HP Instant Capacity Version 10.x User Guide (5900-2170, January 2012)

NOTE: The requirements are applicable for both active and standby Group Managers.
Configuration Requirements on managed HP Integrity Superdome 2 systems
To add an HP Integrity Superdome 2 system into a GiCAP group, the following requirements must
be met by the Onboard Administrator associated with the HP Integrity Superdome 2 system.
• The Onboard Administrator must support the dynamic cores feature.
• HTTPS must be enabled on the Onboard Administrator associated with the group member.
To enable HTTPS, run the following command:
ENABLE HTTPS
A DNS setup is preferred for GiCAP setup to work smoothly. However, for some reason if DNS is
not setup, the following steps must be performed to ensure communication is possible between
GM and members:
1. Set IP address of AGM using command icapmanage -I <IP Address>
2. Set IP address of SGM using command icapmanage -P -I <IP Address>
3. Set IP addresses of members on AGM or SGM in local/etc/hosts file.
If required you can change the IP addresses using the same option on GM. To remove IP address
of AGM, execute the command icapmanage -I and to remove IP address of SGM from AGM
execute the command icapmanage -P -I.
After the IP addresses are set the members will be sent the IP addresses (which was set by user)
as AGM and SGM names. Thus the member OA can communicate with AGM and SGM without
requiring to resolve name.
NOTE:
• The options I and P will work only from AGM.
• icapmanage command does not check if the given IP address is correct or not. It is users
responsibility to provide a correct IP address of AGM or SGM.
• icapstatus on members will show IP address of AGM or SGM instead of the names.
• The active_gm and standby_gm users must not already exist on the Onboard Administrator.
GiCAP sharing rights for HP Integrity Superdome 2
To enable the HP Integrity Superdome 2 systems to be added to the GiCAP groups and share
resources within the group, you must purchase the newly offered GiCAP sharing rights for the HP
Integrity Superdome 2 systems, acquire the GiCAP codeword from the HP Utility Pricing Solutions
portal, and apply the associated codeword to the Group Manager system.
You must purchase at least as many GiCAP sharing rights as the total number of cores without
usage rights across all the potential group members. Members can be added to a GiCAP group
if there are sufficient sharing rights available, and the grouping rules indicate hardware
compatibility.
Unlike other iCAP codewords, GiCAP codewords must be generated for and applied to a specific
partition if the Group Manager is on a partitionable system. This means that to retrieve the
codeword, you must specify the purchase order number, the system serial number, and the partition
information, if any. Use the icapmanage -s command on the Group Manager system to retrieve
the serial number and nPar ID, or vPar code that is applicable. GiCAP codewords have a sequence
value and must be applied in the order in which they are generated for the Group Manager system.
However, GiCAP codewords are sequenced independently from any other types of iCAP codewords
that might be generated for the same system. Therefore, they can be applied independently from
the iCAP codewords.
To apply the codeword, run the following command:
110 Using iCAP on HP Integrity Superdome 2