HP/HPE Processor TControl Information (Type 211)

Source: dmidecode, dmioem.c, and the dumps of the data corpus.

Gives the Tcontrol value of a processor, which Intel programs into each processor after the thermal properties of its transistors. The servers begin to spin up the fans at this temperature. The processor information structure (type 4) tells whether the processor is installed.

Table 1. HP/HPE Processor TControl Information structure
Offset Version Name Length Value Description

0x00

2.0+

Type

BYTE

211

HP/HPE Processor TControl Information indicator

0x01

2.0+

Length

BYTE

0x07

Length of the structure

0x02

2.0+

Handle

WORD

Varies

0x04

2.0+

Processor Handle

WORD

HANDLE

Handle of the processor information structure (type 4)

0x06

2.0+

Tcontrol

BYTE

NUMBER

Tcontrol value, zero if not available