HP Instant Capacity User's Guide for versions 8.x
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HP Part Number: B9073-90111
Second Edition
September 2006
© Copyright 2000-2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Table of Contents
- 1 About this guide
- 2 Getting Started
- Instant Capacity Requirements
- Instant Capacity Components
- Global Instant Capacity (HP-UX)
- Instant Capacity Codewords
- Instant Capacity Compliance and Enforcement
- Configuration Change Notification
- Core Activation
- Temporary Instant Capacity (TiCAP)
- Instant Capacity Cell Board
- Instant Capacity Software Validation
- Instant Capacity System Status Reporting
- Timezone Considerations
- 3 Installing and Uninstalling Instant Capacity Software
- 4 Using Instant Capacity to Manage Processing Capacity
- Checking the Status of your Instant Capacity System
- Setting System-Contact Information
- Applying a Right To Use (RTU) Codeword
- Activating Cores
- Deactivating Cores
- Overriding Deferred Activations and Deactivations
- Load-Balancing Active Cores
- Assigning a Cell to a Partition
- Unassigning a Cell from a Partition
- Software Application Considerations
- Test Activation of Cores Using Temporary Capacity
- Replacement of Failed Cores
- 5 Temporary Instant Capacity
- 6 Instant Capacity Cell Board
- Instant Capacity Cell Board
- Ordering Instant Capacity Cell Board
- HP-UX and OpenVMS License and Support
- Acquisition of Usage Rights (RTU) for Instant Capacity Cell Board
- Instant Capacity Cell Board and Considerations of Core Usage Rights
- Activation of an Instant Capacity Cell Board
- Accidental Activation of an Instant Capacity Cell Board
- Instant Capacity Cell Board Activation Exception Error
- Instant Capacity Cell Board and Temporary Instant Capacity
- 7 Global Instant Capacity
- Global Instant Capacity Overview
- Global Instant Capacity Requirements
- Global Instant Capacity Groups
- Global Instant Capacity Sharing Rights
- Global Instant Capacity Grouping Rules
- Creating Global Instant Capacity Groups
- Global Instant Capacity Resource Sharing
- Global Instant Capacity and Temporary Capacity
- Global Instant Capacity Member Removal
- Group Manager Availability
- Upgrades and Global Instant Capacity
- Rights Seizure
- Multiple Group Considerations
- Additional Considerations
- 8 Troubleshooting
- 9 Frequently Asked Questions
- A Special Considerations
- Assumed Values in icapstatus
- Upgrading to Instant Capacity versions B.06.x or later (HP-UX)
- Dual Core Support in Instant Capacity Systems
- New Partition Creation and Instant Capacity
- Implications of Removing a Cell from an Instant Capacity System
- Shutting Down a Partition with Instant Capacity Cores
- Instant Capacity and Re-Initializing the nPartition (Genesis Partitions)
- par Commands from PC System Management Station (SMS)
- Instant Capacity Integration with Virtual Partitions (HP-UX only)
- Instant Capacity Compatibility with Processor Sets (HP-UX)
- Configuring E-Mail on Instant Capacity Systems
- Measurement Software on Instant Capacity Systems
- Dynamic Processor Resilience (DPR) (HP-UX)
- Security Related Issues
- B Considerations for OpenVMS Systems
- C Instant Capacity HP-UX Manpages
- D Glossary
- Index
List of Figures
List of Tables
- 1-1 Most Recent Instant Capacity Versions and Supported Platforms
- 4-1 Partition pre-modification state: One cell assigned with 3 active and 1 inactive cores, and available usage rights for 2 additional cores
- 4-2 Pre-modification state: Unassigned cell with 4 unused cores
- 4-3 Partition post-modification state: Cell 2 assigned to partition
- 4-4 Partition pre-modification state: Three cells with 2 active and 2 inactive cores in each (total of 6 active cores)
- 4-5 Partition post-modification state: Cell 3 is unassigned (total of 6 active remains)
- 4-6 Partition post-modification state: Unassigned cell (Cell 3) with 4 inactive cores
- 4-7 Partition pre-modification state: Three cells with 3 active and 1 inactive cores in each (total of 9 active cores)
- 4-8 Partition post-modification state: Cell 3 is unassigned (total of 8 active is set)
- 4-9 Post-modification state: Unassigned cell (Cell 3) with 4 inactive cores. The system has usage rights available for one additional core.
- 6-1 Cell Board Activation Not Requiring Additional Core Usage Rights
- 6-2 Cell Board Activation Requiring Additional Core Usage Rights
- 6-3 nPartition pre-modification state: One cell assigned with 1 active core and 3 inactive cores; the complex has no additional core usage rights
- 6-4 nPartition pre-modification state: Instant Capacity cell (#2) with 4 inactive cores
- 6-5 nPartition requested state: Instant Capacity Cell (#2) cannot be activated in nPartition
- 9-1 E-mail sent by the Instant Capacity software
- 9-2 Asset reporting e-mail sent by the Instant Capacity software
- A-1 Removing a Cell — Decrease Inactive Cores
- A-2 Instant Capacity Integration with vPars — Supported Hardware Platforms
- B-1 OpenVMS Command Mapping
List of Examples
- 2-1 Configuration Change Notification E-Mail for (non vPar) Instant Capacity System
- 4-1 Setting the System-Contact’s E-mail Address (HP-UX)
- 4-2 Applying a RTU Codeword (HP-UX)
- 4-3 Activating an Additional Core (HP-UX)
- 4-4 Deactivating an Active Core (HP-UX)
- 4-5 Correcting an Incorrect Number of Deferred Active Cores (HP-UX)
- 4-6 Undoing an Accidental Deferred Activation (HP-UX)
- 5-1 Applying a Temporary Capacity Codeword (HP-UX)
- 5-2 Activating an Instant Capacity Core with Temporary Capacity (HP-UX)
- 5-3 Viewing Temporary Capacity Information from icapstatus Command Output (HP-UX)
- 5-4 Temporary Capacity Expiration Reminder
- 5-5 Error Message for Activation with Insufficient Temporary Capacity (HP-UX)
- 5-6 Error Message for Temporary Capacity Partial Enforcement
- 5-7 Error Message for Temporary Capacity Complete Enforcement
- 6-1 Cell Board Activation Not Requiring Additional Core Usage Rights
- 6-2 Cell Board Activation Requiring Additional Core Usage Rights
- 6-3 Activating a cell board in cabinet 0, slot 5, nPartition 3 (HP-UX)
- 6-4 De-activating a cell board in cabinet 0, slot 5, nPartition 3 (HP-UX)
- 7-1 Installing a grouping rules file
- 7-2 Applying a Sharing Rights Codeword and Creating a Group
- 7-3 Adding a Member to a Group
- 7-4 Core Rights Sharing
- 7-5 Cell/Memory Sharing
- 7-6 Activation Using Pooled Temporary Capacity
- 7-7 Removing a Group
- 8-1 Exception Report for More Cores Active than Expected
- 8-2 Content of Exception Report for More Cells Active than Expected
- 8-3 Content of Exception Report for More Memory Active than Expected
- 8-4 Content of Exception Report for Negative Temporary Capacity Balance
- A-1 Removing a Cell and Decreasing the Actual Number of Inactive Cores
- A-2 vPar Boot Time Compliance Message
- A-3 Example Edit to Sendmail Configuration (/etc/mail/sendmail.cf)