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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