When a cell is unassigned from a partition in a system with
Instant Capacity, the number of intended active processors in the
partition decreases only if the number of processors being removed
with the cell is greater than the number of unlicensed processors
in the partition. In the following example of a single partition
system with 3 cells, the number of intended active processors remains
the same because the number of processors with the removed cell
(4) does not exceed the total number of unlicensed processors in
the partition (6).
Table 4-4 Partition pre-modification state: Three cells with 2 active
and 2 inactive processors in each (total of 6 active processors)
| Cell 1 | Cell 2 | Cell 3 |
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| A A I I | A A I I | A A I I |
Table 4-5 Partition post-modification state: Cell 3 is unassigned (total
of 6 active remains)
| Cell 1 | Cell 2 |
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| A A A I | A A A I |
Table 4-6 Partition post-modification state: Unassigned cell (Cell
3) with 4 unlicensed processors
When Cell 3 is unassigned from the partition, the number of
intended active processors for the partition remains at 6. When
the partition is rebooted, a total of 6 processors are activated.
Cell 3 becomes an unassigned cell, and in order to be in compliance,
all 4 processors in Cell 3 are unlicensed (Instant Capacity) processors.
In the next example of unassigning a cell from a partition,
the number of processors removed (4) is greater than the number
of unlicensed processors in the partition (3). When this happens,
the number of intended active processors is automatically set to
the total number of remaining processors in the partition (8).
Table 4-7 Partition pre-modification state: Three cells with 3 active
and 1 inactive processor in each (total of 9 active processors)
| Cell 1 | Cell 2 | Cell 3 |
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| A A A I | A A A I | A A A I |
Table 4-8 Partition post-modification state: Cell 3 is unassigned (total
of 8 active is set)
| Cell 1 | Cell 2 |
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| A A A A | A A A A |
Table 4-9 Post-modification state: Unassigned cell (Cell 3) with 4
unused processors. The system has one RTU processor license available.
| Cell 3 | | Available System Licenses |
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| U U U U | | L |
When Cell 3 is unassigned from the partition, the number of
intended active processors is changed from 9 to 8 (because one licensed
processor must be removed with the cell). When the partition is
rebooted, a total of 8 processors are activated. Cell 3 becomes
an unassigned cell with 4 unused processors and there is one (unused)
processor license available for the complex.
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 | NOTE: If your intent is to migrate a cell from one partition
to another, you can control the number of licensed processors available
to the cell by deactivating processors in the partition you removed
the cell from. By deactivating processors, you are essentially freeing
up processor licenses in the entire complex. |
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