This little tip was passed on to me by a friendly IBM hardware engineer many years ago.
When entering a capacity on demand (CoD) code into a Power system, you can tell how many processors and how much memory will be activated, just by looking at the code youve given by IBM.
For example, the following codes, when entered for the appropriate Power system, will enable 4 processors (POD) and 64GB of memory (MOD). I can also tell* that once the VET code is entered, this system will be licensed for PowerVM Enterprise Edition (2C28).
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Activation type definitions |
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POD: |
CUoD Processor Activation Code |
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MOD: |
CUoD Memory Activation Code |
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TCOD: |
On/Off CoD Enablement Code |
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TMOD: |
On/Off CoD Memory Enablement Code |
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VET: |
Virtualization Technology Code |
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(PowerVM, Enterprise Enablement, WWPN, Active Memory Expansion) |
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STDP: |
Standard Trial CoD Processor Activation Code |
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STDM: |
Standard Trial CoD Memory Activation Code |
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STME: |
Standard Trial Active Memory Expansion Code |
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EXCP: |
Exception Trial CoD Processor Activation Code |
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EXCM: |
Exception Trial CoD Memory Activation Code |
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USTA: |
Utility CoD Enablement Code |
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USTO: |
Utility CoD Termination Code |
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URPT: |
Utility CoD Reporting Code |
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PAID: |
Utility CoD PrePaid Code |
0000 = Reset to base defaults (No PowerVM)
1xxx = Express
2c00 = Standard
2c20 = Enterprise
*Refer to the following link for more information on How to tell which PowerVM Editions feature was ordered: https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1010860
You can obtain your CoD codes from the following website: http://www-912.ibm.com/pod/pod
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UPDATE 12/9/2011: Script from Chris-R that collects CoD information for a system from the IBM CoD Website. Thanks Chris-R, nice job!
Done! UPDATED April 2020!:
Chris has kindly provided an updated version of the script. It is available here:
$ ./activations.pl 9117 10 06ebp
02 processors activated on 05/23/2011
024 GB memory activated on 05/23/2011
02 processors activated on 03/11/2011
016 GB memory activated on 03/11/2011
055 GB memory activated on 03/02/2011
06 processors activated on 02/22/2011
096 GB memory activated on 02/22/2011
01 processors activated on 01/12/2011
016 GB memory activated on 01/12/2011
06 processors activated on 03/17/2010
072 GB memory activated on 03/17/2010
19 processors activated on 03/16/2010
228 GB memory activated on 03/16/2010
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TOTAL CPU=36 RAM=519168MB (507GB)
