Servers
The Servers node
represents the servers that are managed by this Hardware Management
Console (HMC). To add servers you can use the Add Managed System task under
the Connections category in the tasks pad.
When you click Servers from the navigation
pane a listing of individually defined servers is displayed in table
form in the work pane and under the Servers node
in the navigation pane, as shown in the following figure. To work with a server, you can perform one of the
following actions:
- Select a server under the Servers node
from the navigation pane.
- Click on a server name from the work pane table.
- Click in the Select column next to the
server name in the work pane table.

The Servers work pane table displays the following attributes
by default.
- Name
- Specifies the user-defined name of the managed system.
- Status
- Displays the current status of the managed system (for example: Operating,
Power off, Initializing) and, in addition, displays icons
representing an unacceptable state and/or active Attention LED.
See Status: Unacceptable
or Status: Attention LEDs for more information.
- Available Processing Units
- Displays the number of processing units that are available for assignment to logical partitions on the
managed system. This is the total number of processing units that are activated on the managed system minus
the number of processing units that are assigned to the logical partitions, including the logical partitions
that are shut down, on the managed system. This number does not include any processing units that have not
yet been activated with Capacity on Demand (CoD).
- Available Memory
- Displays the amount of memory that is available for assignment to logical partitions on the managed system.
This is the total amount of memory that is activated on the managed system minus the amount of memory needed by
managed system firmware minus the amount of memory that is assigned to the logical partitions, including the
logical partitions that are shut down, on the managed system. This number does not include any memory that
has not yet been activated with Capacity on Demand (CoD). The available memory amount can be shown in MB or GB.
Click MB or GB in the Available Memory column title.
- Reference Code
- Displays system reference codes for the server. Click the reference code in the table for a detailed description.
The Servers work pane table can also display the following optional
attributes in the table.
- Configurable Processing
Units
- Displays the configured processing units. Configured - Licensed
and usable (not guarded) processing units.
- Configurable Memory
- Displays the configured memory. Configured - Licensed and
usable (not guarded) memory.
- Serial Number
- Displays the serial number of the managed system.
- Type-Model
- Displays the type and model number of the managed system (for example,
9406-570).
- CoD Processor Capable
- Displays whether the managed system supports Capacity on Demand (CoD) for processors.
- CoD Memory Capable
- Displays whether the managed system supports CoD for memory.
- Permanent Processors
- Specifies the number of permanent licensed processors.
- On/Off CoD Processors State
- Displays the On/Off CoD processor state.
- Trial CoD Processor State
- Displays the Trial CoD processor state.
- Reserved CoD Processor State
- Displays the Reserved CoD processor state.
- Utility CoD Processor State
- Displays the Utility CoD processor state.
Permanent Memory (GB)
- Displays the amount of permanent activated memory.
- On/Off CoD Memory State
- Displays the On/Off CoD memory state.
- Trial CoD Memory State
- Displays the Trial CoD memory state.
Those optional attributes are displayed when you select
the Column configuration icon on the table
toolbar. This function allows you to select additional attributes
that you want displayed as columns in the table. It also allows
you to reorder the columns, see Column configuration
for more information.
You can also use Views from the table toolbar
to display the Default server attributes in
the table or to display the Capacity On Demand server
attributes in the table. See the following figure for
a sample of using the Capacity On Demand view and
Views menu for more information.

You can find more detailed help on the following:
Launching tasks for managed objects