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Software Licenses and Processor on Demand
Activating a processor may change the terms and conditions for applications that you
use on your server. Consult the application documentation to determine if the license
terms and conditions requirements change based on hardware configuration.
Activating Process for Processor on Demand
The processor on demand process begins when you determine a potential need for
more processing capability in the future and want to have the hardware installed on the
server now. If processor on demand features are ordered for your server, they are
included in the server when it is delivered. When additional processors become a
necessity, use the following steps to activate them:
1. Determine the number of standby processors you want to activate.
2. Contact your sales representative or business partner to place an order for
particular processor on demand activation features.
3. The sales representative places an order to the system coordinator or feature
coordinator for the specific number of processor on demand activation features. The
order specifies the number of additional processors you have requested to add.
4. To process the order, you must send the system Vital Product Data (VPD) to IBM in
either of the following ways:
v Electronic process (Electronic Service Agent)
v Web-based VPD entry:
For details on how to submit the VPD either through the Electronic Service Agent or
using the Web system go to the following Web site and locate the document
Planning Guide for Capacity Upgrade on Demand
. The planning guide provides
detailed procedures.
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/cuod/index.html
5. After the Activation Code is received (either from the Web or the mailed copy), enter
the Activation Code using the HMC. Detailed procedures are available in the
document
Planning Guide for Capacity Upgrade on Demand
.
6. Once you have finished the acivation process, you can assign the activated
processors to a partition. If you are using dynamic partitioning (DLPAR), you need
not reboot the system to use the processors. If you are not using DLPAR, you must
reboot the managed system before the newly activated processors can be used.
Before adding processors to a partition that is running Linux, you must stop Linux
partitions and then restart them after you have assigned the processors.
Begin using the new processor capacity. If you encountered any problems using the
preceding process, see the following Web site:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/cuod/index.html
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