IBM RS/6000 Enterprise Server M80, Installation Manual

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Chapter 3. Using the Capacity Upgrade on Demand Feature
The Capacity Upgrade on Demand feature allows a new system to be ordered with
extra processor capacity that can be enabled by the system administrator. Also, if a
system that is already in use requires additional processor capacity, the system can be
upgraded with additional capacity that can be enabled by the system administrator
anytime additional capacity is required. The service representative can also enable
processors during hardware upgrade installation.
Note: The Capacity Upgrade on Demand feature is available for this system when a
minimum of four processors running at 750 MHz processor are installed. The
Capacity Upgrade on Demand feature is not available on systems in which 500
MHz processors are installed.
System Processors
The processors are ordered by feature code (FC) for the system on which you are
installing the additional capacity. The following feature codes can be ordered with the
system, or added as upgrades to allow additional processors to be installed in the
system and then enabled later.
FC 8306
This Capacity Upgrade on Demand feature code causes a processor board
with four processors to be installed, but none of the processors are enabled.
Only one of these feature codes can be installed.
FC 8307
This Capacity Upgrade on Demand feature code causes a processor board
with four processors to be installed, and two of the processors are enabled.
After the system is running with any of the above features installed, if the system
administrator enables additional processors on a processor board, the records for the
system are changed to show that the appropriate feature code is in use.
As processors are enabled by the system administrator, the feature records for the
system are automatically updated in the AIX error logs to reflect the number of
processors in use. For system records purposes, the error logs record changes to the
processor configuration and the changes are sent, using the Electronic Service Agent,
to the CUoD (Capacity Upgrade on Demand) project office.
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