Pre-runtime fan control

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a management controller (MC), a plurality of sensor data from a plurality of sensors of a computing device that includes a chassis with at least one fan;
• controlling a fan speed of one of the at least one fan using a fan control value based on the sensor data;
• monitoring the fan control value to determine a high-water value of the fan control value;
• storing the high-water value in a location accessible by a pre-runtime fan control engine of the computing device;
• and
• in response to a pre-runtime event, initializing the fan speed to a speed using the high-water value by the pre-runtime fan control engine.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that, if executed by a physical processing element of a management controller (MC) of a computing device, cause the MC to:

• receive a plurality of sensor data from a plurality of sensors of the computing device that includes a chassis with a fan;
• control a fan speed of one of the fan using a fan control value based on the sensor data;
• monitor the fan control value to determine a high-water value of the fan control value;
• and
• store the high-water value in a location accessible by a pre-runtime fan control engine of the computing device,
• wherein the fan speed is to be initialized by the pre-runtime fan control engine using the high-water value in response to a pre-runtime event.