Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD) User's Guide for versions B.05.x

Frequently Asked Questions
iCOD Software
Chapter 680
Is the iCOD software license applied by HP, before the iCOD system is
shipped to the customer?
No. HP does not apply the license prior to shipping iCOD systems to
customers. The license for the iCOD software must be applied at the
customer’s site. This is because the e-mail connectivity to HP is a crucial
part of the iCOD software. See “License Requirement” on page 37 for
details on licensing your iCOD system.
The resulting configuration of my iCOD system does not agree with
what I ordered from HP. How did this configuration change occur?
The iCOD software is able to control the granularity of processor
activation/deactivation to the single processor level. The iCOD ordering
and manufacturing rules often do not allow such fine granularity.
The iCOD ordering rules dictate the quantity of active processors and
iCOD processors in the cell boards. Because the iCOD software
distributes the active processors and iCOD processors (for a given
partition) in a manner that optimizes loads across all cells, the end
configuration may be different than the original order — but the number
of active and icod processors is the same (that is, they match what was
ordered).
For example, if you order a rp8400 server with two cell boards, in which
cell board #1 contains 4 active processors and cell board #2 contains 2
active processors and 2 iCOD processors (total of 6 active and 2 iCOD
processors), at run time, the iCOD software balances the distribution of
active processors across the cell boards so that each cell has 3 active
processors and 1 iCOD processor.