HP Instant Capacity Version 10.x User Guide (5900-2985, March 2013)

Contents
1 Introduction to Instant Capacity....................................................................9
Instant Capacity summary..........................................................................................................9
Terminology......................................................................................................................10
Overview..............................................................................................................................10
Software product overview..................................................................................................10
System overview................................................................................................................10
iCAP system hardware...................................................................................................11
iCAP software...............................................................................................................11
Utility Pricing Solutions portal..........................................................................................12
iCAP administration system.............................................................................................12
iCAP database.............................................................................................................12
Other system management commands.............................................................................12
Most recent iCAP product versions and supported platforms....................................................13
Past versions and supported operating systems.......................................................................16
2 Getting Started........................................................................................17
iCAP requirements..................................................................................................................17
Program requirements.........................................................................................................17
Software requirements........................................................................................................17
HP-UX 11i v1 requirements and dependent products...........................................................18
Required patches for HP-UX 11i v1...................................................................................18
HP-UX 11i v2 requirements and dependent products...........................................................18
Required patches for HP-UX 11i v2...................................................................................19
HP-UX 11i v3 requirements and dependent products...........................................................19
Required patches for HP-UX 11i v3...................................................................................19
OpenVMS version 8.4 requirements................................................................................20
Network requirements........................................................................................................20
Email requirements.............................................................................................................20
System contact requirement.................................................................................................20
Usage rights requirement....................................................................................................21
iCAP integration with vPars (HP-UX)......................................................................................21
iCAP components...................................................................................................................21
Overview..........................................................................................................................21
Processors and cores..........................................................................................................21
Cell boards and memory....................................................................................................22
GiCAP..................................................................................................................................22
iCAP codewords....................................................................................................................23
TiCAP...................................................................................................................................23
iCAP compliance and enforcement...........................................................................................24
Configuration change notification.............................................................................................25
Core activation.......................................................................................................................26
Increasing processing capacity by purchasing RTUs................................................................26
iCAP cell board......................................................................................................................27
iCAP software validation.........................................................................................................27
On HP-UX systems..............................................................................................................27
On OpenVMS systems........................................................................................................27
Status reporting on iCAP systems..............................................................................................28
Time zone considerations.........................................................................................................28
3 Installing and removing iCAP software........................................................29
Installing iCAP software...........................................................................................................29
Installing from the HP-UX media (HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3):..........................................29
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