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

Figures
1 Instant Capacity System Elements.......................................................................................13
2 Permanent Activation of Instant Capacity Components...........................................................41
3 Partition premodification state: One cell assigned with 3 active and 1 inactive cores, and usage
rights for 2 additional cores..............................................................................................49
4 Premodification state: Unassigned cell with 4 inactive cores and no usage rights......................49
5 Partition postmodification state: Cell 2 assigned to partition...................................................49
6 Partition premodification state: Three cells with 2 active and 2 inactive cores in each, and 6
expected inactive cores.....................................................................................................50
7 Partition postmodification state: Cell 3 is unassigned (total of 6 active cores remaining).............50
8 Partition postmodification state: Unassigned Cell 3 with 4 inactive cores.................................50
9 Partition premodification state: Three cells with 3 active and 1 inactive cores in each, and 3
expected inactive cores.....................................................................................................51
10 Partition postmodification state: Unassigned Cell 3 (total of 8 active cores are set)....................51
11 Postmodification state: Unassigned Cell 3 with 4 inactive cores, with usage rights available for
1 additional core.............................................................................................................51
12 Using Temporary Instant Capacity: Temporary Activation of Cores Without Usage Rights...........56
13 nPartition premodification state: One cell assigned with 1 active core and 3 inactive cores; the
complex has no additional core usage rights.......................................................................69
14 nPartition premodification state: Instant Capacity cell (Cell 2) with 4 inactive cores...................69
15 nPartition requested state: Instant Capacity Cell (Cell 2) cannot be activated in nPartition..........69
16 Using Global Instant Capacity...........................................................................................72
17 iCAP Memory configuration option....................................................................................93
Tables
1 Most Recent Instant Capacity Versions and Supported Platforms.............................................15
2 Cell Board Activation Not Requiring Additional Core Usage Rights.........................................67
3 Cell Board Activation Requiring Additional Core Usage Rights...............................................68
4 Use Case 1 — Initial Configuration....................................................................................94
5 Use Case 1 — Configuration of Complex After Core Migration..............................................94
6 Use Case 2 — Initial Configuration....................................................................................94
7 Use Case 2 — Initial Configuration....................................................................................95
8 Configuration of Complex1 post core migration...................................................................95
9 Configuration of Complex2 post core migration...................................................................95
10 Email sent by the Instant Capacity software.......................................................................109
11 Asset reporting email sent by the Instant Capacity software.................................................109
12 Removing a Cell and Decreasing Inactive Cores.................................................................160
13 HP-UX and OpenVMS Command Equivalents....................................................................169
14 OpenVMS iCAP Files.....................................................................................................170
Examples
1 Configuration Change Notification email for Instant Capacity System (not vPar)........................28
2 Sample Session of icapstatus (on HP-UX).............................................................................39
3 Applying an RTU Codeword (HP-UX)..................................................................................40
4 Activating an Additional Core (HP-UX)................................................................................42
5 Deactivating an Active Core (HP-UX)...................................................................................44
6 Correcting an Incorrect Number of Deferred Active Cores (HP-UX)..........................................45