Patent ID: 8527789

Claim:
A method of managing power within an information handling system, comprising: establishing a threshold power level of a first information handling system; detecting a first power demand of a first operating state in excess of the threshold power level; detecting a request to invoke a first forced reduced power state of the first information handling system; initiating the first forced reduced power state; receiving, from the first information handling system, a request to initiate a first alternative power state via an out-of-band network signal; determining the first alternative power state based on a first profile of the first information handling system, wherein the first profile includes a specific configuration of components to be powered within the first information handling system, wherein the first alternative power state is between the threshold power level and the first forced reduced power state; initiating the first alternative power state; releasing the first forced reduced power state of the first information handling system; detecting a second forced reduced power state of the first information handling system, wherein the second forced reduced power state is greater than the first forced reduced power state and the second forced reduced power state is in response to the first alternative power level exceeding the threshold level; and outputting a second alternative power level to the first information handling system based on a second alternative power state, wherein the second alternative power level is less than the first alternative power level, wherein the second alternative power level is in response to the detection of the second forced reduced power state and based on a second profile of the first information handling system.