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

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 core usage rights that are currently available in the complex, there is a chance the
number of intended active cores for the nPartition is out of compliance and the activation fails.
Figure 13, Figure 14, and Figure 15 illustrate this.
Figure 13 nPartition premodification state: One cell assigned with 1 active core and 3 inactive
cores; the complex has no additional core usage rights
A
Active Core
Inactive (iCAP) Core
Cell 1
A
Available Core
Usage Rights
None
III
I
Figure 14 nPartition premodification state: Instant Capacity cell (Cell 2) with 4 inactive cores
Cell 2
IIII
Figure 15 nPartition requested state: Instant Capacity Cell (Cell 2) cannot be activated in nPartition
Cell 1
A
I
Cell 2
IIII II
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 cores. With only one core usage right, the
nPartition is out of compliance.
To activate the Instant Capacity cell board and be in compliance, you must first purchase an RTU
for an additional core usage right, or deactivate a core in another partition, if possible.
Instant Capacity Cell Board and Temporary Instant Capacity
You can activate cores only on activated cell boards for which cell board usage rights have been
acquired. This is true for both permanent activation of a core and temporary activation of a core
using temporary capacity.
To acquire usage rights for an Instant Capacity cell board, you must acquire usage rights for the
cell board and the entire amount of memory it contains. For details, see “Acquiring Usage Rights
for Instant Capacity Cell Board” (page 66).
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