HP-UX 11i Version 2 May 2005 Release Notes

Workstation- and Server-Specific Information
Utility Pricing Solutions
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If you have to patch your firmware, the ITRC provides a patch database to search, as
well as patch documentation that provides information on how to patch the
firmware.
• HP also provides the Subscriber’s Choice, which enables you to sign up to receive
email notices for firmware updates. At the ITRC Web site, click maintenance and
support (for hp products), then support information digests.
Utility Pricing Solutions
The HP Instant Capacity and HP Pay per use (PPU) software products are a part of the
HP Utility Pricing Solutions program. The HP Instant Capacity 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.
• “HP Instant Capacity (formerly Instant Capacity on Demand)” on page 91
• “HP Pay per use” on page 94
HP Instant Capacity (formerly Instant Capacity on Demand)
The HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) version 7.0 (product number B9073BA) provides the
ability to instantly increase or decrease processing capacity on specified HP enterprise
servers.
Summary of Change
• The name of the product has changed from Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD) to
HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) for HP 9000 and HP Integrity Servers. The new version
number of the software is B.11.23.07.00.
• With this version, coupled with the use of HP-UX Virtual Partitions software
(vPars)
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version A.04.01 or greater, you can now use the Instant Capacity (iCAP)
software in an integrated virtual partitioned environment. In this environment, the
vPars software coordinates with Instant Capacity when allocating resources, making
it less likely for a complex to be misconfigured and out of (licensing) compliance.
• Because of the enhanced integration between vPars and Instant Capacity software,
there is now a boot time compliance check. At boot time, if the number of assigned
processors is greater than the number of intended processors for all virtual
partitions in the nPartition, then the Instant Capacity software notifies the vPar
monitor, and the monitor prevents the virtual partition from booting until the user
performs a hard partition boot to clear the condition.
• For certain configurations, previous versions of the Instant Capacity software
required e-mail connectivity to HP in order to send asset reports as encrypted e-mail
messages. Instant Capacity versions B.07.
x no longer require e-mail connectivity or
1. See “HP-UX Virtual Partitions” on page 105.