Managing power consumption in a computing system

An apparatus for managing power consumption in a computing system, the computing system including a plurality of integrated technology elements (‘ITEs’) that receive power from a plurality of common form factor power supplies, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:

• detecting, by a system management module, that a new common form factor power supply has been installed in the computing system;
• determining, by the system management module, a maximum amount of power that can be delivered by each of the common form factor power supplies;
• determining, by the system management module, whether the maximum amount of power that can be delivered by a first common form factor power supply is different than the maximum amount of power that can be delivered by a second common form factor power supply;
• and
• responsive to determining that the maximum amount of power that can be delivered by the first common form factor power supply is different than the maximum amount of power that can be delivered by the second common form factor power supply, throttling, by the system management module, one or more of the ITEs in dependence upon the maximum amount of power that can be delivered by each of the common form factor power supplies.

A computer program product for managing power consumption in a computing system, the computing system including a plurality of integrated technology elements (‘ITEs’) that receive power from a plurality of common form factor power supplies, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:

• detecting, by a system management module, that a new common form factor power supply has been installed in the computing system;
• determining, by the system management module, a maximum amount of power that can be delivered by each of the common form factor power supplies;
• determining, by the system management module, whether the maximum amount of power that can be delivered by a first common form factor power supply is different than the maximum amount of power that can be delivered by a second common form factor power supply;
• and
• responsive to determining that the maximum amount of power that can be delivered by the first common form factor power supply is different than the maximum amount of power that can be delivered by the second common form factor power supply, throttling, by the system management module, one or more of the ITEs in dependence upon the maximum amount of power that can be delivered by each of the common form factor power supplies.