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

Sizing partitions............................................................................................................90
Resizing partitions.........................................................................................................90
Memory iCAP...............................................................................................................91
Installing iCAP on HP Integrity Superdome 2.........................................................................91
iCAP commands................................................................................................................91
Checking the status of your iCAP system...........................................................................91
Generating snapshot.....................................................................................................92
Setting usage rights for a partition...................................................................................92
Making a system non-icap..............................................................................................92
Deactivating cores.........................................................................................................92
Activating cores............................................................................................................93
Using iCAP memory......................................................................................................93
iCAP use cases..................................................................................................................93
Core migration between partitions in a complex................................................................93
Core migration across complexes (GiCAP)........................................................................94
TiCAP..............................................................................................................................95
TiCAP commands..........................................................................................................96
Assigning TiCAP to a partition...................................................................................96
Decrementing TiCAP assigned to a partition................................................................96
Incrementing TiCAP assigned to a partition..................................................................96
Using TiCAP balance to activate cores........................................................................96
Setting the temporary capacity warning period............................................................97
TiCAP use cases............................................................................................................97
Migrating TiCAP balance from one partition to another within the same complex..............97
Migrating TiCAP balance between complexes (within GiCAP)........................................98
HP Integrity Superdome 2 with Dynamic Cores...........................................................................99
Overview..........................................................................................................................99
Important considerations.....................................................................................................99
Sizing partitions............................................................................................................99
Resizing partitions.........................................................................................................99
Memory iCAP...............................................................................................................99
Installing iCAP on HP Integrity Superdome 2.........................................................................99
Upgrading to HP Integrity Superdome 2 with Dynamic Cores..............................................99
Applying a Right To Use (RTU) codeword............................................................................101
HP-UX licensing and support with rights to use codeword.................................................101
iCAP commands..............................................................................................................101
Checking status ..........................................................................................................101
Generating snapshot...................................................................................................102
Deactivating cores.......................................................................................................102
Deactivating Cores in nPartitions..............................................................................103
Partition constraints.................................................................................................103
Activating cores..........................................................................................................103
Activating Cores in nPartitions..................................................................................103
Constraints............................................................................................................103
Using iCAP memory ........................................................................................................104
TiCAP............................................................................................................................104
Acquiring and configuring TiCAP..................................................................................104
HP-UX licensing and support with TiCAP....................................................................104
Using TiCAP...............................................................................................................104
Authorizing TiCAP..................................................................................................105
Preauthorizing TiCAP..............................................................................................105
Stopping temporary capacity usage..............................................................................105
Setting the temporary capacity warning period...............................................................105
Tracking usage of TiCAP..............................................................................................106
TiCAP expiration and compliance enforcement................................................................106
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