METHOD TO SELECTIVELY ACTIVATE POWER OUTLETS IN A FLEXIBLE AND SCALABLE POWER AND SYSTEM MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

摘要

A power switching system, a method, and an information handling system (IHS) enables selective activation and de-activation of respective alternating current (AC) outlets of a plurality of AC outlets within an AC switch (ACS). The AC switch includes a decoder circuit that is couple via a control interface to a management controller (MC) and receives control commands from the control interface. In response to receipt of the control command, the decoder circuit decodes the command in order to provide control signals to one or more of a number of serial voltage relays, which are each respectively coupled to the AC outlets. The AC switch utilizes the decoder circuit to respectively configure the serial voltage relays using the control signals. By configuring the serial voltage relays, the MC provides and/or removes respective connections between AC inputs and AC outlets, which selectively activates and/or de-activates respective AC outlets.

主权项

1. A power switching system comprising:
a plurality of alternating current (AC) outlets; and a controller module comprising a control interface that receives control commands from a system management controller, wherein the controller module selectively provides at least one of (a) activation of AC outlets and (b) de-activation of AC outlets, from among the plurality of AC outlets based on one or more control commands received from the system management controller.