Re: DeConfigured Cores

Diego is correct. The primary motivation for factory deconfigured cores was to lower PowerVM costs. It's not much but it is a little.

When you get this machine IBM i sees only one core and needs one license. If you wish to upgrade you can turn on more cores and add IBM i Licenses as well.

In my customer base most don't go the deconfigured cores route as too much is changing and it's very simple to add IBM i Licenses but not as simple to reactivate cores and such especially if you do not have an HMC.

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On 9/27/2017 8:49 AM, Diego Kesselman wrote:

Kirk,

by deconfiguring cores you ask the factory to turn off some cores to lower your PowerVM licensing and AIX or IBM i when you have single LPAR configuration.

You can power off the system, get into the ASMI and activate those cores, and then on again; but you'll need additional PowerVM licenses and, when required, additional OS licenses.

When you have a single LPAR IBM i system I think (sorry, can't remember), and as long as you have an "all resources" LPAR, you must see all cores (prepare your OS keys). If this doesn't work out, just create a new LPAR with all resources so you can reflect changes.


Regards

Diego Kesselman


El 27/09/17 a las 06:34, Kirk Goins escribió:

DrFranken and other hardware Guru's...
I saw a 4core Power7 the other day with IBMi only on it. When looking at
Failed and Non-Reporting Hardware screen it is reporting cores 2-4 as
failed. I know at one time in the AIX world you could by from IBM a machine
with x number cores deconfigured. This was done to less than handle less
than whole machine licensing in the AIX world as their licensing is as
robust as IBMi.  How does/would IBMi see these deconfigured cores?

Thanks in advance