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

Contents
1 Introduction to Instant Capacity..................................................................13
Instant Capacity summary........................................................................................................13
Terminology......................................................................................................................14
Overview..............................................................................................................................14
Software product overview..................................................................................................14
System overview................................................................................................................14
iCAP system hardware...................................................................................................15
iCAP software...............................................................................................................15
Utility Pricing Solutions portal..........................................................................................16
iCAP administration system.............................................................................................16
iCAP database.............................................................................................................16
Other system management commands.............................................................................16
Most recent iCAP product versions and supported platforms....................................................17
Past versions and supported operating systems.......................................................................19
2 Getting Started........................................................................................21
iCAP requirements..................................................................................................................21
Program requirements.........................................................................................................21
Software requirements........................................................................................................21
HP-UX 11i v1 requirements and dependent products...........................................................22
Required patches for HP-UX 11i v1...................................................................................22
HP-UX 11i v2 requirements and dependent products...........................................................22
Required patches for HP-UX 11i v2...................................................................................23
HP-UX 11i v3 requirements and dependent products...........................................................23
Required patches for HP-UX 11i v3...................................................................................23
OpenVMS version 8.4 requirements................................................................................24
Network requirements........................................................................................................24
Email requirements.............................................................................................................24
System contact requirement.................................................................................................24
Usage rights requirement....................................................................................................25
iCAP integration with vPars (HP-UX)......................................................................................25
iCAP components...................................................................................................................25
Overview..........................................................................................................................25
Processors and cores..........................................................................................................25
Cell boards and memory....................................................................................................26
GiCAP..................................................................................................................................26
iCAP codewords....................................................................................................................27
TiCAP...................................................................................................................................27
iCAP compliance and enforcement...........................................................................................28
Configuration change notification.............................................................................................29
Core activation.......................................................................................................................30
Increasing processing capacity by purchasing RTUs................................................................30
iCAP cell board......................................................................................................................31
iCAP software validation.........................................................................................................31
On HP-UX systems..............................................................................................................31
On OpenVMS systems........................................................................................................32
Status reporting on iCAP systems..............................................................................................32
Time zone considerations.........................................................................................................32
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