Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include at least one information handling resource and a controller. The controller may be configured to receive signals from a plurality of power supply units, each signal indicative of a temperature associated with a respective power supply of the plurality of power supply units. The controller may also be configured to determine, for each of the plurality of power supply units, a respective derating limit based on the respective signal indicative of the temperature for such power supply unit. The controller may be further configured to communicate messages to each of the plurality of power supply units, each message indicative of the respective derating limit determined with respect to such power supply unit.

Abstract: An information handling system may include at least one information handling resource, a power supply unit for supplying electrical energy to at least one information handling resource, and a controller. The power supply unit may include an ambient temperature sensor for sensing an ambient temperature ambient to the power supply unit and a component temperature sensor for sensing a component temperature of a component integral to the power supply unit. The controller may be communicatively coupled to the power supply unit and configured to receive signals from the power supply unit indicative of the ambient and component temperatures, determine an ambient sensor-based power rating for the power supply based on the ambient temperature, determine a component sensor-based power rating for the power supply based on the component temperature, and select a maximum of the ambient sensor-based power rating and the component sensor-based power rating as a selected power rating.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may include a storage controller for managing virtual storage resources and physical storage resources of one or more information handling systems. The storage controller may be configured to, responsive to removal of a physical storage resource owned by the storage controller from a first information handling system broadcast a request to one or more other information handling systems to determine if the physical storage resource has been relocated to a second information handling system. The storage controller may also be configured to, responsive to receiving a reply from the second information handling system indicating that the physical storage resource has been relocated to the second information handling system, operate in concert with a second storage controller of the second information handling system to use the data of the physical storage resource.

Abstract: A method and information handling system (IHS) for controlling an IHS in response to an environmental event includes a management controller dynamically polling at least one environmental event source for environmental event data. The environmental event data is received from the environmental event source. A first environmental event value is identified within the environmental event data. The method further includes determining if the first environmental event value is outside of a threshold specification. In response to the first environmental event value being outside of the threshold specification, a first action associated with the first environmental event value is identified. The IHS is triggered to perform the first action.

Abstract: A fan control subsystem may control a plurality of fans in an information handling system to cool the information handling system. The fan control subsystem may determine a fan importance factor for each of the plurality of fans based on the presence and thermal priority ratings of one or more thermal components located in a respective thermal region associated with each of the plurality of fans. Upon detecting a failure of one of the plurality of fans, the fan control subsystem may regulate airflow within the information handling system based on the fan importance factors determined for the fans.

Abstract: Server information handling system LED indication lights and other illumination devices are selectively illuminated based upon override configuration settings pushed down from a data center administrative tool. A chassis management controller that manages a blade or rack with plural server information handling systems overrides indication light illumination at blade or rack components, such as power supply and I/O modules. Power saved by reducing indication light illumination is allocated to support operation of one or more server information handling systems.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for enabling a user to identify excess equipment inventory within a particular information handling system located within an enterprise environment such as via a management controller. In certain embodiments, the management controller comprises a remote access controller such as a Dell iDRAC type management controller. In certain embodiments, the management controller provides low level control for all hardware included within the enterprise environment. Also, in certain embodiments, the management controller comprises a Lifecycle controller which maintains hardware and software inventory.

Abstract: Management controller awareness and cooperation between nodes within an IT environment are used to provide a secure, optional and altruistic system to identify environment inventory. Such a system minimizes a management controller compute overhead, network burden via an optimized search space and provides an opportunistic scheduled time for response.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor, one or more information handling resources communicatively coupled to the processor, and a management controller communicatively coupled to the processor. The management controller may have stored thereon at least one of a power table comprising parameters for power management of the one or more information handling resources and a thermal table comprising parameters for thermal management of the one or more information handling resources, and firmware comprising instructions executable on the management controller and configured to enable a user of the information handling system to, during runtime of the management controller, create a virtual power and thermal table capable of storing one or more entries, each entry setting forth power parameters and thermal parameters for an information handling resource.

Abstract: A thermal response engine on an information handling system compares a processor thermal response to a predetermined workload with an expected thermal response to the predetermined workload in order to validate that a heat sink disposed on the processor matches a heat sink used by a thermal controller profile to manage thermal conditions of the information handling system. If the heat sink thermal characteristics fail to match up with expected thermal characteristics, the thermal response engine provides the thermal controller with an appropriate thermal profile and alerts the end user of an incompatibility.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may comprise a plurality of slots each configured to receive a modular information handling system, a plurality of air movers each configured to cool at least one modular information handling system disposed in at least one of the plurality slots, and a chassis management controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of slots and the plurality of air movers and configured to display a recommended placement of modular information handling systems in the plurality of slots based on at least one of: identities of slots populated with modular information handling systems, an airflow ranking of the plurality of slots, an impedance ranking of information handling systems disposed in the slots, and a workload of each of the information handling systems disposed in the slots.

Abstract: A method of thermal control in a chassis is presented. An example method of thermal control can include each of one or more blades reporting a requested fan blade speed to a CMC controller where the CMC controller performs an auction of the requested fan blade speed, determines a high value and assigning a corresponding active blade, and reporting the high value to the blades. The active blade then provides fan speed alerts while the passive blades provide fan speed alerts only when the new fan speed request exceeds the high value.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method enables Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) progress code based thermal control during start-up of an information handling system. A start-up thermal control sub-system detects each BIOS progress code provided during a boot loading operation of the information handling system and determines whether a detected BIOS progress code has an associated cooling level requirement that is different from a current cooling level provided by one or more cooling devices of the information handling system. In response to the detected BIOS progress code having an associated cooling level requirement that is different from the current cooling level provided by the one or more cooling devices, the one or more cooling devices are triggered to adjust the current cooling level to a next pre-established cooling level associated with the detected BIOS progress code.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may comprise a plurality of slots each configured to receive a modular information handling system, a plurality of air movers each configured to cool at least one modular information handling system disposed in at least one of the plurality slots, and a chassis management controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of slots and the plurality of air movers and configured to display a recommended placement of modular information handling systems in the plurality of slots based on at least one of: identities of slots populated with modular information handling systems, an airflow ranking of the plurality of slots, an impedance ranking of information handling systems disposed in the slots, and a workload of each of the information handling systems disposed in the slots.