Technical data

Processor Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD)

Installing and Conﬁguring iCOD on nPartitions

HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1

408

Installing and Conﬁguring iCOD

on nPartitions

NOTE This section describes iCOD software install and conﬁguration for an

nPartition server complex.

You also must establish a contract with HP for either iCOD Purchase or

iCOD Utility (pay per use) to properly use this software product.

Software bundles for iCOD Purchase and iCOD Utility are available on

the Support Plus media and at the http://software.hp.com Web site.

For complete details on installing and using iCOD software, refer to 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.

The following procedure gives an overview of initially installing and

conﬁguring iCOD Purchase or iCOD Utility on an nPartition server

complex.

iCOD Installation and Conﬁguration

Step 1. Install the appropriate iCOD software bundle on all required nPartitions

in the server complex.

On nPartition server complexes that have iCOD Purchase contracts, you

must install the iCOD Purchase software on those nPartitions in the

complex that have iCOD processors. (For greater ﬂexibility in load

balancing iCOD processors HP recommends installing iCOD Purchase

software on all nPartitions.)

On nPartition servers that have iCOD Utility (pay per use) contracts,

you must install the iCOD Utility software on every nPartition in the

complex.

If you expect to boot an nPartition from different devices—even on rare

occasions—you must install the appropriate iCOD software bundle on all

potential boot devices (such as the devices at the PRI, HAA, and ALT

boot paths).