User's Manual

Table of Contents
About This Guide.............................................................................................................11
Intended Audience................................................................................................................................11
New and Changed Information in This Edition...................................................................................11
Publishing History................................................................................................................................12
Document Organization.......................................................................................................................13
Typographic Conventions.....................................................................................................................14
Location of Instant Capacity Information.............................................................................................15
Instant Capacity user’s guide for Version 10.x................................................................................15
Locating the Instant Capacity release notes for Version 10.x..........................................................15
Manpages.........................................................................................................................................16
HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................16
1 Introduction to Instant Capacity..................................................................................17
Instant Capacity Summary...................................................................................................................18
Terminology.....................................................................................................................................19
Overview...............................................................................................................................................20
Software Product Overview............................................................................................................20
System Overview.............................................................................................................................20
Instant Capacity System Hardware...........................................................................................21
Instant Capacity Software..........................................................................................................21
Utility Pricing Solutions Portal..................................................................................................22
Instant Capacity Administration System...................................................................................22
Instant Capacity Database..........................................................................................................22
Other System Management Commands....................................................................................22
Most Recent Instant Capacity Product Versions and Supported Platforms...................................23
Past Versions and Supported Operating Systems...........................................................................25
2 Getting Started.............................................................................................................27
Instant Capacity Requirements.............................................................................................................28
Program Requirements....................................................................................................................28
Software Requirements....................................................................................................................28
HP-UX 11i v1 Requirements and Dependent Products.............................................................28
Required Patches for HP-UX 11i v1...........................................................................................29
HP-UX 11i v2 Requirements and Dependent Products.............................................................29
Required Patches for HP-UX 11i v2...........................................................................................29
HP-UX 11i v3 Requirements and Dependent Products.............................................................30
OpenVMS Version 8.4 Requirements.........................................................................................30
Network Requirements...................................................................................................................30
Email Requirements........................................................................................................................30
System Contact Requirement..........................................................................................................31
Usage Rights Requirement..............................................................................................................31
Instant Capacity Integration with Virtual Partitions (HP-UX)........................................................31
Instant Capacity Components..............................................................................................................33
Overview.........................................................................................................................................33
Processors and Cores.......................................................................................................................33
Cell Boards and Memory.................................................................................................................33
Global Instant Capacity........................................................................................................................35
Instant Capacity Codewords................................................................................................................36
Temporary Instant Capacity.................................................................................................................37
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