HP Instant Capacity Version 10.x User Guide (5900-1581, March 2011)

Figure 1 (page 13) shows how the Instant Capacity system elements and processes are linked.
Figure 1 Instant Capacity System Elements
Other
System Management
Commands
iCAP DB
System
Compliance
Codeword
Generation
Asset
Report
Record Purchase
Status and
Control
Status and
Control
Status and
Control
Authorization
Purchase
Codeword
Request
Notification
Cores, Cells
and Memory
HP Sales
Rep.
iCAP Admin
System
iCAP
Software
iCAP Web
Portal
Customer
Instant Capacity System Hardware
The Instant Capacity system hardware is made up of the following components:
• Cell boards
• Processors, which contain cores
• Memory
Every Instant Capacity system contains a combination of these components that are purchased
either with usage rights (and available for activation) or without usage rights (must be inactive).
Note that although you purchase processors, the Instant Capacity software monitors and manages
cores.
Instant Capacity Software
The Instant Capacity software provides the means to:
• Increase or decrease (load balance) system processing capacity (icapmodify command).
• View status and configuration of the system components (icapstatus command).
• Administer system identification and notification information (icapmodify command).
• If configured, send system asset reports through encrypted email to HP (icapd daemon on
HP-UX, ICAP_SERVER process on OpenVMS).
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