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January 21st, 2022 05:00
Change BIOS Power/Performance settings via OMSA
Hi all,
I'm assuming the answer to this is 'NO', but I have this scenario.
I have a number of R410's that will sit in a DC for DR purposes and I'm just over a certain power rating scale regarding pricing.
If I set the servers in BIOS to 'minimum power' (as they'll be sat most of the time (hopefully!) not doing anything, but receiving data updates), if I needed to use them in anger, can this setting be changed via OMSA? Or will I have to shut down, change the power setting back to 'maximum performance' and reboot?
The power difference between 'minimum power' and 'maximum performance' is enough to drop me into a lower power bracket but at the expense of having to reboot them to make the change again...
Thanks in advance.


DELL-Chris H
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January 21st, 2022 12:00
Gavin2812,
As you can see below the option is available in OMSA, but as you suspected it would require a reboot to make the change.
Let me know if this helps.
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January 22nd, 2022 02:00
@DELL-Chris H thanks for the confirmation, appreciate your response.