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HP Instant Capacity User's Guide for Versions 8.x

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HP Part Number: B9073-90183

Edition: Sixth Edition

Published: December 2007

© Copyright 2000-2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

Table of Contents

About This Guide

Intended Audience

New and Changed Information in This Edition

Publishing History

Document Organization

Typographic Conventions

Instant Capacity Information

Instant Capacity User’s Guide History
Locating the Instant Capacity User’s Guide for Versions 8.x
Locating the Instant Capacity Release Notes for Versions 8.x
Manpages

Documentation Feedback

1 Instant Capacity Overview

Introduction

Welcome
Terminology

Software Product Overview
System Overview
Most Recent Instant Capacity Product Versions and Supported Platforms
Past Instant Capacity Versions and Supported Operating Systems

2 Getting Started

Instant Capacity Requirements

Program Requirements
Software Requirements
E-mail Requirements
Roles Requirement
Usage Rights Requirement

Instant Capacity Components

Overview
Cores (Processors)
Cell Boards
Memory

Global Instant Capacity

Instant Capacity Codewords

Temporary Instant Capacity (TiCAP)

Instant Capacity Compliance and Enforcement

Configuration Change Notification

Core Activation

Increasing Processing Capacity by RTU Purchase

Instant Capacity Cell Board

Instant Capacity Software Validation

On HP-UX Systems
On OpenVMS Systems

Instant Capacity System Status Reporting

Timezone Considerations

3 Installing and Uninstalling Instant Capacity Software

Installing Instant Capacity Software

For HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 - Installing from the HP-UX Media
For HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 - Installing from the HP Software Depot
For All HP-UX Installations
Installing Instant Capacity on OpenVMS Systems

Reinstalling Instant Capacity Software

Preserving current Instant Capacity information

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

Instant Capacity Activation Example Session

Deactivating Cores

Deactivation Example Session for Hardware-partitionable Systems

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

HP-UX LPMC and HPMC
Failed Monarch Processors (HP-UX only)
Replacement of Failed Cores on OpenVMS
Failed OpenVMS Primary Processors

5 Temporary Instant Capacity

Temporary Instant Capacity Overview

Ordering Temporary Instant Capacity

HP-UX Licensing and Support with Temporary Instant Capacity
OpenVMS Licensing and Support with Temporary Instant Capacity

Using Temporary Instant Capacity

Acquiring and Configuring Temporary Instant Capacity
Utilizing Temporary Instant Capacity

Tracking the Usage of Temporary Instant Capacity

Temporary Instant Capacity Warning Period

Temporary Instant Capacity Expiration and Compliance Enforcement

Temporary Instant Capacity Exceptions

Error for Activation with Insufficient Temporary Capacity
Temporary Capacity Balance Needing Action
Temporary Capacity Negative Balance
Temporary Capacity Enforcement

6 Instant Capacity Cell Board

Instant Capacity Cell Board

Overview

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 Group Managers

Global Instant Capacity Grouping Rules

Global Instant Capacity Sharing Rights

Creating Global Instant Capacity Groups

Global Instant Capacity Resource Sharing

Effect of Temporary Capacity
Status Reporting

Global Instant Capacity and Temporary Capacity

Temporary Capacity and Freed Usage Rights
Temporary Capacity and Status Reporting
Temporary Capacity Prefetch

Global Instant Capacity Member Removal

Group Member Reinstallation

Group Manager Availability

Upgrades and Global Instant Capacity

Adding New Partitions

Rights Seizure

Effects of Rights Seizure
Down Partitions with Powered-On Cells
Other Considerations

Multiple Group Considerations

Additional Considerations

8 Troubleshooting

Handling Compliance Exceptions
Troubleshooting the Instant Capacity Software
Diagnosing E-mail Configuration

9 Frequently Asked Questions

Instant Capacity Software
Instant Capacity Hardware
Global Instant Capacity

Instant Capacity HP-UX Manpages

iCAP(5) - Instant Capacity software for HP-UX and OpenVMS
icapmanage(1M) - Global Instant Capacity (GiCAP) management commands for GiCAP groups.
icapmodify(1M) - Activate and deactivate cores. Specify system contact e-mail address. Change Instant Capacity (iCAP) configuration information. Specify Instant Capacity from e-mail address. Specify system identifier. Specify temporary capacity warning period. Apply codewords.
icapnotify(1M) - Test e-mail connectivity to HP for Instant Capacity (iCAP) systems. Request a confirmation response e-mail from HP. Turn configuration change notification and asset reporting on or off.
icapstatus(1M) - Display Instant Capacity (iCAP) status and system information.
icapd(1M) - Instant Capacity (iCAP) daemon.

A Special Considerations

Assumed Values in icapstatus

Assumed Processor Values
Assumed Memory Values

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)

Overview
Instant Capacity Integration with vPars — Supported Hardware Platforms
Integrated Virtual Partition Environment
Boot Time Compliance
Temporary Capacity and Virtual Partitions
Static Virtual Partitions
LPMC Deactivations in Virtual Partitions

Instant Capacity Compatibility with Processor Sets (HP-UX)

Overview
Scope of the Instant Capacity Software Interacting with Psets
Psets on nPars
Psets on vPars

Configuring E-Mail on Instant Capacity Systems

E-Mail Requirements

Measurement Software and Instant Capacity Systems

OpenView Measurement Products
Other Measurement Software

Dynamic Processor Resilience (DPR) (HP-UX)

Security Related Issues

Customer protections which iCAP assumes to be in place
Disabling the iCAP daemon (HP-UX)
Customer Security Requirements
Security Tuning Options

B Considerations for OpenVMS Systems

CLI Support on OpenVMS

HP-UX Style Commands
OpenVMS Command Mapping
OpenVMS iCAP Files
DCL ICAP Command

DCL Commands

ICAP Activate
ICAP Apply
ICAP Deactivate
ICAP Reconcile
ICAP Set
ICAP Show
ICAP_SERVER

Special OpenVMS-Specific Features and Considerations

Core Activation and Deactivation
E-mail Considerations

Restrictions

List of Figures

1-1 Instant Capacity System Elements
4-1 Permanent Activation of Instant Capacity Components
4-2 Partition pre-modification state: One cell assigned with 3 active and 1 inactive cores, and available usage rights for 2 additional cores
4-3 Pre-modification state: Unassigned cell with 4 inactive cores without usage rights
4-4 Partition post-modification state: Cell 2 assigned to partition
4-5 Partition pre-modification state: Three cells with 2 active and 2 inactive cores in each (total of 6 active cores), and 6 expected inactive cores
4-6 Partition post-modification state: Cell 3 is unassigned (total of 6 active remains)
4-7 Partition post-modification state: Unassigned cell (Cell 3) with 4 inactive cores
4-8 Partition pre-modification state: Three cells with 3 active and 1 inactive cores in each (total of 9 active cores), and 3 expected inactive cores
4-9 Partition post-modification state: Cell 3 is unassigned (total of 8 active is set)
4-10 Post-modification state: Unassigned cell (Cell 3) with 4 inactive cores. The system has usage rights available for one additional core.
5-1 Using Temporary Instant Capacity: Temporary Activation of Cores Without Usage Rights
6-1 nPartition pre-modification state: One cell assigned with 1 active core and 3 inactive cores; the complex has no additional core usage rights
6-2 nPartition pre-modification state: Instant Capacity cell (Cell 2) with 4 inactive cores
6-3 nPartition requested state: Instant Capacity Cell (Cell 2) cannot be activated in nPartition
7-1 Using Global Instant Capacity

List of Tables

1 Publishing History Details
1-1 Most Recent Instant Capacity Versions and Supported Platforms
6-1 Cell Board Activation Not Requiring Additional Core Usage Rights
6-2 Cell Board Activation Requiring Additional Core Usage Rights
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
B-2 OpenVMS iCAP Files

List of Examples

2-1 Configuration Change Notification E-Mail for (non vPar) Instant Capacity System
4-1 Sample Session of icapstatus (on HP-UX)
4-2 Applying an 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
7-3 Creating a Group
7-4 Adding a Member to a Group
7-5 Example Output of icapstatus on a group member system
7-6 Core Rights Sharing
7-7 Cell/Memory Sharing
7-8 Activation Using Pooled Temporary Capacity
7-9 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)

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