Guidelines for Ordering a POD Activation FeatureGuidelines for Ordering a POD Activation FeatureGuidelines for Ordering a POD Activation FeatureGuidelines for Ordering a POD Activation Feature Permanent Capacity can be activated by ordering POD Activation Features in any of the following order scenarios.
Each scenario described below highlights the fact that it is now possible to order a POD Activation Feature
along with new Box Orders, Upgrades, and Conversions .. this means you are no longer required to send
CUoD Data (VPD) along with a POD Activation Feature order to have it fulfilled.
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Guidelines for Ordering Permanent Capacity
New Box Orders
=> The order for the new server can include new POD Activation Features, with the resulting POD Activation Code
applied directly in manufacturing
Model-to-Model Upgrade ( new footprint)
=> 100% activation of all standby processors is required on the old hardware prior to ordering a conversion/upgrade.
=> All records of POD Activation Features ordered prior to the converion/upgrade are removed from the machine
records (upgrade/conversion pricing takes into account the fact that 100% of the standby processors were
previously activated
=> The order for the upgrade can include new POD Activation Features, with the resulting POD Activation Code
applied directly in manufacturing
Processor-to-Processor Conversion or Model-to-Model Upgrade (no new footprint)
=> 100% activation of all standby processors is required on the old hardware prior to ordering a conversion/upgrade.
=> All records of POD Activation Features ordered prior to the converion/upgrade
are removed from the machine records (upgrade/conversion pricing takes into
account the fact that 100% of the standby processors were previously activated
=> The order for the conversion/upgrade can include new POD Activation Features, with the resulting POD Activation
Code mailed/posted without requiring CUoD Data (VPD) to be collected from the server and sent to IBM
Package-to-Package Conversion
=> All records of POD Activation Features ordered prior to the conversion remain on the machine records
=> The order for the conversion can include new POD Activation Features, with a resulting POD Activation Code that
accounts for both old and new POD Activation Features being mailed/posted without requiring CUoD Data (VPD) to
be collected from the server and sent to IBM
Activation Feature Orders
=> For orders that have POD Activation Features but don't contain a Processor or Package Feature .. if the Machine
Serial# and/or the Capacity Card Serial# have not been altered outside of the IBM manufacturing or field
maintenance process, then a POD Activation Code will be generated and mailed/posted without requiring
CUoD Data (VPD) to be collected from the server and sent to IBM
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