POWER OPTIMIZATION ON A POWER-OVER-ETHERNET BASED THIN CLIENT DEVICE

摘要

Power allocated to a plurality of external ports of a thin client device is optimized based on power available to the thin client device that interoperates with a host device. A determination is made as to available power for the thin client device. Operational states of a plurality of external ports of the thin client device are configured based on the available power and operational settings for the thin client device. These operational settings could be user or administrator configured, pre-configured into the thin client device, or a combination thereof.