HP Instant Capacity for HP Integrity Superdome 2 Servers

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Adding HP IAC to an HP iCAP system
1. If iCAP cores are not installed on the system, order the appropriate quantity of iCAP blades. To
use IAC, a system must have iCAP cores installed.
2. Before IAC is used it is recommended that the user apply the IAC to the server using the
“Check for IAC link” on the Utility Pricing Solutions portal.
3. Use the iCAP commands to distribute the IAC to the appropriate partitions
(see the current Instant Capacity user’s guide).
Adding HP TiCAP to an HP iCAP system
1. If iCAP cores are not installed on the system, order the appropriate quantity of iCAP blades. To
use TiCAP, a system must have iCAP cores installed.
2. Order appropriate quantity of temporary capacity.
3. After the order is processed by HP, it is recommended that the user apply the TiCAP to the server
using the “Create codewords” link on the Utility Pricing Solutions portal.
4. Use the iCAP commands to distribute the TiCAP to the appropriate partitions
(
see the current Instant Capacity user’s guide).
TiCAP and IAC do not expire. They can be applied to the system and remain available and will not
become inactive or out-of-date before they are used. When the additional core capacity is required:
1. Order the necessary HP and third-party software license upgrades that might be required for the
additional active cores.
2. Activate the number of cores required for temporary use with the iCAP commands.
Deactivating cores
Cores that have been activated with TiCAP should be deactivated with the iCAP commands when
they are no longer needed.
If the TiCAP balance becomes negative in any partition the system is no longer in compliance with the
iCAP T's and C's and the user should do one of the following:
• Transfer available TiCAP balance from any partition where time was available.
• If no TiCAP balance is available then deactivate all active TiCAP cores.
• Purchase additional temporary capacity and apply it to the system.
• In addition, the customer might want to buy and apply the permanent RTUs for the number of cores
currently consuming temporary capacity.
If the temporary capacity usage goes beyond the allotted time and creates a negative balance, then
when additional temporary capacity is purchased and applied, the negative balance is subtracted
from the 30 processing days of the newly installed temporary capacity using appropriate iCAP
commands (
see the current Instant Capacity user’s guide).