Hmc Capacity On Demand Menus; Section 4.8, "Hmc Capacity On Demand Menus - IBM p5 590 System Handbook

Ideal conditions for enabling Trial CoD include testing new applications, handling
workload peaks and testing, determining the effect of added computing
resources on existing workloads, or supporting your business while in the
process of purchasing permanent capacity upgrades.
Trial CoD is a complimentary service offered by IBM. Although IBM intends to
continue it for the foreseeable future, IBM reserves the right to withdraw Trial
CoD at any time, with or without notice.
Trial Capacity on Demand activation procedure
Owners of Sserver p5 systems with CUoD capabilities can activate all available
inactive CUoD processors and memory resources one time, for up to 30
contiguous days, at no charge. Trial CoD for p5-590 and p5-595 servers is
enabled by registering at the pSeries CoD Web site and electronically receiving
an activation key (Figure 4-2 on page 92).
The pSeries CoD registration Web site can be accessed using the following URL:
https://www-912.ibm.com/tcod_reg.nsf/TrialCod?OpenForm
The additional temporary resources can be configured as permanent resources
at a later date using the CUoD activation code or returned back to the system as
CUoD resources. An additional 30-day trial period is available each time a client
purchases a permanent processor activation, but the activated resources on
these subsequent trial periods are limited to up to two processors and 4 GB of
memory, if available on the server. This offering allows clients to activate
additional resources temporarily for benchmarking, testing, or immediate use
while waiting for the purchase of a CoD activation feature.

4.8 HMC Capacity on Demand menus

The hardware management console provides a series of CoD menus to allow the
user to observe and manage their CoD configurations. These CoD menus are
accessible by using the 'Selected' menu from the HMC menu bar. The 'Selected'
menu will have the following structure for CoD enabled systems:
Server Management
Manage On Demand Activations
Capacity On Demand >
– Enter CoD Code
– Processor >
• Capacity Settings
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