Method for automatically optimizing power consumption

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11093017-B2
Application number	US-202016794085-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2020
Priority date	Nov 5, 2019
Publication date	Aug 17, 2021
Grant date	Aug 17, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for automatically optimizing power consumption. The method includes: (S 1 ) a baseboard management controller determines whether system information is correct or not after powered on. If correct, further proceeding the method. If not correct, stopping further proceeding the method. (S 2 ) the baseboard management controller periodically detects the surface temperature and the internal temperature of the essential element with a first loop cycle and determines whether the surface temperature or the internal temperature is higher than a preset temperature. (S 3 ) If the surface temperature or the internal temperature is higher than the preset temperature, performing a PID adjustment to the fan rotation speed according to the surface temperature or the internal temperature of the essential element. If the surface temperature or the inner temperature is not higher than the preset temperature, performing a stepwise adjustment to the fan rotation speed according to current environment temperature.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for automatically optimizing power consumption, wherein a fan rotation speed is adjusted stepwise for maintaining an average power consumption of a server at a lowest level during a normal operation of the server; meanwhile, a surface temperature (Tc) or an internal temperature (Tj) of an essential element is detected, and the method for automatically optimizing power consumption comprises:
(step S 1 ) determining whether system information is correct or not by a baseboard management controller after power on; further proceeding the method when the system information is correct; stopping further proceeding the method when the system information is not correct;
(step S 2 ) by the baseboard management controller, detecting the surface temperature (Tc) or the internal temperature (Tj) of the essential element periodically with a first loop cycle time (Ts), and determining whether the surface temperature (Tc) or the internal temperature (Tj) is higher than a preset temperature (Tsp);
(step S 3 ) performing a PID adjustment to the fan rotation speed according to the surface temperature (Tc) or the internal temperature (Tj) of the essential element when the surface temperature (Tc) or the internal temperature (Tj) is higher than the preset temperature (Tsp); and
(step S 4 ) performing a stepwise adjustment to the fan rotation speed according to a current environment temperature (Ta) when the surface temperature (Tc) or the internal temperature (Tj) is not higher than the preset temperature (Tsp).

2. The method for automatically optimizing power consumption according to claim 1 , wherein the system information at least includes: a baseboard management controller (BMC) version, a BIOS version, field replace unit (FRU) information and system configuration information.

3. The method for automatically optimizing power consumption according to claim 2 , wherein all information recorded before step S 4 is removed when step S 3 is performed.

4. The method for automatically optimizing power consumption according to claim 1 , wherein a range of the first loop cycle time (Ts) is defined as 1 s≤Ts≤5 s.

5. The method for automatically optimizing power consumption according to claim 4 , wherein all information recorded before step S 4 is removed when step S 3 is performed.

6. The method for automatically optimizing power consumption according to claim 1 , wherein the preset temperature (Tsp) is set up according to device specifications.

7. The method for automatically optimizing power consumption according to claim 6 , wherein all information recorded before step S 4 is removed when step S 3 is performed.

8. The method for automatically optimizing power consumption according to claim 1 , wherein, in step S 4 , a plurality of cycles are defined as each having a second loop cycle time (T), a present system average power consumption is calculated and compared with a minimum average power consumption in each of the plurality of cycles; the fan rotation speed is increased in a next cycle and the minimum average power consumption remains unchanged when the present system average power consumption is greater than the minimum average power consumption; the fan rotation speed is decreased in a next cycle and a value of the minimum average power consumption is updated with a value of the present system average power consumption when the present system average power consumption is less than the minimum average power consumption.

9. The method for automatically optimizing power consumption according to claim 8 , wherein a present value of the fan rotation speed and the value of the present system average power consumption in a first one of the plurality of cycles are recorded, the value of the present system average power consumption is used as a value of the minimum average power consumption, and the present value of the fan rotation speed is set as a basic value corresponding to the current environment temperature (Ta).

10. The method for automatically optimizing power consumption according to claim 9 , wherein all information recorded before step S 4 is removed when step S 3 is performed.

11. The method for automatically optimizing power consumption according to claim 8 , wherein the second loop cycle time (T) is 1800 s.

12. The method for automatically optimizing power consumption according to claim 11 , wherein all information recorded before step S 4 is removed when step S 3 is performed.

13. The method for automatically optimizing power consumption according to claim 8 , wherein a formula of increasing the fan rotation speed is denoted as: S′=S+n %, wherein S represents the fan rotation speed in a present cycle, S′ represents the fan rotation speed in a next cycle, n represents an amount of stepwise adjustment, and 0<n<3.

14. The method for automatically optimizing power consumption according to claim 13 , wherein all information recorded before step S 4 is removed when step S 3 is performed.

15. The method for automatically optimizing power consumption according to claim 8 , wherein a formula of decreasing the fan rotation speed is denoted as: S′=S−n %, wherein S represents the fan rotation speed in a present cycle, S′ represents the fan rotation speed in a next cycle, n represents an amount of stepwise adjustment, and 0<n<3.

16. The method for automatically optimizing power consumption according to claim 15 , wherein all information recorded before step S 4 is removed when step S 3 is performed.

17. The method for automatically optimizing power consumption according to claim 8 , wherein all information recorded before step S 4 is removed when step S 3 is performed.

18. The method for automatically optimizing power consumption according to claim 1 , wherein all information recorded before step S 4 is removed when step S 3 is performed.

Assignees

• Inventec Pudong Tech Corp
• Inventec Corp

Inventors

• Zhu Shuaifeng
• Zhang Lian-Fei
• Xiang pin-yi
• Yang Lei

Classifications

• Y02D10/00

  Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management · CPC title

• G06F1/3203

  Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode · CPC title

• G06F1/32

  Means for saving power · CPC title

• G06F1/206

  comprising thermal management · CPC title

• G06F2200/201

  Cooling arrangements using cooling fluid · CPC title