HP Instant Capacity for HP Integrity Superdome 2 Servers

HP Global Instant Capacity

GiCAP extends the value of iCAP by allowing usage rights for iCAP cores to be moved among a

group of servers. In addition, temporary capacity can be pooled and used by servers in the GiCAP

group, which provides:

• Cost-effective disaster recovery and high availability

In case of planned or unplanned downtime, usage rights can be transferred from a downed server

or a failed partition on one server to one or more partitions with iCAP cores in one or more other

servers in the group, thus providing a backup capability.

• Multi-server load balancing

Usage rights in a server with extra unused capacity can be transferred to another server in a GiCAP

group and used to activate additional cores on an overloaded server that needs extra capacity.

• Flexible resource sharing

Temporary capacity can be shared among servers in a GiCAP group for better efficiency and ease

of use.

HP iCAP pricing

iCAP components along with enablement cost the same as the regular components. There is no

premium over regular product prices. The iCAP component price plus the RTU price to fully activate

the iCAP component equals the regular component purchase price.

In HP Integrity Superdome 2, iCAP component is priced at 40 percent of the normal purchase price

and the RTU is the remaining 60 percent of the regular purchase price. Contact your HP sales or

partner representative for actual prices.

Servers supported using HP iCAP

Table 2 lists the supported servers, including the iCAP software and the HP-UX versions. This

information changes periodically, so use the

iCAP user’s guide for the latest information on supported

versions and any required patches.

Table 2: iCAP supported platforms

Instant Capacity software

version

Operating system version Supported hardware

platforms

Notes

B.11.31.10.00 HP-UX 11iv3

HP Integrity servers:

• Superdome 2

Available on:

• August 2010

HP-UX 11i v3 OE media

B.11.31.10.01 HP-UX 11iv3

HP Integrity servers:

• Superdome 2

Available on:

• September 2010 HP-UX 11i v3

web-release—Contains TiCAP