HP Instant Capacity user's guide for Version 10.x (March 2011)

Figures
1 Instant Capacity System Elements.......................................................................................19
2 Permanent Activation of Instant Capacity Components...........................................................47
3 Partition premodification state: One cell assigned with 3 active and 1 inactive cores, and usage
rights for 2 additional cores..............................................................................................55
4 Premodification state: Unassigned cell with 4 inactive cores and no usage rights......................55
5 Partition postmodification state: Cell 2 assigned to partition...................................................55
6 Partition premodification state: Three cells with 2 active and 2 inactive cores in each, and 6
expected inactive cores.....................................................................................................56
7 Partition postmodification state: Cell 3 is unassigned (total of 6 active cores remaining).............56
8 Partition postmodification state: Unassigned Cell 3 with 4 inactive cores.................................56
9 Partition premodification state: Three cells with 3 active and 1 inactive cores in each, and 3
expected inactive cores.....................................................................................................57
10 Partition postmodification state: Unassigned Cell 3 (total of 8 active cores are set)....................57
11 Postmodification state: Unassigned Cell 3 with 4 inactive cores, with usage rights available for
1 additional core.............................................................................................................57
12 Using Temporary Instant Capacity: Temporary Activation of Cores Without Usage Rights...........62
13 nPartition premodification state: One cell assigned with 1 active core and 3 inactive cores; the
complex has no additional core usage rights.......................................................................75
14 nPartition premodification state: Instant Capacity cell (Cell 2) with 4 inactive cores...................75
15 nPartition requested state: Instant Capacity Cell (Cell 2) cannot be activated in nPartition..........75
16 Using Global Instant Capacity...........................................................................................78
17 iCAP Memory configuration option....................................................................................99
Tables
1 Most Recent Instant Capacity Versions and Supported Platforms.............................................21
2 Cell Board Activation Not Requiring Additional Core Usage Rights.........................................73
3 Cell Board Activation Requiring Additional Core Usage Rights...............................................74
4 Use Case 1 — Initial Configuration..................................................................................100
5 Use Case 1 — Configuration of Complex After Core Migration............................................100
6 Use Case 2 — Initial Configuration..................................................................................100
7 Use Case 2 — Initial Configuration..................................................................................101
8 Configuration of Complex1 post core migration.................................................................101
9 Configuration of Complex2 post core migration.................................................................101
10 Email sent by the Instant Capacity software.......................................................................115
11 Asset reporting email sent by the Instant Capacity software.................................................115
12 Removing a Cell and Decreasing Inactive Cores.................................................................162
13 HP-UX and OpenVMS Command Equivalents....................................................................171
14 OpenVMS iCAP Files.....................................................................................................172
Examples
1 Configuration Change Notification email for Instant Capacity System (not vPar)........................34
2 Sample Session of icapstatus (on HP-UX).............................................................................45
3 Applying an RTU Codeword (HP-UX)..................................................................................46
4 Activating an Additional Core (HP-UX)................................................................................48
5 Deactivating an Active Core (HP-UX)...................................................................................50
6 Correcting an Incorrect Number of Deferred Active Cores (HP-UX)..........................................51