Installing A System With Capacity Upgrade On Demand; Verifying System Communication Capabilities; Configuring The Capacity Upgrade On Demand Feature - IBM RS/6000 Enterprise Server M80 Service Manual

Installing a System with Capacity Upgrade on Demand

If you are installing a system that was ordered with a processor Capacity Upgrade on Demand feature,
continue with this section to install the Capacity Upgrade on Demand feature.
If the Capacity Upgrade on Demand feature is already installed in your system and you want to upgrade to
use additional processors, go to "Enabling Additional Capacity Upgrade on Demand Processors" on page
356.

Verifying System Communication Capabilities

The system must have Electronic Service Agent installed and configured to call out on a dedicated phone
line. The service representative is responsible for ensuring that Electronic Service Agent is operational.
To verify the system communication capabilities, do the following:
1. As part of the Capacity Upgrade on Demand system installation, the service representative must
configure and test the Electronic Service Agent. Locate the CD that contains the Electronic Service
Agent application and user's guide PDF document provided with the system.
2. Use the Electronic Service Agent user's guide to complete the tasks in the following sections:
v Prerequisites
v Obtaining and installing Electronic Service Agent
v Basic Electronic Service Agent configuration
v Advanced configuration tasks that must be completed to support Capacity Upgrade on Demand:
– If the system having Capacity Upgrade on Demand installed is not the Electronic Service Agent
gateway, the Electronic Service Agent client code must be installed on this system and this
system must be added to the list of Electronic Service Agent-monitored systems.
– A test PMR must be sent to the Electronic Service Agent server and completed successfully.
3. Return here and continue with these instructions after completing steps 1 and 2 above.

Configuring the Capacity Upgrade on Demand Feature

This section provides instructions to use the chcod command to configure the Capacity Upgrade on
Demand feature and allow the system to update the system records. For full details about the chcod
command syntax, go to Appendix D, "Using the chcod Command," on page 503.
Note: Ensure that the system and all new hardware have been installed before beginning this procedure.
Note: If the Capacity Upgrade on Demand processor feature is not installed, the service representative
should install the processor feature at this time. Do not continue with the steps below. Refer to the
installation instructions that were provided with the feature.
To install a system with the Capacity Upgrade on Demand feature hardware, do the following:
1. Log in to the system as root user or as a user with system group privileges.
2. Type the following command:
chcod
Record the displayed information below:
Current MailAddress _______Reserved________
Current CustInfo
Current Model and System ID = IBM, xxxx-______IBM, ________
Current number of authorized proc(s) out of (xx_____) installed on
system = (yy_____)
_______________________
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