HP UX 11i v2 manual Licensing an Instant Capacity Cell Board No Increase

Cell Board Instant Capacity

Instant Capacity Cell Board Licensing Examples

Example 6-1 Licensing a Cell Board without increasing the number of licensed processors

For example, if you have an nPartition with two cell boards that have four active processors on the active cell board, and an inactive cell board with four unlicensed processors, licensing the inactive cell board results in two licensed processors per cell board. That is, the Instant Capacity software distributes the number of licensed processors across the two cell boards. The total number of licensed processors has not changed, so no additional licensing of processors is necessary.

Table 6-1	Licensing an Instant Capacity Cell Board — No Increase in
	Licensed Processors
	Active Cell	Inactive Cell
State	Board	Board	Notes
	Processors	Processors
Before Cell	4 licensed	4 unlicensed	inactive cell board is unlicensed and
Board Instant			contains 0 licensed processors
Capacity
Licensing
After Cell	2 licensed,	2 licensed,	No additional processors need to be
Board Instant	2 unlicensed	2 unlicensed	licensed because the number of
Capacity			licensed processors is greater or
Licensing			equal to the number of licensed cell
			boards

In the above example, the newly licensed cell board can be activated immediately because the nPartition is in compliance.

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