Re: multi core processors

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To start we never order 'deconfiguration' of any cores. Never.

It does NOT matter to IBM i. You simply use the processors you are 
licensed to for i.

The only thing we've seen is that by deconfiguring you save money on the 
SWMA for POWERVM which is small money like not even a comma in that 
number.  This small savings offsets the flexibility to use those cores 
for something else or for growth of your IBM i environment.

        - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

www.Frankeni.com
www.iDevCloud.com - Personal Development IBM i timeshare service.
www.iInTheCloud.com - Commercial IBM i Cloud Hosting.

On 4/19/2018 2:53 PM, Jim Hawkins wrote:
> We are beginning to look at the purchase of a Power 9 to replace our Power
> 6.  In reading the announcement letter we see the following:
>
>   
>
>   
>
> The 4-core Power S914 server offers entry clients running AIX, IBM i, or
> Linux a entry server based on POWER9 technology. It uses a typical 2.3 to
> 3.8 GHz (max) POWER9 Processor Card (#EP10) with processor core activation
> feature (#EP40). All four processor cores must be activated, but factory
> deconfiguration feature (#2319) is supported. The chargeable feature EP40 is
> used for these activations.
>
>   
>
> And
>
>   
>
> A maximum of one processor with four processor cores (#EP10), .. All
> processor cores must be activated. The following defines the allowed
> quantities of processor activation entitlements.
>
> . One 4-core, typical 2.3 to 3.8 GHz (max) processor (#EP10) requires that
> four processor activation codes be ordered. A maximum of four processor
> activations (#EP40) is allowed.
>
> So it seems that we have to order activation for all 4 cores (although the
> price list is blank on this cost) but it can be ordered with cores
> deconfigured (which I would assume there is also a cost for-but again the
> price list is silent).  It has been suggested to us that such systems are
> typically ordered with only 1 core active and additional cores can be
> activated later for a hefty some and also require the purchase of an
> additional OS license. This doesn't sound right to us and are hoping someone
> can offer some clarification.
>
>   
>
>   
>
> Regards,
>
>   
>
> Jim Hawkins
>
> Programmer Analyst
>
> Interkal LLC
>
> Kalamazoo, MI
>
>