HP-UX 11i December 2003 Release Notes

General System Administration and Performance Monitoring
On Demand Solutions
Chapter 9
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On Demand Solutions
Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD) and Pay Per Use (PPU)
The iCOD and PPU software products are a part of the HP On Demand Solutions
program. The iCOD product is a purchase model in which processor capacity can be
instantly increased to accommodate increasing demands. PPU is a lease model in which
customers are charged only for actual processor usage.
There are four products associated with HP's On Demand Solutions program:
• Original iCOD (versions 5.x - HP product number B9073AA): You initially
purchase a specified number of activated processors and pay a right-to-access fee for
a specified number of inactive processors. After you activate an inactive processor,
you pay an enablement fee.
• Codeword iCOD (version 6.0 - HP product number B9073BA): You initially
purchase a specified number of activated system components and license deactivated
system components for activation through the application of right-to-use codewords.
• PPU Active (versions 4.x - HP product number T1322AA): You pay only for the
average processor usage, based on averaging the amount of activated processors.
• PPU Percent Utilization (versions 6.x - HP product number T2351AA): You pay
only for the percent utilization of processors.
Temporary capacity (TiCOD) is available for both iCOD software products. TiCOD is an
HP software product that enables iCOD customers to purchase (prepaid) processor
activation rights, for their iCOD processors, for a limited duration of time. See the
appropriate Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD) User's Guide for details of the TiCOD
product.
All of the iCOD and PPU software products are available from the HP Software Depot
located on the HP web site: http://software.hp.com. Both Codeword iCOD and PPU
Percent Utilization are also available on the Operating Environments media: Codeword
iCOD as an always-installed product and PPU Percent Utilization as a selectable
product. (See “Codeword iCOD” on page 106 and “PPU Percent Utilization” on page 151.)
For details of the iCOD and PPU software products, see the appropriate User's Guide
located on the HP web site: http://docs.hp.com (under Network and Systems
Management -> On Demand Solutions).