A method may include, in a management controller of an information handling system including a power system configured to provide electrical energy to information handling resources of the information handling system, the power system having a direct-current input power source, a rechargeable energy storage device coupled to and rechargeable from the direct-current input power source, and a charger configured to control recharging of the rechargeable energy storage device from the direct-current input power source: retrieving parameters from one or more registers associated with the rechargeable energy storage device, the parameters including a desired voltage across terminals of the rechargeable energy storage device and a desired current for recharging the rechargeable energy storage device during a constant current mode of a charging cycle of the rechargeable energy storage device and communicating the parameters to the charger such that the charger controls recharging of the rechargeable energy storage device in accordance with the parameters retrieved from the one or more registers.