HP Instant Capacity for HP Integrity Superdome 2 Servers

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Executive summary
This paper describes the HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) program for HP Integrity Superdome 2 servers.
It provides an overview of the iCAP offerings and describes how the program works.
A successful iCAP implementation involves both technology and operations. In addition, to the
product offerings, the paper also discusses organizational and functional issues that will assist in a
successful iCAP implementation.
HP Pay per use, HP Utility Ready Storage, and the Instant Capacity programs for HP ProLiant or
blades products are beyond the scope of this paper and are not covered here.
HP offers three types of iCAP:
• Instant Capacity for HP Integrity Superdome 2 blades and memory
• Temporary Instant Capacity (TiCAP)
• Global Instant Capacity (GiCAP)
HP iCAP provides the capability to quickly add cores and memory capacity when needed while
paying only a fraction of the cost until used.
HP TiCAP provides pre-purchased processing time, which can be used to turn cores on and off as needed.
HP GiCAP allows customers to share iCAP usage rights among a group of servers, enabling more
cost-effective disaster recovery and high-availability, more efficient use of data center resources, and
more flexibility in resource utilization.
Together, iCAP, TiCAP, and GiCAP enhance system agility and flexibility with the industry’s first
mission-critical converged infrastructure.
HP iCAP terminology
Table 1: Terms and definitions
Term Definition
GiCAP Right to share iCAP usage rights among servers.
iCAP component A blade or memory that is physically installed in an iCAP system but is not permanently
activated for use (sometimes called an inactive iCAP component).
iCAP software Software integrated in the HP-UX Operating Environment that provides the means to
monitor and manage the use of Instant Capacity components.
iCAP server An HP Integrity Superdome 2 server that contains Instant Capacity components.
Instant Access Capacity (IAC) Free iCAP capacity available with the purchase of iCAP blades
Right-To-Use (RTU) Permission granted to the user to permanently activate iCAP components. The amount
paid for the RTU is called the “activation fee” or “enablement fee.”
TiCAP Right to use iCAP cores on a temporary basis.
Utility Pricing Solutions portal The HP Website, http://www.hp.com/go/icap/portal, used to administer iCAP and
maintain iCAP inventory.
HP Instant Capacity
Deploy a fully loaded server, yet pay for only the components you plan to use on day one and just a
fraction of the regular purchase price for the reserve components. In this two-step purchase model,
you can buy and install reserve system capacity—inactive but ready for use—at a fraction of its
regular price. Then, when the reserve capacity is needed, you can get permanent activation for the
remainder of the regular purchase price.