Utility Pricing Solutions

The HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) and HP Pay per use (PPU) software products are a part of the HP Utility Pricing Solutions program. iCAP is a purchase model in which capacity can be instantly increased to accommodate increasing demands. PPU is a lease model in which customers are charged only for actual processor usage.

HP Instant Capacity

The HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) version B.11.23.08.00.01.01 software (product number B9073BA) provides the ability to instantly increase or decrease processing capacity on specified HP Enterprise servers.

Summary of Change

iCAP has been updated to version B.11.23.08.00.01.01 to incorporate defect fixes related to powered-off cells and remote complexes. For further information, see the HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) Release Notes at http://docs.hp.com (navigate to Network and Systems Management, then to Utility Pricing Solutions).

Impact

There is no impact.

Compatibility

There are no known compatibility issues.

Performance

There are no known performance issues.

Documentation

For further information, see the following:

Manpages:
- icap(5)
- icapmanage(1M)
- icapmodify(1M)
- icapnotify(1M)
- icapstatus(1M)
Web Sites:
- HP Software Depot: http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot
- HP Technical Documentation: http://docs.hp.com
Documents:
For details on the HP Instant Capacity software product, see the Instant Capacity User’s Guide and Release Notes located on the HP Web site http://docs.hp.com (under Network and Systems Management -> Utility Pricing Solutions)

Obsolescence

The previous commands of icod_stat, icod_notify, and icod_modify are now deprecated; you can still invoke these commands but they are symbolically linked to the new commands of icodstatus, icodnotify, and icodmodify, respectively.

HP Pay per use

The HP Pay per use (PPU) program is a lease model in which customers are charged only for the computing capacity that they use. The PPU software (HP product T2351AA) provides services for metering resource utilization.

Summary of Change

PPU has been updated to version B.11.23.08.00.01 to incorporate a defect fix. For further information, see the HP Pay per use (PPU) Release Notes at http://docs.hp.com (navigate to Network and Systems Management, then to Utility Pricing Solutions).

Impact

There is no impact.

Compatibility

There are no known compatibility issues.

Performance

There are no known performance issues.

Documentation

For further information, see the following:

Manpages:
ppu(5)
ppuconfig(1M)
ppud(1M)
Web Sites:
- HP Software Depot: http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot
- HP Technical Documentation: http://docs.hp.com
- HP External: http://hp.com/go/payperuse
Documents:
For details on the Pay per use software product, see the Pay per use User’s Guide and Release Notes located on the HP Web site http://docs.hp.com (navigate to Network and Systems Management, then to Utility Pricing Solutions).

Obsolescence

Not applicable.

Utility Pricing Solutions

Technical documentation

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HP Instant Capacity

Summary of Change

Impact

Compatibility

Performance

Documentation

Obsolescence

HP Pay per use

Summary of Change

Impact

Compatibility

Performance

Documentation

Obsolescence