Sun Fire[TM] 3800-6800/12K-E25K servers: What is Capacity on Demand (COD) and what are its commands?

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Solution 1001867.1 : Sun Fire[TM] 3800-6800/12K-E25K servers: What is Capacity on Demand (COD) and what are its commands?

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Description
What is Capacity on Demand (COD) and what are its commands?

Steps to Follow
The Capacity on Demand (COD) option provides additional processing resources that you pay for when you use them. Through the COD option, you receive and install unlicensed CPU/Memory boards. These boards, which are identified as COD CPU/Memory boards, contain four CPUs. However, you do not have the right to use the CPUs on COD CPU/Memory boards until you also purchase the COD right-to-use (RTU) licenses for them. The purchase of a COD RTU license entitles you to receive a license key, which enab
Your Sun Fire[TM] midframe system can have any combination of active CPU/Memory boards and COD CPU/Memory boards, up to the maximum capacity allowed for the system. You must have at least one active CPU for each domain in your system.

For details on getting started with COD, review the Capacity on Demand chapter in the Sun Fire[TM] 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems Platform Administration Manual (part number 816-4851-10). Contact your Sun[TM] sales representative or authorized Sun reseller to purchase COD CPU/Memory boards and the appropriate number of COD RTU licenses. After the COD CPU/Memory boards are installed, refer to the Capacity on Demand chapter and also the Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 System Controller Command Reference Manual (part number 816-4852-10) for information on using certain system controller commands to allocate COD RTU licenses, activate COD CPUs, and monitor the COD CPUs used.

COD 2.0 software is included in Sun Fire[TM] 3800-6800 System Controller firmware revision 5.14.0 (or higher) and Sun Fire 12K/15K SMS 1.3 (or higher). The COD 2.0 software manages the COD resources and provides the user commands for administering the COD options. Only one standard (non-COD) system board is required in Sun Fire 3800-6800 systems, and two standard (non-COD) system boards are required in the F12/15K systems. Any combination of COD or non-COD processor/memory boards can be used in the remaining slots.

Note: The dual-threaded USIV proc is treated as a single unit.

New COD Commands:

The following commands were added in this release to support COD:

addcodlicense - Adds a Capacity on Demand (COD) right-to-use (RTU) license key to the COD license database.

deletecodlicense - Removes a COD RTU license key from the COD license database.

showcodlicense - Displays the current COD RTU licenses stored in the COD license database.

showcodusage - Displays the current usage statistics for COD resources.

Modified Commands:

The following SC commands were changed in this release to support COD:

setupplatform - New COD parameters:

Quantity of instant access CPUs (headroom) to be activated.
Quantity of COD RTU licenses to be reserved for each domain.

showboards - Component type includes COD CPU boards.

showdomain - Displays the COD RTU licenses reserved for the domain.

showplatform - Displays the parameter values set through the setupplatform command, including the following new or modified parameters:

Instant Access CPUs (headroom) activated
COD RTU licenses reserved for domains

Product
Sun Fire V1280 Server
Sun Fire E6900 Server
Sun Fire E4900 Server
Sun Fire E2900 Server
Sun Fire 6800 Server
Sun Fire 4810 Server
Sun Fire 4800 Server
Sun Fire 3800 Server
Sun Fire 15K Server
Sun Fire 12K Server
Sun Fire E25K Server

Internal Comments
For internal Sun use only.

For more information please refer to the following url:

http://onestop.eng/programs/cod.shtml

Enabling Capacity on Demand (COD) CPU/Memory Boards on Sun Fire 15K/12K/6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems (816-6062-10)

http://www.sun.com/products/index.jsp

Technical Instruction <Document: 1001908.1> Sun Fire[TM] 12K/15K:How To:Enable CPU COD without COD licenses

Technical instruction <Document: 1002102.1> Sun Fire[TM] 12K/15K/E20K/E25K/F3800/Fx800/Ex900/ servers: How to replace a COD CPU/memory board

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Change History
Updated by the ESG Knowledge Content Team 4/2010
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