Knowledge Article: ID B0F00C001: Node %d not allowed to power on; constrained by power budget.

Description

While the specified node is being powered on, the Chassis Management Module has detected that there is no longer enough capacity in the power budget to allow the node to continue powering on.

Causes

The power capacity does not meet the power budget.

Implications

The blade server does not power on.

Resolutions

Complete the following steps until the problem is solved:

1. Select a different power management policy to increase the power budget.
2. Install additional power supplies to increase the power capacity.
3. Individually remove lower-priority devices from the chassis until the power budget is sufficient.

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.