The present invention relates to a method of obtaining peptides from procaryotic andor eucaryotic cells. A subsystem manager of the information handling system compares an external power source identification signal and a power available signal to determine whether external power is available, unavailable or faulty. An indicator includes an indicator portion and a leg disposed from the indicator portion. The local module configures the virtual network endpoint according to one or more of the network configuration parameters. These power estimates may be used to estimate a device temperature or leakage power, andor may be used to make device throttling decisions.