Multiple computer equipment and management method for determining number of AC-DC power modules to be operated by calculating power consumption based upon system information

摘要

An object of the present invention is to provide a management technique for managing power supply modules. In multiple computer equipment 100, in response to a load state, if an operation system 1101 issues a command that changes a processor state of a processor 1021 to a sleep state, a management module 107 is notified through a management network MI that the processor state has changed. The management module 107 holds a system information 108, and performs the steps of: updating system information 108 because the processor state has changed; from this system information 108, calculating the power consumption required for the multiple computer equipment 100; determining the number of required AC-DC power supply modules 1061, 1062, . . . to be operated; and changing the number of operating AC-DC power supply modules 1061, 1062, . . . by use of a control interface PA.