Title :
An intelligent, fault tolerant, high power, distributed power system for massively parallel processing computers
Author :
Burns, J. ; Riel, J. ; Dibene, T.
Author_Institution :
Large Comput. Products Div., AT&T/NCR Corp., San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
An intelligent, high power distributed power system used in a massively parallel processing (MPP) computer is described. The 7.5 kW power system has high availability, redundancy, fault tolerance, battery back-up, and a user friendly graphical user interface (GUI). A diagnostic subsystem monitors and tests the operation of the power system to ensure the functionality of the redundant assemblies
Keywords :
parallel machines; power supplies to apparatus; 7.5 kW; GUI; battery back-up; diagnostic subsystem; distributed power system; fault tolerance; high availability; high power; massively parallel processing computers; operation monitoring; redundancy; user friendly graphical user interface; Availability; Batteries; Concurrent computing; Distributed computing; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Graphical user interfaces; Parallel processing; Power system faults; Redundancy;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 1994. APEC '94. Conference Proceedings 1994., Ninth Annual
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1456-5
DOI :
10.1109/APEC.1994.316317
