2.Sign in to the portal using your Passport ID.

If you are a first time user, you must register on this portal to obtain a Passport ID.

3.Click Create codewords.

NOTE: For self enforcement, codewords are not provided but the process used for inventory tracking mirrors what is used for codewords.

4.Follow the prompts as if you were going to generate a GiCAP code word.

5.Subscribe to receive a mail or keep a record of the transaction.

You can move the usage rights across complexes by disabling cores on one complex and activating them on another as long as the total does not exceed the rights purchased.

Important Considerations

Sizing Partitions

Size the partition for maximum cores it might require (this can be more than the available RTUs). For activating the cores dynamically using iCAP, the cores must be assigned to the partition. Hence, the partitions must be over provisioned with the maximum requirement. This consideration might be simple when creating nPars due to the fact that it is assigned at the granularity of cells and not cores.

For example, if you know that a vPar may need a maximum of 10 cores at any point in time, create a vPar with 10 cores. The number of usage rights can be assigned to this vPar after booting it to HP-UX with iCAP Version 10.00. If the partition is to be assigned with only five usage rights, it can be done using the iCAP commands, so that only five cores are active on the vPar at any point in time. iCAP ensures that the number of active cores are equal to assigned usage rights (Intended Active). You can dynamically activate or deactivate cores limited by the partition size set initially.

Resizing Partitions

If a partition has to be resized to change the number of cores that it was originally assigned with, the cores have to be brought down and re-adjusted. After you re-adjust the assigned cores, HP recommends you to set the usage rights assigned to the partition to ensure compliance.

Memory iCAP

The iCAP memory is available on HP Integrity Superdome 2 servers. The iCAP offering on memory is very similar to the current iCAP offering. You can purchase an HP Integrity Superdome 2 cell blade with all iCAP memory or all active memory. All inactive memory on an iCAP cell blade has to be activated at the same time. Until the memory is activated, the iCAP cell blade is considered to be logically powered off. In order to comply with the iCAP Terms & Conditions, HP recommends you to power off the iCAP cell blade that contains iCAP memory. After purchasing enough memory RTUs to activate all of the iCAP memory on the cell blade, follow the same process in the core usage section to update the iCAP inventory on the HP Utility Pricing Portal.

Installing iCAP on HP Integrity Superdome 2

The installation and upgradation of iCAP on HP Integrity Superdome 2 remains the same as on other iCAP supported systems. However, for iCAP Version 10.00 and later, on HP–UX 11i v3 HP Integrity systems, patch PHCO_39831 must be installed since it is a co-requisite.

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