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thermal command

Use this command to display and configure the thermal mode policy of the host system.

Syntax:
thermal [-options]
Table 1. thermal options
OptionDescriptionValues
-modeDisplay the thermal mode policy and configures the thermal table of the host systems (read only)
  • General Computing - Power Efficiency
  • General Computing - Peak Frequency
  • General Computing - Max Performance
  • Virtualization - Power Efficiency
  • Virtualization - Max Performance
  • Database - Transaction Processing
  • Low Latency
  • High Performance Computing
  • Custom
  • Unknown
-table [table_number]table_number specifies which alternate thermal table to use.

1 = Low: Slight boost in fan speed

2 = Medium: Moderate boost in fan speed

3 = High: Large boost in fan speed

0 = Normal: No fan speed boost

Example:
system> thermal
        -mode General Computing - Power Efficiency
        -table normal
system> thermal -table 1
ok
system> thermal
        -mode General Computing - Power Efficiency
        -table low