Activating Capacity on Demand or PowerVM by using the ASMI

You can use the Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) to activate Capacity on Demand processors or memory, or enable PowerVM® features (formerly known as Advanced POWER® Virtualization).

Before you begin

When you obtain processor or memory activation features, you receive an activation key that you use to activate your inactive processors or memory.

About this task

If your system did not come with the PowerVM feature enabled, you must use the ASMI to enter the activation code that you received when you ordered the feature. This activation code also enables you to use the Micro-Partitioning® feature on the system.

To perform this operation, you must have one of the following authority levels:
  • Administrator
  • Authorized service provider

To permanently activate some or all of your inactive processors or memory, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. On the ASMI Welcome pane, specify your user ID and password, and click Log In.
  2. In the navigation area, expand On Demand Utilities.
  3. Select CoD Activation.
  4. Enter the activation key into the field.
  5. Click Continue. If you entered the code for the PowerVM feature, the feature is enabled. If you entered the code for Capacity on Demand, continue with the steps in Resuming server firmware after CoD activation.