Patent ID: 8742622

Claim:
A power system comprising: a plurality of power modules, each power module configured to supply electrical current to one or more information handling system resources electrically coupled to the power system; and a controller electrically coupled to the plurality of power modules and configured to: selectively enable and disable power modules in accordance with an efficiency policy; determine if an operating temperature for the power system is greater than a first threshold temperature; override the efficiency policy to enable one or more power modules disabled in accordance with the efficiency policy in response to a determination that the operating temperature is greater than the first threshold temperature, the one or more power modules enabled to supply electrical current to the one or more information handling system resources; determine if the operating temperature is lesser than a second threshold temperature; and in response to a determination that the operating temperature is lesser than the second threshold temperature and in accordance with the efficiency policy, disable one or more power modules that were enabled in an override of the efficiency policy and in response to the determination that the operating temperature was greater than the first threshold temperature.