Re: What does just one core activated mean? Was: Cost Justifications

Rob, I had a box with multiple cores, when you decide to turn these on don't
you have to get an updated license info from IBM. I also recall ordering a
box with the cores supposed to be turned on and the were not, this is
several months back now but I believe you had to do something special with
ASMI if i recall to get them to work.

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks, Rob. I gather that all cores are enabled in that you could use them
all
for Linux. But if you want to run IBM i, then there is an extra charge and
activation for each core.

-Nathan



----- Original Message ----
From: "rob@xxxxxxxxx" <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, March 9, 2011 6:35:59 AM
Subject: RE: What does just one core activated mean? Was: Cost
Justifications

Nathan,
You buy the hardware. It comes with a set amount of processors already
built into it. Now, if you want to USE some of the processors you have to
get a license for them. It's a way for IBM to lower manufacturing costs
and CE costs by just putting the hardware into the machine, while allowing
them to be cost competitive on the lower end and make pure profit on the
higher end. It also allows you to get a processor upgrade without
experiencing any downtime.

See WRKLICINF. Look for one with a License Term of just V7, not V7R1M0
(notice the pattern if you are falling behind). This one spans
partitions. I could have 8 processors, and license 7 of them for IBM i
and reserve one for Linux.

Product ID . . . . . . . . : 5770SS1
License term . . . . . . . : V7
Feature . . . . . . . . . . : 5051
Description . . . . . . . . : IBM i

Compliance type . . . . . . : *KEYED
Usage type . . . . . . . . : *PROCESSOR

Usage limit . . . . . . . . : 7
Last update . . . . . . . . : 04/28/10 16:22:10

Threshold . . . . . . . . . : 6

Usage Count Information:
All partitions . . . . . : 7.00
Local partition . . . . . : 3.00

So


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From: "Pete Massiello" <pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'"
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Date: 03/08/2011 08:41 PM
Subject: RE: Cost Justifications
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The 4 core, has 4 processors, but we only activated one of them with an
i5/OS license.

Summary: Machine is a one-way.

Pete

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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nathan Andelin
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 7:58 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Cost Justifications

From: Pete Massiello
we did a migration ... to a new Power7 4-core with just one activated

What does just one core activated mean? For starters, does that mean that
you
can only partition one of the cores? Or does it just mean that IBM i is
only

using one core?

-Nathan




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