Power inrush management of storage devices

摘要

The various embodiments described herein include systems, methods and/or devices used to enable power inrush management of storage devices (e.g., DIMM devices). In one aspect, the method includes, for at least one storage device populated in a slot of a plurality of storage device slots, the plurality of storage device slots configured to be populated by two or more storage devices: (1) detecting a unique location associated with the storage device, (2) determining a time delay for the storage device in accordance with the unique location associated with the storage device, and (3) delaying at least one power-on operation of the storage device by the time delay for the storage device.

主权项

1. A method of power management of a storage system having a plurality of storage device slots configured to be populated by two or more storage devices, the method comprising:
for at least one storage device populated in a slot of the plurality of storage device slots:
detecting a unique location associated with the storage device;determining a time delay for the storage device in accordance with the unique location associated with the storage device; anddelaying at least one power-on operation of the storage device by the time delay for the storage device;wherein detecting the unique location associated with the storage device includes monitoring signals used for System Management Bus (SMBus) addressing.