HP UX 11i v2 manual Assigning a Cell to a Partition, Partition pre-modification state One cell

Using Instant Capacity to Manage Processing Capacity

Assigning a Cell to a Partition

NOTE

Assigning a Cell to a Partition

Only licensed cells (containing fully licensed memory and at least one licensed processor) can be active in a partition.

When a cell is assigned to a partition in an Instant Capacity system, depending on the number of licensed processors available in the system when the cell is assigned, the number of intended active processors for the partition automatically changes. The following example of a single partition with one assigned and one unassigned cell illustrates this:

Table 4-1	Partition pre-modification state: One cell
	assigned with 3 active and 1 inactive
	processors
	Cell 1
	A A A I
Table 4-2	Pre-modification state: Unassigned cell with 4
	unused processors and system-wide RTU
	licenses for 2 processors
	Cell 2	Available
		System Licenses
	U U U U	L	L
Table 4-3	Partition post-modification state: Cell 2
	assigned to partition

Cell 1

Cell 2

A A A I

A A I I

When Cell 2 is assigned to the partition, the number of intended active processors for the partition is automatically changed to 5. When the partition is rebooted, 5 processors in the partition are activated.

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