Hardware Management Console Installation and Operations Guide


Using Capacity Upgrade on Demand

Capacity Upgrade on Demand (CUoD) allows you to non-disruptively activate extra resources while the system is operating. If you ordered a CUoD-capable system, additional resources were shipped with the system and can be enabled by using special CUoD activation codes.

You can use the HMC to perform the following Capacity Upgrade on Demand functions:


Accepting the License Agreement

During the first time you power on a CUoD-capable system using an HMC, a license agreement panel displays on the HMC attached to the CUoD system. Only users with the System Administrator role can accept the agreement. You must accept the CUoD license agreement in order to power on the system completely. If you choose not to accept the agreement, you must power off the managed system, have a service representative remove all the CUoD hardware, and then power the machine back on again. If the you do not accept the license agreement and did not have the CUoD hardware removed, the same license agreement panel opens on the next power on.

You can view the license agreement at any time. To view the license agreement, do the following:

  1. Select the managed system.
  2. Select Capacity Upgrade.
  3. Select License Agreement.

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Displaying Capacity Upgrade on Demand Resources

You can display the following information about your CUoD processors:

To display CUoD resource information, do the following:

  1. In the Contents area, select the managed system.
  2. Select CUoD.
  3. Select Processor.
  4. Select Processor Capacity Setting.

Information about your CUoD resources displays.

Viewing and Saving Capacity Upgrade on Demand Processor Order Information

You can save CUoD ordering information to either an ftp site or to a diskette on the HMC.

To save CUoD order information, do the following:

  1. In the Contents area, select the managed system.
  2. Select CUoD.
  3. Select Processor.
  4. Select Processor Capacity Setting.
  5. Click Order Info. Information about your processor order displays.
  6. If you want to save this information, click Save As.
  7. Select where you want to save the order information and complete the fields with the appropriate information.

Activating Capacity Upgrade on Demand Resources

This section describes how to enter an activation code to activate Capacity Upgrade on Demand resources.

To activate CUoD resources, do the following:

  1. In the Contents area, select the managed system.
  2. Select CUoD.
  3. Select Processor.
  4. Select Processor Activation.
  5. Type the activation code supplied to you by your representative.
  6. Click OK. If you entered a valid activation code, The CUoD Activation Success window opens.
  7. Click OK. The HMC then initializes the processors you activated and makes them available for use.


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