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

Table of Contents
About This Guide.............................................................................................................15
Intended Audience................................................................................................................................15
New and Changed Information in This Edition...................................................................................15
Publishing History................................................................................................................................16
Document Organization.......................................................................................................................17
Typographic Conventions.....................................................................................................................18
Instant Capacity Information................................................................................................................19
Instant Capacity User’s Guide History............................................................................................19
Locating the Instant Capacity User’s Guide for Versions 8.x..........................................................19
Locating the Instant Capacity Release Notes for Versions 8.x........................................................19
Manpages.........................................................................................................................................20
Documentation Feedback.....................................................................................................................20
1 Instant Capacity Overview..........................................................................................21
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................22
Welcome...........................................................................................................................................22
Terminology.....................................................................................................................................23
Overview...............................................................................................................................................24
Software Product Overview............................................................................................................24
System Overview.............................................................................................................................24
Instant Capacity System Hardware...........................................................................................25
Instant Capacity Software..........................................................................................................25
Utility Pricing Solutions Portal..................................................................................................26
Instant Capacity Administration System...................................................................................26
Instant Capacity Database..........................................................................................................26
Other System Management Commands....................................................................................26
Most Recent Instant Capacity Product Versions and Supported Platforms...................................27
Past Instant Capacity Versions and Supported Operating Systems................................................28
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...........................................................................................30
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.............................................................31
OpenVMS 8.3-1H1 Requirements..............................................................................................32
E-mail Requirements.......................................................................................................................32
Roles Requirement...........................................................................................................................32
Usage Rights Requirement..............................................................................................................33
Instant Capacity Components..............................................................................................................34
Overview.........................................................................................................................................34
Cores (Processors)............................................................................................................................34
Cell Boards.......................................................................................................................................34
Memory...........................................................................................................................................35
Global Instant Capacity........................................................................................................................36
Instant Capacity Codewords................................................................................................................37
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