HP Instant Capacity user's guide for Version 10.x, August 2010 (T1428-90080)

Table of Contents
About This Guide.............................................................................................................13
Intended Audience................................................................................................................................13
New and Changed Information in This Edition...................................................................................13
Publishing History................................................................................................................................14
Document Organization.......................................................................................................................15
Typographic Conventions.....................................................................................................................16
Location of Instant Capacity Information.............................................................................................17
Instant Capacity user’s guide for Version 10.x................................................................................17
Locating the Instant Capacity release notes for Version 10.x..........................................................17
Manpages.........................................................................................................................................18
HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................18
1 Introduction to Instant Capacity..................................................................................19
Instant Capacity Summary...................................................................................................................20
Terminology.....................................................................................................................................21
Overview...............................................................................................................................................22
Software Product Overview............................................................................................................22
System Overview.............................................................................................................................22
Instant Capacity System Hardware...........................................................................................23
Instant Capacity Software..........................................................................................................23
Utility Pricing Solutions Portal..................................................................................................24
Instant Capacity Administration System...................................................................................24
Instant Capacity Database..........................................................................................................24
Other System Management Commands....................................................................................24
Most Recent Instant Capacity Product Versions and Supported Platforms...................................25
Past Versions and Supported Operating Systems...........................................................................27
2 Getting Started.............................................................................................................29
Instant Capacity Requirements.............................................................................................................30
Program Requirements....................................................................................................................30
Software Requirements....................................................................................................................30
HP-UX 11i v1 Requirements and Dependent Products.............................................................30
Required Patches for HP-UX 11i v1...........................................................................................31
HP-UX 11i v2 Requirements and Dependent Products.............................................................31
Required Patches for HP-UX 11i v2...........................................................................................31
HP-UX 11i v3 Requirements and Dependent Products.............................................................32
Required Patches for HP-UX 11i v3...........................................................................................32
OpenVMS Version 8.4 Requirements.........................................................................................32
Network Requirements...................................................................................................................32
Email Requirements........................................................................................................................32
System Contact Requirement..........................................................................................................33
Usage Rights Requirement..............................................................................................................33
Instant Capacity Integration with Virtual Partitions (HP-UX)........................................................33
Instant Capacity Components..............................................................................................................35
Overview.........................................................................................................................................35
Processors and Cores.......................................................................................................................35
Cell Boards and Memory.................................................................................................................35
Global Instant Capacity........................................................................................................................37
Instant Capacity Codewords................................................................................................................38
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