Trial Capacity on Demand concepts

You can evaluate the use of inactive processor cores, memory, or both, at no charge with Trial Capacity on Demand (CoD).

After you start the CoD trial, the trial period is available for 30 power-on days. The trial period only advances while the server is powered on.

When action on your part is required after you implement this CoD offering, the HMC displays messages on the HMC desktop.

You can use the Hardware Management Console to stop a current CoD trial for processor cores or memory units before the trial automatically expires. If you choose to stop the trial before it expires, you cannot restart it and you forfeit any remaining days.