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Easy to order, easy to use
IBM's Capacity on Demand offerings are straightforward and easy to implement. There is never a requirement to activate any of the inactive processors. In fact, systems with inactive processors or memory can be resold as is.
Working with on demand capacity and/or function is easy ... order the feature you want, collect and enter the provided key, and then simply start using the new capacity!
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Step1: Order one or more Processor (or Memory) Activation features
Step2: After the order is fulfilled (app. 1 to 2 weeks), collect the key from the mail or the web
Step3: Enter the key via HMC (or ASMI)
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Enable:
- Step1: Customer must sign an On/Off CoD contract.
- Step2: Customer works with his/her business partner to place an MES order for an On/Off CoD Enablement feature for temporary processor (or memory) capacity.
- Step3: The partner who has signed a contract to sell On/Off CoD registers the Machine at the On/Off CoD website before IBM will fulfill the order for the On/Off CoD Enablement feature.
Use:
- Step1: Collect the key from the mail or the web
- Step2: Enter the key via HMC
- Step3: Use the CoD screens on the HMC to request a qty of Processors (or memory) for a qty of days.
Report:
- Step1: Report use by establishing an Electronic Customer Support link from the HMC or manually send monthly use reports.
Pay:
- Step1: Pay the quarterly bill received from your business partner.
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Enable:
Use:
- Step1: Collect the enablement key from the mail or the web
- Step2: Enter the key via HMC
- Step3: Assign inactive processors to the Shared Pool for use as utility processors.
Report:
- Step1: Report use of utility processors by returning to the Utility CoD website. (Use should be reported prior to exceeding the processor minute reporting limit for the machine).
Pay:
- Step1: Pay for reported procesor minutes by purchasing 100 processor minute billing features.
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Purchase:
- Step1: Customer works with his/her business partner to place an order for a Reserve CoD Prepaid feature.
Activate:
- Step1: Collect the key from the mail or the web
- Step2: Enter the key via HMC
- Step3: Use the CoD screens on the HMC to request a qty of processors you want to assign to the Shared Processor Pool.
Use:
- Step1: Monitor system messages for notification of when prepaid processor days are utilized by the Shared Processor Pool (the remaining processor day counter will be lowered)
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Step1: Go to Trial CoD website and make a request for 30 elapsed days of trial capacity
- Standard Processor Request (2 processors)
- Standard memory Request (4 GB of memory)
- Exception Processor Request (All processors)
- Exception Memory Request (All memory)
Step2:The key will be sent to the e-mail address you provide (app. 1 hour)
Step3: Enter the key via HMC
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Step1: Order the Advanced Power Virtualization feature or the Enterprise Enablement feature
Step2: After the order is fulfilled (app. 1 to 2 weeks), collect the key from the mail or the web... hot link for search for activation codes by machine serial
Step3: Enter the key via HMC (or ASMI)
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Step1: Register a CBU Edition at the CBU Website
Step2: To enable, use and report On/Off CoD processor days, see steps above.
Step3: If the On/Off CoD Processor days are to be used for disaster recovery, go to the CBU Website to report the disaster.
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