cpupower frequency-info display "no or unknown cpufreq driver is active on this CPU"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • cpufreq drivers are inactive.
  • Getting "no or unknown cpufreq driver is active on this CPU" output while executing cpupower frequency-info with Power management profile set as a Performance on BIOS

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Dell PowerEdge servers
  • HPE ProLiant servers
  • cpupower

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