Communication Enabled UPS Power Cable for Server Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Information handling systems require increased access to system-level components without necessitating additional hardware connections or interfaces, which existing technologies fail to provide efficiently.
Innovation Solution
A communication-enabled uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system that uses a power cable to provide input power and enable communication between the UPS and the information handling system, allowing for remote management and power distribution through a UPS controller with a communication-enabled power interface, power output module, and communication module.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If remote management applications are implemented to access server components, then system administrator access is improved, but device complexity and connectivity requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The power cable is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: it provides electrical power transmission from the UPS to the information handling system and enables bidirectional communication between the same devices. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate communication cables or additional connectivity interfaces, thereby improving remote management capabilities without increasing device complexity or connectivity requirements.
2Adaptability or versatility
If additional hardware connections are added to enable communication, then communication capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The communication interface is integrated into the existing power cable infrastructure. The same physical cable that transmits electrical power also carries communication signals bidirectionally between the UPS and the information handling system. This merging of power and communication functions into a single hardware connection eliminates the need for additional cables, ports, or interfaces, thereby achieving full communication capability without increasing hardware complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for providing a communication enabled UPS power system for information handling system is disclosed. According to one aspect, an information handling system can be used to communicate with a power source using a first power cable. The information handling system can include a power circuit operable to power a portion of an information handling system using input power provided by an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). The information handling system can also include a UPS controller coupled to the power circuit. The UPS controller can control the output of the first UPS using a first power cable operable to provide the input power to power the portion of the information handling system.