System and method for supporting similar thermal devices

An information handling system, comprising:

• a processor subsystem having access to a first memory;
• a management controller comprising a secondary processor having access to a second memory, the second memory including an embedded storage partition and the second memory storing instructions executable by the secondary processor to:
• collect, by a thermal module on the management controller, device information about an add-in card, wherein the device information comprises at least two of:
• a reseller part number;
• a description;
• a device identifier;
• a sub device identifier;
• a vendor identifier;
• a sub vendor identifier;
• a slot identifier;
• a lane width;
• and
• an auxiliary power indicator;
• determine whether the add-in card was previously defined, wherein the device information is matched against a table;
• search the table for at least one of:
• the description, the lane width, and the sub vendor identifier of the device information based on the determination that the add-in card was not previously defined;
• and
• apply a thermal tier associated with a match found in the table for at least one of:
• the description, the lane width, and the sub vendor identifier.

A management controller for an information handling system having a primary processor and a primary memory, the management controller comprising:

• a secondary processor having access to a second memory, the second memory including an embedded storage partition and the second memory storing instructions executable by the secondary processor to:
• collect, by a thermal module on the management controller, device information about an add-in card, wherein the device information comprises at least two of:
• a reseller part number;
• a description;
• a device identifier;
• a sub device identifier;
• a vendor identifier;
• a sub vendor identifier;
• a slot identifier;
• a lane width;
• and
• an auxiliary power indicator;
• determine whether the add-in card was previously defined, wherein the device information is matched against a table;
• search the table for at least one of:
• the description, the lane width, and the sub vendor identifier of the device information based on the determination that the add-in card was not previously defined;
• and
• apply a thermal tier associated with a match found in the table for at least one of:
• the description, the lane width, and the sub vendor identifier.