| configured
core |
| | | A core that has been configured
at the boot console handler (BCH or EFI) and is available for activation. |
| deconfigured core |
| | | A core that has not yet been
configured at the boot console handler (BCH or EFI). The PPU software cannot
activate a core that is deconfigured. |
| hard partition | | A physical partitioning of
a computer that divides the computer into groups of cell boards
where each group operates independently of the other groups. A hard partition
can run a single instance of the operating system or be further
divided into virtual partitions (on HP-UX). |
| inactive cell |
| | | On a hardware-partitionable
system, a cell that is either powered off, or in a state prior to
BCH, defined as “waiting on SINC_BIB”. |
| inactive partition |
| | | A partition where all of
the cells in the partition are inactive. |
| Instant Capacity |
| | | Also called iCAP, and formerly
known as Instant Capacity On Demand, or iCOD. The HP Utility Pricing Solutions
product that has a pricing model based on an initial purchase of
components (cores, cell boards, and memory) without usage rights.
With Instant Capacity you initially purchase a specified number
of activated components and a specified number of deactivated components.
To activate an Instant Capacity component, you purchase the usage
rights and obtain rights through the application of an RTU codeword. |
| Pay per use |
| | | The HP Utility Pricing Solutions
product that has a pricing model in which you are charged for actual
core usage. You acquire a specific hardware platform, and number
of core(s), and are charged for the actual usage, based on either
the percent of core utilization or the number of active cores. |
| portal |
| | | An HP web site that gives
customers an interface to view their PPU utilization information.
See “PPU
Web Portal” for details. |
| PPU Agent |
| | | The software component that
provides information to the utility meter. On HP-UX systems, this
component is implemented as a daemon (“ppud” daemon).
On OpenVMS systems, this component is implemented as a process (PPU_SERVER).
On Windows systems, this component is implemented as a service. |
| usage database |
| | | The HP repository that contains
PPU utilization information. You can access this information through the
PPU web portal. |
| utility meter |
| | | The software and hardware
device that receives PPU utilization information from the PPU software.
The utility meter is initially installed and configured by an HP
service representative. |
| virtual machine | | A software entity provided
by HP Integrity Virtual Machines (Integrity VM). This technology
allows a single server or nPartition to act as an Integrity VM Host
for multiple individual virtual machines (also known as “VM
Guests”), each running its own instance of an operation system
(referred to as a “guest OS”). Each VM Guest emulates
a real Integrity machine, including firmware. Virtual machines are
servers in the Virtual Server Environment (VSE). |
| virtual partition |
| | | On HP-UX, a software partitioning
of a computer or hard partition where each virtual partition contains
an instance of an operating system. Though a hard partition can
contain multiple virtual partitions, the inverse is not true (that
is, a virtual partition cannot span hard partition boundaries). |
