Knowledge Article: ID B0E00A001: Blade %d not allowed to power on due to insufficient power.

Description

The specified blade server cannot power on due to not enough power capacity in the power budget.

Causes

The management module detects that there is not enough power capacity in the power budget to power on the specified blade server.

Implications

The blade server does not power on.

Resolutions

Perform these steps:

1. Select a different power management policy to increase the power budget.
2. Add additional power modules or upgrade the power modules to increase power capacity (if applicable).
3. Reseat the blade server.
4. Shut down other devices in the chassis.

Additional information

To find additional troubleshooting help, visit the "IBM Support & downloads" Web site, select "BladeCenter" for "Browse products for support" panel. At "Support & downloads quick start" page, select your product for "Choose your products", and "Troubleshooting" for "Choose your page", then select "View your page" for "See your results". To narrow the results, search with keywords that are related to this article, such as "fail", "Chassis", etc. in the "Search support" field at the right panel.

To download the latest firmware or drivers, visit the "Fix Central" Web site, select "BladeCenter" for "Product Group" (from the pull-down lists), select your product for "Product" (from the pull-down lists), select your product machine type for "Product" (from the pull-down lists), and select your operating system for "Operating system" (from the pull-down lists). You can refine the search by selecting the category of the download of your interest from the "Refine results" list.