. A microcontroller can transmit the data to a baseboard management controller via a side-band connection between the mass storage device and the controller. The data can be transmitted via an in-band connection between a baseboard management controller and an instance of firmware which accesses internally-generated data from mass storage device microcontrollers.

    Mass storage device electrical power consumption monitoring

    公开(公告)号:US10534417B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-14

    申请号:US14643983

    申请日:2015-03-10

    Abstract: A rack computer system can provide data indicating electrical power consumption by separate sets of the mass storage devices, including separate individual mass storage devices, of the rack computer system. A power sensor can be electrically coupled to a power transmission line for each mass storage device. The power sensor can be coupled to the power transmission line externally to the mass storage device. The power sensor can be an internal power sensor of the mass storage device, where a mass storage device microcontroller transmits internally-generated data to an external power monitoring system. A microcontroller can transmit the data to a baseboard management controller via a side-band connection between the mass storage device and the controller. The data can be transmitted via an in-band connection between a baseboard management controller and an instance of firmware which accesses internally-generated data from mass storage device microcontrollers.

    Storage medium reader physical location access

    公开(公告)号:US11308992B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-19

    申请号:US16711959

    申请日:2019-12-12

    Abstract: Technologies are provided for accessing a physical location of a storage medium reader of a storage device. A computing device can transmit a request for the storage medium reader's physical location. The storage device can determine the physical location of the storage medium reader and transmit the location to the computing device. The computing device can use the physical location of the storage medium reader to determine an expected latency for retrieving one or more stored data items. The computing device can transmit a command to change the physical location of the storage medium reader, for example by changing a location of the storage medium reader with respect to a given storage medium and/or changing a storage medium that is accessed by the storage medium reader. The computing device can control the placement of the storage medium reader in order to optimize retrieval of data items from the storage device.

    Mesh network topology based on midplane board

    公开(公告)号:US10694635B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-23

    申请号:US16103653

    申请日:2018-08-14

    Inventor: Roey Rivnay

    Abstract: A system can include a midplane board and multiple sleds. Each sled can include a processor and an interconnect part. The interconnect part can be positioned at a lateral edge of the sled. Both sides of the midplane board can include interconnect portions that engage the interconnect parts from the sleds. The interconnect portions of the midplane board can be connected to enable inter-processor communication among processors on the sleds. For example, the midplane board may connect processors from first and second sleds received on one side of the midplane board with processors from third and fourth sleds received on an opposite side of the midplane board. The sleds may connect to power at rear, for example, being translated in a longitudinal direction to engage power and translated toward the midplane board and non-parallel to the longitudinal direction to engage the interconnect parts and portions.

    SERVER SYSTEM
    6.
    发明申请
    SERVER SYSTEM 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20200100382A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-26

    申请号:US16698456

    申请日:2019-11-27

    Abstract: A system includes a rack and one or more server systems mounted in the rack. A server system includes a chassis with one or more arrays of devices in the chassis. Each array includes mass storage devices and a server device mounted in the array within the chassis of the server system. The server device occupies no more than an equivalent volume of space in the chassis as one of the mass storage devices. A set of mass storage devices of an array and the server device of the array form a logical node, and a server system may include multiple logical nodes in the same chassis. Each array of devices may be located in a sled that can move into and out of the chassis of the server system.

    Distributed computing device power

    公开(公告)号:US11630496B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-18

    申请号:US16022049

    申请日:2018-06-28

    Abstract: Technology is described for a system that includes a power source, a first computing device, a second computing device and a host controller. The power source may provide a direct current (DC) voltage. The first computing device may perform a computing function in a computing environment. The second computing devices may be connected in series to the power source via the first computing device. The first computing device may be directly coupled to the power source and may receive the DC voltage from the power source, and the second computing device may receive a remaining amount of the DC voltage. The host controller may manage computing operations of the first computing device and the second computing device to control load impedance between first computing device and the second computing device.

    MASS STORAGE DEVICE ELECTRICAL POWER CONSUMPTION MONITORING

    公开(公告)号:US20200150733A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-14

    申请号:US16739810

    申请日:2020-01-10

    Abstract: A rack computer system can provide data indicating electrical power consumption by separate sets of the mass storage devices, including separate individual mass storage devices, of the rack computer system. A power sensor can be electrically coupled to a power transmission line for each mass storage device. The power sensor can be coupled to the power transmission line externally to the mass storage device. The power sensor can be an internal power sensor of the mass storage device, where a mass storage device microcontroller transmits internally-generated data to an external power monitoring system. A microcontroller can transmit the data to a baseboard management controller via a side-band connection between the mass storage device and the controller. The data can be transmitted via an in-band connection between a baseboard management controller and an instance of firmware which accesses internally-generated data from mass storage device microcontrollers.

    Server system
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10575428B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-25

    申请号:US15823498

    申请日:2017-11-27

    Abstract: A system includes a rack and one or more server systems mounted in the rack. A server system includes at least one sever node and each server node includes an array of devices including mass storage devices and at least one server device. Segments of the array of devices of a particular server node are mounted in sub-node chassis that include intra node connectors. Multiple sub-node chassis that each include devices such as mass storage devices or server devices of the sever node couple together via the intra node connectors when installed in a server system chassis to form a server node. Each server node of a server system may be a separate logical node. Also, the sub-node chassis of a server node may be configured for vertical airflow through the sub-node chassis in addition to cross airflow.

    Cable with integrated status indicator

    公开(公告)号:US09772788B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-26

    申请号:US14623210

    申请日:2015-02-16

    CPC classification number: G06F3/0634 G06F3/0604 G06F3/0632 G06F3/067

    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a plurality of pins for transmitting electrical signals and at least one illumination device disposed on the electrical connector and electrically coupled to at least one of the pins. The illumination device is disposed so as to radiate light from the exterior of the electrical connector. The radiated light is visible while the electrical connector is engaged. The illumination device is configured to be controlled by pins that are not used for data transmission.

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