Patents by Inventor Ronald P. Corrado

Ronald P. Corrado has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Concurrent replacement of distributed conversion and control assembly
    Patent number: 11068279
    Abstract: A method includes identifying a first distributed conversion and control assembly (DCCA) in a central electronics complex (CEC) of a computer system, the CEC containing the first DCCA and a second DCCA, each of the first DCCA and the second DCCA having a flexible service processor (FSP); determining that the computer system satisfies preconditions for concurrent replacement of the first DCCA; disabling control software for a thermal and power management device (TPMD) of the first DCCA; fencing off the first DCCA; depowering the first DCCA; receiving a new media access control (MAC) address of a replacement DCCA; reconfiguring an operating system of the CEC to recognize the new MAC address of the replacement DCCA; powering on the replacement DCCA; removing the fencing off of the first DCCA; and resetting an FSP of the replacement DCCA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ronald P Corrado, Anthony Joseph Cozzolino, Gerald Fahr, Bret G Bidwell, Ellick Chi-lick Law, Patrick Caffrey, William Wajda
  • CONCURRENT REPLACEMENT OF DISTRIBUTED CONVERSION AND CONTROL ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20200285484
    Abstract: A method includes identifying a first distributed conversion and control assembly (DCCA) in a central electronics complex (CEC) of a computer system, the CEC containing the first DCCA and a second DCCA, each of the first DCCA and the second DCCA having a flexible service processor (FSP); determining that the computer system satisfies preconditions for concurrent replacement of the first DCCA; disabling control software for a thermal and power management device (TPMD) of the first DCCA; fencing off the first DCCA; depowering the first DCCA; receiving a new media access control (MAC) address of a replacement DCCA; reconfiguring an operating system of the CEC to recognize the new MAC address of the replacement DCCA; powering on the replacement DCCA; removing the fencing off of the first DCCA; and resetting an FSP of the replacement DCCA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Ronald P. Corrado, Anthony Joseph Cozzolino, Gerald Fahr, Bret G. Bidwell, Ellick Chi-lick Law, Patrick Caffrey, William Wajda
  • Method and system for automated energy usage monitoring within a data center
    Patent number: 7653499
    Abstract: An automated method and system are provided for facilitating monitoring of energy usage within a data center. The method includes automatically determining energy usage of one or more electronics racks of a data center by automatically ascertaining time-based energy usage of the electronics racks. The automatically ascertaining includes obtaining multiple measurements of instantaneous energy usage by each of the electronics racks in the data center over a period of time, and then separately averaging the multiple measurements for each electronics rack to obtain the time-based energy usage of each electronics racks. The method also includes outputting the time-based energy usage of the electronic(s) racks to facilitate monitoring of the data center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald P. Corrado, Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Jeffrey A. Newcomer, Roger R. Schmidt, Gerard V. Weber
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED ENERGY USAGE MONITORING WITHIN A DATA CENTER
    Publication number: 20090157333
    Abstract: An automated method and system are provided for facilitating monitoring of energy usage within a data center. The method includes automatically determining energy usage of one or more electronics racks of a data center by automatically ascertaining time-based energy usage of the electronics racks. The automatically ascertaining includes obtaining multiple measurements of instantaneous energy usage by each of the electronics racks in the data center over a period of time, and then separately averaging the multiple measurements for each electronics rack to obtain the time-based energy usage of each electronics racks. The method also includes outputting the time-based energy usage of the electronic(s) racks to facilitate monitoring of the data center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ronald P. CORRADO, Madhusudan K. IYENGAR, Jeffrey A. NEWCOMER, Roger R. SCHMIDT, Gerard V. WEBER, JR.