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Special Considerations

Inactive Partitions in PPU SystemsInactive Partitions in PPU Systems

Baseline usage for the PPU program is included in the minimum monthly payment. Baseline usage is assumed to be 25%. That is, 25% processor utilization is included in the minimum monthly payment. Inactive partitions in PPU systems are covered under baseline usage.

An inactive PPU partition is reported as “IDLE”, in the measurement “Method” column, on the PPU web portal report.

An inactive partition is a partition with all of the cells in the partition inactive. An inactive cell is a cell that is either powered off, or in a state prior to BCH, defined as “waiting on SINC_BIB”.

The easiest way for you to configure a partition to “waiting on SINC_BIB” is to do one of the following:

•reboot -R -H•shutdown -R -H

If you have already shutdown your system without these options, you can still place it into an inactive state by doing one of the following:

•Via the GSP interface, enter the RR command to put the system in a “waiting on SINC_BIB” state (or)

•Via the GSP interface, enter the PE command to power down all the cells in the partition

HP receives a usage report from your PPU system indicating any inactive partitions.

At least one partition in the complex must always be active so that usage and inactive partition information can be reported to HP.

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