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

2 Getting Started
This chapter covers the following topics:
• “iCAP requirements” (page 21)
• “iCAP components” (page 25)
• “GiCAP” (page 26)
• “iCAP codewords” (page 27)
• “TiCAP” (page 27)
• “iCAP compliance and enforcement” (page 28)
• “Configuration change notification” (page 29)
• “Core activation” (page 30)
• “iCAP cell board” (page 31)
• “iCAP software validation” (page 31)
• “Status reporting on iCAP systems” (page 32)
• “Time zone considerations” (page 32)
For more in-depth information, see icap(5).
iCAP requirements
Program requirements
To participate in the iCAP version 10.x program, you must comply with the following conditions
of the HP Utility Pricing Solutions program:
• Maintain the iCAP software on each HP-UX or OpenVMS partition in the system. The iCAP
software is a nonintrusive, low-overhead software module that resides on the partition.
• Migrate to later iCAP software versions as they become available.
For specifics about your individual program requirements, see the Utility Pricing Solutions contract
from HP or your authorized channel partner.
IMPORTANT: Participants in the Utility Pricing Solutions program who do not meet these
requirements may be in breach of contract. This can result in unnecessary expense for both the
program participant and HP.
Software requirements
Every HP-UX and OpenVMS partition in an iCAP system is required to have the iCAP software
installed and the icapd daemon running (on HP-UX systems), or the ICAP_SERVER process running
(on OpenVMS systems). You must maintain the iCAP software until all program requirements are
fulfilled and until the system is no longer considered an iCAP system. If you are using GiCAP, all
systems must be running iCAP version 9.x.
NOTE: For necessary HP-UX updates, install the latest Operating Environments Update Release
(OEUR) or Application Release (AR) update, if possible. This ensures that you install all required
products and versions. iCAP does not work correctly with HP-UX releases prior to December 2004.
Your iCAP system is ordered and shipped with all of the following required software and dependent
products, with the exception of the vPars software. If your system’s operating system is reinstalled
or installed with Ignite-UX, ensure that the following software requirements are satisfied.
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