Most current blade servers support the ability to reduce the power consumption of their processors when needed (throttling). The advanced management module does not throttle blade servers. The advanced management module can provide a policy setting to blade server service processors to reduce power consumption, reduce heat output, or reduce acoustic noise.
A fan or blower failure can cause processors to throttle to prevent overheating. Loss of a power module or power source may cause the processors to throttle due to reduced overall available power. There is a selectable "Acoustic Mode" setting in the advanced management module that can throttle processors when thermal conditions exist that would otherwise increase the blower/fan speed. When Acoustic Mode is enabled, processor performance may be reduced in order to minimize blower/fan noise