HP Instant Capacity User's Guide for Versions 8.x

Overview
Software Product Overview
The Instant Capacity versions 8.x software products associated with HP’s Utility Pricing Solutions
program are:
• iCOD: HP product number B9073BA (HP-UX)
• iCAP: HP OpenVMS product number BA484AA
Only versions 8.x information is in this user’s guide.
Instant Capacity must be run on a partitionable system. In an HPVM environment, Instant
Capacity software provides meaningful functionality only on the VM Host system; it does not
run on a virtual machine (also known as a “guest”).
The Instant Capacity product has been available on HP-UX since March 2000 (version B.01.00).
The HP-UX versions 8.x software can be obtained from the following HP web site (search for
“Instant Capacity”): http://www.hp.com/go/softwaredepot
System Overview
Instant Capacity versions 8.x consist of the following main elements and influences:
• Instant Capacity system hardware (including cells, cores, and memory)
• Instant Capacity software
• Utility Pricing Solutions portal
• Instant Capacity Administration System
• Instant Capacity database
• Other system management commands
See Chapter 2: “Getting Started” (page 29) for detailed information on Instant Capacity concepts
and methods.
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