Instant Capacity (iCAP) Glossary (May 2010)

Instant Capacity (iCAP) Glossary

• Instant Capacity (iCAP) The HP Utility Pricing Program for partitionable HP 9000 and HP Integrity

servers provides inactive hardware (processors, cell boards and memory) that is installed and

ready for use when activated in the future. Instant Capacity provides a means to defer hardware

costs, simplify capacity planning, improve resource utilization, eliminate over-provisioning and

implement a truly virtualized environment.

• Usage Rights The permission, or right, to use a hardware component. Usage Rights are implicitly

included with all Active Hardware, and not included with iCAP Hardware. Usage Rights for iCAP

Hardware are purchased separately when the Customer wants to activate and use the iCAP

Hardware component.

• Active Hardware Traditional hardware that includes Usage Rights and is immediately available

for use by the operating system.

• iCAP Hardware A processor core, cell board or memory module that is physically installed in a

server but does not include Usage Rights and is not used by the operating system. iCAP

components do not require SW licenses or support.

• Right to Use (RTU) The purchasable Usage Rights for an iCAP Hardware component which

activates the component for use.

• Codeword The mechanism used to deliver Usage Rights to iCAP Customers. Once a purchase

order has been placed for a Right to Use (RTU), the Codeword is available for download from the

Utility Pricing Solutions Portal. There are 4 main types of Codewords:

1. Right to use (RTU) Codeword To permanently activate an iCAP component, an RTU

codeword must be applied. The codeword specifies the quantity and type of

components to permanently activate.

2. Temporary Capacity (TiCAP) Codeword The amount of TiCAP is specified in the

codeword. After the codeword is applied, the TiCAP Balance would increase.

3. Add-on/Upgrade Codeword When iCAP components are added to a system, an add-on

codeword is used. When upgrading from a previous version of iCAP (prior to version

6.0), the use of an upgrade codeword is required. These Codewords are applied by

either HP ASCs/CEs or the Customer.

4. Global Instant Capacity (GiCAP) Codeword Adds sharing rights to the GiCAP Group

Manager system.

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Instant Capacity (iCAP) Glossary • Instant Capacity (iCAP) The HP Utility Pricing Program for partitionable HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers provides inactive hardware (processors, cell boards and memory) that is installed and ready for use when activated in the future. Instant Capacity provides a means to defer hardware costs, simplify capacity planning, improve resource utilization, eliminate over-provisioning and implement a truly virtualized environment.
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• iCAP Cell Board with Memory iCAP Cell Boards contain processors and memory modules, all of which are iCAP. When the Cell Board is activated, all memory on the Cell Board must also be activated. Each active cell must also have at least one active core, so Usage Rights for one processor core may need to be purchased if there are not enough existing core Usage Rights to balance across all of the active cells in the system.
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• GiCAP Sharing Rights Delivered as a Codeword, Sharing Rights enable GiCAP functionality and are applied to the GiCAP Group Manager. GiCAP Sharing Rights must be purchased for every iCAP core in a server you wish to bring into a GiCAP Group. Sharing Rights are not required for Active processor cores. • iCAP Inventory When a system is ordered with iCAP components, it comes from the factory with the expected inactive count for each component recorded in non-volatile memory (NVRAM).