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

Figure 2 Permanent Activation of Instant Capacity Components
Order iCAP
System/
Components
Apply IAC
Codeword to
System
Acquire IAC
Codeword
from Portal
Acquire RTU
Codeword
from Portal
Activate
Component(s)
Using IAC
Consumption
of IAC Halted
Apply RTU
Codeword to
System
Order
iCAP
RTU(s)
HP (or rep)
Installs iCAP
System/
Components
Customer
Additional Core
Capacity Needed
Post IAC in
iCAP DB
Post RTU Order
in iCAP DB
Send
Ack
Letter
HP
Process
Order for
RTU(s)
Ship iCAP
System/
Components
Activating Cores
The icapmodify command provides the ability to increase processing capacity instantly by
activating cores with available usage rights in Instant Capacity systems. At any time, any number
of inactive cores with usage rights can be activated, as long as sufficient usage rights are available.
Whether you are activating or deactivating cores, the icapmodify command adjusts only the
number of dynamic cores, and it does not explicitly identify specific cores.
Activating Cores in nPartitions
The Instant Capacity software provides two types of activation:
• Instant (icapmodify command’s default behavior) — activation occurs immediately.
• Deferred (icapmodify -D) — activation occurs after the next reboot of the partition.
Instant activation of cores occurs when the icapmodify command is used with either the -a or
-s option, and the -D option is not specified. If the -s option is used, the number of cores specified
must be greater than the number of currently active cores.
Deferred activation of cores occurs when the icapmodify command is used with both the -D
option and either the -a or -s option. With the deferred option (-D), core activation occurs after
a reboot of the partition. The reboot (and the core activation) can take place at a planned time.
For example, if you activate cores in deferred activation mode and schedule a partition reboot to
occur on the first day of the next month, the cores are activated at that time.
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