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

Description

The specified node cannot power on because there is 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 node.

Implications

The node does not power on.

Resolutions

Use one of the following procedures to enable the node to power on:

1. Choose a different power-management policy to increase the power budget for the chassis.
2. Install additional power supplies to increase power capacity, if empty power-supply bays are available.
3. Shut down other devices in the chassis, such as nodes or I/O modules.

Additional information

To find additional troubleshooting help, visit the "IBM Support & downloads" Web site. At "IBM Support Portal: Quick start" page, select Browse for "Choose your products", select your Chassis from PureFlex System under the Hardware list, and "Troubleshoot" for "Choose your page", then select "Continue" 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 "PureSystems" 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.