HP Instant Capacity User's Guide for Version 9.x

A.4 New Partition Creation and Instant Capacity
You can assign a cell to an existing partition even if the cell contains cores without usage rights
(Instant Capacity processors), as long as there are enough available core, cell, and memory usage
rights to cover activation of the cell, its memory, and at least one of the cores on the cell. You can
verify that the partition has valid Instant Capacity software installed, and that the partition is
running an operating system capable of activating and deactivating cores.
However, when a new partition is created, these verifications are not possible; therefore, the
Instant Capacity software does not allow the partition to be created unless it contains only
components with usage rights. That is, creation of the new partition fails if any of the cell boards
contain Instant Capacity components without usage rights.
188 Special Considerations