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Activating Process for Capacity Upgrade on Demand Features
The 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 CUoD feature is ordered for your server, they are
included in the server when it is delivered. Use the following steps to activate additional capacity when it is
needed:
1. Determine the additional capacity 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
features you request. The order specifies the upgrade features 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 view the Planning Guide for Capacity Upgrade on Demand .
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/cuod/index.html
5. After the activation code is received (from either the Web or the mailed copy), enter the activation code
using the HMC. Detailed procedures are available in the Planning Guide for Capacity Upgrade on
Demand .
6. After you have finished the activation 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 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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