HP Instant Capacity User's Guide for versions B.07.x

Cell Board Instant Capacity
Instant Capacity Cell Board Activation Exception Error
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Instant Capacity Cell Board Activation
Exception Error
When you attempt to activate an Instant Capacity cell board in an
nPartition, depending on the number of licensed processors that are
currently available in the complex, there is a chance the number of
intended active processors for the nPartition is out of compliance
and the activation fails. The following example illustrates this:
In this case, the parmodify command fails. This is because the
nPartition would have 2 active cell boards, and therefore must have at
least 2 active processors. With only one processor license, the nPartition
is out of compliance.
To activate the Instant Capacity cell board, and be in compliance, you
must first purchase an additional processor license, or deactivate a
processor in another partition if that is possible.
Table 6-3 nPartition pre-modification state: One cell
assigned with 1 active and 3
inactive/unlicensed processors
Cell 1
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Table 6-4 nPartition pre-modification state: Instant
Capacity cell (#2) with 4 unlicensed
processors (and no available processor
licenses in the complex)
Cell 2
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Table 6-5 nPartition requested state: Instant Capacity
Cell (#2) cannot be activated in nPartition
Cell 1 Cell 2
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