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8.1.3 Permanent upgrades
Permanent upgrades can be ordered through an IBM marketing representative, or started by
the customer with the CIU on IBM Resource Link.
Permanent upgrades ordered through an IBM representative
Through a permanent upgrade, you can perform these tasks:
Add a CPC drawer.
Add I/O drawers and features.
Add model capacity.
Add specialty engines.
Add memory.
Activate unassigned model capacity or Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) processors.
Deactivate activated model capacity or IFLs.
Purchased capacity Capacity delivered to and owned by the customer. It can be higher than the
permanent capacity.
Permanent/Temporary
entitlement record
The internal representation of a temporary (TER) or permanent (PER)
capacity upgrade processed by the CIU facility. An entitlement record
contains the encrypted representation of the upgrade configuration with the
associated time limit conditions.
Replacement capacity A temporary capacity that is used for situations in which processing capacity
in other parts of the enterprise is lost during a planned event or an
unexpected disaster. The two replacement offerings available are CPE and
CBU.
Resource Link IBM Resource Link is a technical support website that is included in the
comprehensive set of tools and resources available from the IBM Systems
technical support site:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/
Secondary approval An option, selected by the customer, that a second approver control each
CoD order. When a secondary approval is required, the request is sent for
approval or cancellation to the Resource Link secondary user identifier (ID).
SCM The packaging technology that is used to hold the PUs and SC chips.
Staged record The point when a record representing a capacity upgrade, either temporary
or permanent, has been retrieved and loaded on the SE disk.
Subcapacity For z13s servers, CP features A01 to Y06 represent subcapacity
configurations, and CP features Z01 to Z06 represent full capacity
configurations.
Temporary capacity An optional capacity that is added to the current server capacity for a limited
amount of time. It can be capacity that is owned or not owned by the
customer.
Vital product data
(VPD)
Information that uniquely defines the system, hardware, software, and
microcode elements of a processing system.
Term Description
CIU: The use of the CIU facility for a server requires that the online CoD buying feature
code (FC 9900) is installed on the server. The CIU facility itself is enabled through the
permanent upgrade authorization feature code (FC 9898).
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