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

Special Considerations
Differences Between Supported Platforms
Appendix B 131
Differences Between Supported Platforms
With the iCOD software, HP enterprise servers that are single partition
machines — for example: L-, N-, and V-Class servers — have a few
differences with multi partition machines, such as Superdome. The
differences are summarized as follows.
L-, N-, and V-Class Systems
System alerts are handled differently on L- and N-Class systems. See
“Receiving a System Alert on L-Class and N-Class on Hard Reset” on
page 113 for details.
In offline configuration mode, processor configurations are performed
differently on L- and N-Class systems than on V-Class systems. For L-
and N-Class systems, see “Configuring and Activating Processors for the
L-Class and N-Class Servers” on page 114 for details. For V-Class
systems, see “Configuring and Activating Processors for the V-Class
Server” on page 120 for details.
Hardware-partitionable Systems
Activation of processors in offline activation mode on
hardware-partitionable systems (for example: rp7410, rp8400, and
Superdome) is not a user executable operation. If you use the offline
activation method and you wish to activate a processor, you need to
contact your HP service representative.
Load balancing capability can be accomplished by redistributing
processors across partitions. See “Load-balancing Active Processors” on
page 61 for details.
NOTE The Utility subsystem firmware version must be 6.40 or greater on
Superdome. The iCOD software is not supported on firmware versions
prior to 6.40.