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

Special Considerations
Dual Core Support in Instant Capacity Systems
Appendix A 125
Dual Core Support in Instant Capacity
Systems
With dual core processing, each cell board has four sockets and each
socket accepts a CPU module that contains two processor cores. You can
upgrade an Instant Capacity Superdome system to a dual core system by
replacing the cell boards and processors. Contact your HP service
representative for details on upgrading to dual core processors.
The Instant Capacity versions B.07.x software supports dual core
processors. The software treats each core as a processor and allows the
following actions at the core level:
• Applying right-to-use (RTU) licenses
• Activating and deactivating processors
• Load balancing processors across partitions
• Configuring processors in virtual partitions