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Processor Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD)

Introduction to Processor iCOD on nPartitions

HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1

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Introduction to Processor iCOD

on nPartitions

HP’s iCOD product is available for both nPartition servers and

non-partitionable HP servers. This document covers iCOD issues that

are unique to nPartition systems.

See the Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD) and Pay Per Use (PPU)

User’s Guide for Version B.04.x and the Instant Capacity on Demand

(iCOD) User’s Guide for Version B.05.00 for complete information about

iCOD on all supported platforms.

iCOD is an optional product that includes an iCOD software bundle and

a corresponding system contract with Hewlett-Packard, which determine

the type of billing for processors you activate and use.

Billing for iCOD-activated processors is calculated on a complex-wide

basis: the total number of activated iCOD processors in all nPartitions.

HP nPartition systems support two varieties of iCOD:

• iCOD Purchase

iCOD Purchase enables you to instantly activate and purchase

additional processors as your needs increase.

• iCOD Utility (PPU: Pay Per Use)

iCOD Utility supports instantly increasing and decreasing the

number of activated processors, for billing on a pay per use basis.

All nPartitions in a server complex either must run the same iCOD

variety (purchase or utility) or not run iCOD. If you conﬁgure

iCOD Utility for one nPartition then you also must conﬁgure all other

nPartitions with iCOD Utility. HP recommends (but does not require)

that you conﬁgure iCOD Purchase for all nPartitions if you conﬁgure any

nPartition with iCOD Purchase.

You cannot conﬁgure nPartitions with both iCOD Utility and iCOD

Purchase in the same server complex.