HP Instant Capacity Version 10.x User Guide (762794-001, March 2014)

iCAP cell board activation exception error
When you attempt to activate an iCAP 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: iCAP cell (Cell 2) with 4 inactive cores
Cell 2
IIII
Figure 15 nPartition requested state: iCAP 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 has 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 iCAP 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.
iCAP cell board and TiCAP
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 iCAP 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 iCAP cell
board” (page 63).
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