Voltage regulator configuration system

1. A voltage regulator configuration system, comprising:

a processing system;

a voltage regulator module that is coupled to the processing system and that is configured to provide a voltage to the processing system;

a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) that is coupled to the processing system and that is configured to:

identify a processing system mode in which the processing system is operating;

identify, based on the processing system mode, a voltage regulator module configuration for the voltage regulator module; and

transmit a voltage regulator module configuration command that includes the voltage regulator module configuration; and

a remote access controller that is coupled to the BIOS and the voltage regulator module, wherein the remote access controller is configured to:

receive the voltage regulator module configuration command; and

configure the voltage regulator module with the voltage regulator module configuration.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the voltage regulator module is configured to:

output a voltage to the processing system that is dependent on the voltage regulator module configuration.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the identifying the processing system mode, the identifying the voltage regulator module configuration, and the transmitting the voltage regulator module configuration command is performed during initial boot operations controlled by the BIOS.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the voltage regulator module configuration command is included in an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) command that is provided on at least one of a Low Pin Count (LPC) bus or an Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface (eSPI) bus.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the configuration of the voltage regulator module with the voltage regulator module configuration by the remote access controller is performed over a management bus using at least one of an inter-integrated circuit (I 2 C) protocol or a Power Management Bus (PMBus) protocol.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the identifying the processing system mode includes determining a number of processing cores included in the processing system that are set to perform processing operations.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the voltage regulator module configuration includes a targeted load-line value.

8. An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:

a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) processing system; and

a BIOS memory system that is coupled to the BIOS processing system and that includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, causes the BIOS processing system to provide a BIOS that is configured, during a boot process, to:

identify a central processing system mode in which a central processing system coupled to the BIOS will operate;

identify, based on the central processing system mode, a voltage regulator module configuration for a voltage regulator module that is coupled to a central processing system; and

transmit, to a remote access controller that is coupled to the BIOS, a voltage regulator module configuration command that includes the voltage regulator module configuration, wherein the voltage regulator module configuration command is configured to cause the remote access controller to configure the voltage regulator module with the voltage regulator module configuration.

9. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the voltage regulator configuration causes the voltage regulator module to output a voltage to the central processing system that is dependent on the voltage regulator module configuration.

10. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the voltage regulator module configuration command is included in an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) command that is provided on at least one of a Low Pin Count (LPC) bus or an Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface (eSPI) bus.

11. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the configuration of the voltage regulator module with the voltage regulator module configuration by the remote access controller is performed over a management bus using at least one of an inter-integrated circuit (I 2 C) protocol or a Power Management Bus (PMBus) protocol.

12. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the identifying the central processing system mode includes determining a number of processing cores included in the central processing system that are set to perform central processing operations.

13. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the voltage regulator module configuration includes a targeted load-line value.

14. A method for configuring a voltage regulator module, comprising:

identifying, by a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), a processing system mode in which a processing system that is coupled to the BIOS is operating;

identifying, by the BIOS and based on the processing system mode, a voltage regulator module configuration for a voltage regulator module coupled to the processing system; and

providing, by the BIOS, a voltage regulator module configuration command that includes the voltage regulator module configuration to a remote access controller that is coupled to the BIOS and the voltage regulator module, wherein the voltage regulator module configuration command causes the remote access controller to configure the voltage regulator module with the voltage regulator module configuration.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

outputting, by the voltage regulator module, a voltage to the processing system that is dependent on the voltage regulator module configuration.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the identifying the processing system mode, the identifying the voltage regulator module configuration, and the providing the voltage regulator module configuration command is performed during initial boot operations controlled by the BIOS.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the voltage regulator module configuration command is included in an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) command that is provided on at least one of a Low Pin Count (LPC) bus or an Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface (eSPI) bus.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the configuration of the voltage regulator module with the voltage regulator module configuration by the remote access controller is performed over a management bus using at least one of an inter-integrated circuit (I 2 C) protocol or a Power Management Bus (PMBus) protocol.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the identifying the processing system mode includes determining, by the BIOS, a number of processing cores included in the processing system that are set to perform processing operations.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the voltage regulator module configuration includes a targeted load-line value.