Patent ID: 7669071

Claim:
An information handling system, comprising: a processing resource, including a main processor and system memory accessible to the main processor; a management resource coupled to the processing resource and configured to power off, reboot, and power on the processing resource remotely; wherein the management resource is configured to respond to a power allocation request from the processing resource by evaluating a power budget of the system and allocating power to the processing resource by setting a critical power level for the processing resource; wherein the processing resource is configured to receive the critical power level and to determine a warning power level based at least on the received critical power level and the historical stability of power consumption by the processing; resource; wherein the management resource responds to a power consumption level exceed the critical power level by initiating a processing resource power off; and wherein the processing resource is configured to respond to an actual power consumption level exceeding the warning power level by transitioning to a power conserving mode.