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Citrix XenServer and Power Management
Disable all power management in the BIOS.
AMD Power Now
Intel SpeedStep
Disable all C-states, including C1E.
Get Power Managemment Status
A result above 2
indicates you need to disable power management in the BIOS:
xenpm get-cpuidle-states | grep total | uniq
BIOS Settings
Advanced \ CPU Configuration \ Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology
Advanced \ CPU Configuration \ Turbo Mode
Advanced \ CPU Configuration \ CPU C1E
Advanced \ CPU Configuration \ CPU C3 Report
Advanced \ CPU Configuration \ CPU C6 Report