| 摘要 |
A system and method for enhanced energy control policy for unmanaged device applications. EEE control customizations are provided to a profile element (e.g., PROM, EEPROM, flash memory, system memory, input pins, etc.) that is included in the unmanaged device. The configuration information stored in profile element is accessed by an EEE control policy for customization of the EEE control policy. In one embodiment, the EEE control customization can be generated by another device (e.g., managed device) separate from the unmanaged device. |
| 主权项 |
1. A system for customizing an energy efficiency control in an unmanaged device, comprising:
circuitry configured to implement an energy efficient Ethernet control policy, data relating to said energy efficient Ethernet control policy being resident in a memory of said unmanaged device; and one or more input pins that are individually selectable by a user, wherein a value indicated by a position of said one or more input pins is used by said energy efficient Ethernet control policy to determine a mechanism by which said energy efficient Ethernet control policy analyzes operational data of said unmanaged device to determine a need to transition between two or more power states, said one or more input pins configured to provide the user with control of one or more parameters of said energy efficient Ethernet control policy to switch said energy efficient Ethernet control policy between a plurality of levels of aggressiveness, each of said plurality of levels of aggressiveness implementing a different level of balance between energy savings and performance of said unmanaged device. |
