About this guide
Introduction
How to Use this Guide
This user’s guide is not designed to be read from front to back in its entirety. To get a decent understanding of Instant Capacity versions B.07.x, you should read this chapter and Chapter 2 - Getting Started. After reading these two chapters, you can utilize the table of contents and index (in back) for specific topics of interest.
•Chapter 1, About this Guide provides an introduction to the guide, an overview of the Instant Capacity system, and locating Instant Capacity documentation.
•Chapter 2, Getting Started describes Instant Capacity requirements, concepts and methods, and related software topics.
•Chapter 3, Installing and Uninstalling 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 processors, assign and unassign cells, and HP’s test activation policy for Instant Capacity.
•Chapter 5, Temporary Instant Capacity for Unlicensed Processors gives you details on what temporary capacity is, and how to order, license, and use it.
•Chapter 6, Cell Board Instant Capacity provides details on what Cell Board Instant Capacity is, and how to order, license, and use it.
•Chapter 7, Troubleshooting gives you step by step procedures to resolve problems with the Instant Capacity software and other related configurations.
•Chapter 8, Frequently Asked Questions contains questions and answers to common Instant Capacity software topics.
•Appendix A, Special Considerations describes assumed values in icod_stat output, upgrading to Instant Capacity versions B.07.x 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 virtual partitions and Psets, configuring
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