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Inactive Partitions in PPU Systems
Appendix B 61
Inactive Partitions in PPU Systems
Baseline usage for the PPU program is included in the minimum
monthly payment. Baseline usage is assumed to be 25%. That is, 25%
processor utilization is included in the minimum monthly payment.
Inactive partitions in PPU systems are covered under baseline usage.
NOTE An inactive PPU partition is reported as “IDLE”, in the measurement
“Method” column, on the PPU web portal report.
An inactive partition is a partition with all of the cells in the partition
inactive. An inactive cell is a cell that is either powered off, or in a state
prior to BCH, defined as “waiting on SINC_BIB”.
The easiest way for you to configure a partition to “waiting on
SINC_BIB” is to do one of the following:
• reboot -R -H
• shutdown -R -H
If you have already shutdown your system without these options, you can
still place it into an inactive state by doing one of the following:
• Via the GSP interface, enter the RR command to put the system in a
“waiting on SINC_BIB” state (or)
• Via the GSP interface, enter the PE command to power down all the
cells in the partition
HP receives a usage report from your PPU system indicating any
inactive partitions.
NOTE At least one partition in the complex must always be active so that usage
and inactive partition information can be reported to HP.