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

Memory iCAP
The iCAP memory is available on HP Integrity Superdome 2 servers. The iCAP offering on memory
is very similar to the current iCAP offering. You can purchase an HP Integrity Superdome 2 cell
blade with all iCAP memory or all active memory. All inactive memory on an iCAP cell blade has
to be activated at the same time. Until the memory is activated, the iCAP cell blade is considered
to be logically powered off. In order to comply with the iCAP Terms & Conditions, HP recommends
you to power off the iCAP cell blade that contains iCAP memory. After purchasing enough memory
RTUs to activate all of the iCAP memory on the cell blade, follow the same process in the core
usage section to update the iCAP inventory on the HP Utility Pricing Portal.
Installing iCAP on HP Integrity Superdome 2
The installation and upgradation of iCAP on HP Integrity Superdome 2 remains the same as on
other iCAP supported systems. However, for iCAP Version 10.00 and later, on HP–UX 11i v3 HP
Integrity systems, patch PHCO_40927 must be installed since it is a co-requisite.
iCAP commands
iCAP supports a limited set of command options on HP Integrity Superdome 2. The user is presented
with command options that are sufficient to self enforce the compliance.
Checking the Status of your Instant Capacity System
You can use the icapstatus command to view the status of your Instant Capacity system. The
icapstatus command, issued without options, provides the following information:
• Version number of the Instant Capacity software
• System identification information (system ID, serial number, unique ID)
• System contact e-mail address
• Instant Capacity From: e-mail address
Local Partition Status:
• Total number of assigned cores
• Number of active assigned cores
• Number of inactive assigned cores
• Additional cores that can be assigned with current usage rights
• Number of cores that could be assigned with additional usage rights
• Number of cores that can be assigned with temporary capacity
• Temporary capacity available
• Projected temporary capacity expiration
• Temporary capacity warning period (in days)
• Exception status (indicates if complex is in an exception state)
Sample Output:
# icapstatus
Software version: B.11.31.10.01.00.00
System ID: xxxx
Serial number: USExxxxxxx
Unique ID: cvxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxc98169a
System contact e-mail: Not set
From e-mail: Set to the default ('adm')
Local nPartition Status (07/29/10 20:24:20)
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