Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 - Monthly Billing
Requirements
If you are thinking about having a Power Enterprise Pool 2.0, first the EP20 feature code needs to be purchased as part of HW Box Order or MES order. The ordering and activation can be done by the IBM Seller direct sale or through Business Partner.
The monthly billing feature can be found at My Entitled Hardware > Power Enterprise Pools application.
Access
To use the Power Enterprise Pools application, your profile must have a registered Customer Number.
- With View information authorization on the Customer Number, you can view the list of pools, machines, and credit status.
- To generate a pool ID, you need Update information authorization on the Customer Number for your Power system.
If no Customer Number is registered, you can register one directly on the screen below the empty table.
You can view or remove Customer Numbers and check your authorizations in the View My Authorizations application.
Selecting a Customer Number
When you select a Customer Number, you can view all your Power Enterprise Pools 1.0 and 2.0 within the same Enterprise.
Customers who share the same CMR value for any of these attributes—US affiliate, DUNS domestic, or Buyer Group—are considered part of the same Enterprise.
You can view details in Customer details and Enterprise information.
After your pools are displayed, you can choose the actions you want to perform.
Generate a new pool ID
In order to start new Power Enterprise Pool 2.0 on Cloud Management Console (where you manage your PEP 2.0):
- Create a pool ID in ESS by clicking the Generate a new Pool ID button
- Select usage type Monthly Billing option
- Select an eligible machine
- Review displayed information and confirm to generate pool ID
- Once your pool ID is created, you need to set up your Cloud Management Console (CMC) to connect the pool to your CMC. In case you do not have your CMC set up yet, you can request it by using Request CMC activation form.
CMC is the tool to manage all activities that are related to your pool after its pool ID is generated in ESS.
Additional information for your pools
Servers overview
- A list of all servers that are supported in Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 and Power Enterprise Pool 1.0
Credit and usage orders
- All the credits you have added to this pool or consumed in Monthly Billing.
Monthly Billing is available in the following countries
- A Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba,Austria
- B Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Bonaire, British Indian Ocean Territory
- C Canada,Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Curacao, Cyprus,Czechia
- D Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic
- E Egypt, El Salvador
- F Faroe Islands, Finland, France
- G Germany, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guyana
- H Holy See (Vatican City State), Honduras
- I Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy
- J Jamaica
- K
- L Liechtenstein, Luxembourg
- M Marshall Islands, Monaco
- N Netherlands, Nicaragua, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway
- O
- P Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal
- Q
- R
- S Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, St. Lucia, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland
- T Trinidad and Tobago
- U United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay
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