Inventors:
William H. Moore - Fremont CA, US
Darrin P. Johnson - San Jose CA, US
Randall S. Fishel - Sunnyvale CA, US
Assignee:
Oracle America, Inc. - Redwood City CA
International Classification:
G06F 15/16
Abstract:
In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a method for conserving power. The method includes determining a first network connection speed for a network interface card (NIC), configuring the NIC to operate at the first network connection speed, processing, after the configuration, packets received by the NIC, obtaining a bandwidth utilization of the NIC, determining, using a power management policy, a second network connection speed for the NIC based on the bandwidth utilization when the bandwidth utilization is outside a threshold range, and configuring the NIC to operate at the second network connection speed.