HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) manual Document Organization

Document Organization

This user’s guide is not designed to be read from front to back in its entirety. To get an understanding of Instant Capacity version 9.x, you should read this chapter, Chapter 1 - Instant Capacity Overview, and Chapter 2 - Getting Started. After reading these chapters, you can utilize the table of contents and index (in back) for specific topics of interest.

•About This Guide provides an introduction to this guide and locating Instant Capacity information.

•Chapter 1, Introduction to Instant Capacity provides an overview of the Instant Capacity system.

•Chapter 2, Getting Started describes Instant Capacity requirements, concepts and methods, and related software topics.

•Chapter 3, Installing and Removing Instant Capacity Software contains procedures on how to install and reinstall Instant Capacity software.

•Chapter 4, Using Instant Capacity to Manage Processing Capacity explains how to view system status, apply codewords, activate and deactivate cores, assign and unassign cells, and HP’s test activation policy for Instant Capacity.

•Chapter 5, Temporary Instant Capacity gives you details on what temporary capacity is, and how to order and use it.

•Chapter 6, Instant Capacity Cell Board provides details on what Instant Capacity Cell Board is, and how to order and use it.

•Chapter 7, Global Instant Capacity gives you details on Global Instant Capacity, describes the concept of groups and shared resources, and how to order and use it.

•Chapter 8, Using Instant Capacity on HP Integrity Superdome 2 provides information about iCAP support on HP Integrity Superdome 2.

•Chapter 9, Troubleshooting gives you step by step procedures to resolve problems with the Instant Capacity software and other related configurations.

•Chapter 10, Frequently Asked Questions contains questions and answers to common Instant Capacity software topics.

•Instant Capacity HP-UX Manpages contains the actual HP-UX manpages for icap, icapmanage, icapmodify, icapnotify, icapstatus, and icapd.

•Appendix A, Special Considerations describes assumed values in icapstatus output, upgrading to Instant Capacity B.06.x or later software, dual core support, creating and shutting down partitions, implications of removing a cell board from an Instant Capacity system, par commands with PC SMS, integration with Psets, configuring email, testing email transmission of an asset report, measurement software, dynamic processor resilience, and security related issues.

•Appendix B, Considerations for OpenVMS Systems contains information for running Instant Capacity on OpenVMS systems.

•Glossary explains Instant Capacity systems and software terms.

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