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The customer contract that must be signed prior to receiving your On/Off Capacity on Demand (CoD) enablement code requires you to report billing data, at least once per month, regardless of whether you have used the temporary capacity provided by On/Off CoD during the period.
Billing data is used to calculate billing amounts at the end of each billing period (calendar quarter). For instructions about setting up a method of reporting, see Establishing monthly reporting to IBM.
Ensure that you report billing data if your server has been enabled for On/Off CoD. Failure to report the billing data results in an estimated bill for 90 processor days or memory days of temporary capacity.
Processor days or memory days of credit are applied against any requested or unreturned processor days or memory days of temporary capacity that are provided by On/Off CoD. This credit happens automatically until all of the days of credit are used. On/Off CoD credits cannot be transferred to another system serial number and there is no feature conversion offered for remaining credits on a model upgrade.
If the temporary resources that are provided by On/Off CoD are still assigned to partitions after your request has expired, the processor days or memory days continue to be recorded at the beginning of each 24-hour period, and you continue to be billed for these days at the end of the On/Off CoD billing cycle. You are charged for these unreturned processor days or memory days at the same rate as requested processor days or memory days.
You must return the resources before your request expires, so you are not billed for any unreturned processor cores or memory units. If your request has already expired and you do not want to be billed for any more unreturned processor cores or memory units, return the expired processor cores or memory units immediately. For more information about returning CoD resources, see Returning On/Off Capacity on Demand resources.
The following table lists the models, processor features, and billing features for On/Off CoD.
| Machine type and model | Orderable processor feature | On/Off CoD processor day billing feature |
|---|---|---|
| 9117-MMB | 4980 | 7644 (EP2A = Bundle of 100 x 7644) |
| 9117-MMB | 4980 | 7645 (IBM i) (EP2B = Bundle of 100 x 7645) |
| 9117-MMB | 4981 | 7648 (EP2C = Bundle of 100 x 7648) |
| 9117-MMB | 4981 | 7649 (IBM i) (EP2D = Bundle of 100 x 7649) |
| 9117-MMC | 4983 | 5332 (EP2G = Bundle of 100 x 5332) |
| 9117-MMC | 4983 | 5333 (IBM i) (EP2H = Bundle of 100 x 5333) |
| 9117-MMC | 4984 | 5337 (EP2J = Bundle of 100 x 5337) |
| 9117-MMC | 4984 | 5338 (IBM i) (EP2K = Bundle of 100 x 5338) |
| 9117-MMD | EPM0 | EPME (EPMN = Bundle of 100 x EPME) |
| 9117-MMD | EPM0 | EPMF (IBM i) (EPMP = Bundle of 100 x EPMF) |
| 9117-MMD | EPM1 | EPMG (EPMQ = Bundle of 100 x EPMG) |
| 9117-MMD | EPM1 | EPMH (IBM i) (EPMR = Bundle of 100 x EPMH) |
| 9119-FHB | 4700 | 4709 (4704 = Bundle of 100 x 4709) |
| 9119-FHB | 4700 | 4721 (IBM i) (4712 = Bundle of 100 x 4721) |
| 9119-FHB | 4702 | 4711 |
| 9119-FHB | 4702 | 4724 (IBM i) |
| 9179-MHB | 4982 | 7635 (EP2E = Bundle of 100 x 7635) |
| 9179-MHB | 4982 | 7636 (IBM i) (EP2F = Bundle of 100 x 7636) |
| 9179-MHC | 5003 | 5342 (EP2L = Bundle of 100 x 5342) |
| 9179-MHC | 5003 | 5343 (IBM i) (EP2M = Bundle of 100 x 5343) |
| 9179-MHC | EP24 | EP28 (EP2N = Bundle of 100 x EP28) |
| 9179-MHC | EP24 | EP29 (IBM i) (EP2P = Bundle of 100 x EP29) |
| 9179-MHD | EPH0 | EPHE (EPHN = Bundle of 100 x EPHE) |
| 9179-MHD | EPH0 | EPHF (IBM i) (EPHP = Bundle of 100 x EPHF) |
| 9179-MHD | EPH2 | EPHJ (EPHS = Bundle of 100 x EPHJ) |
| 9179-MHD | EPH2 | EPHK (IBM i) (EPHT = Bundle of 100 x EPHK) |
The following table lists the models, memory features, and billing features for On/Off CoD.
| Machine type and model | On/Off CoD memory billing feature |
|---|---|
| 9117-MMB | 7377 (4710 = Bundle of 999 x FC 7377) |
| 9117-MMC | 7377 (4710 = Bundle of 999 x FC 7377) |
| 9117-MMD | 7377 (4710 = Bundle of 999 x FC 7377) |
| 9119-FHB | 7377 (4710 = Bundle of 999 x FC 7377) |
| 9179-MHB | 7377 (4710 = Bundle of 999 x FC 7377) |
| 9179-MHC | 7377 (4710 = Bundle of 999 x FC 7377) |
| 9179-MHD | 7377 (4710 = Bundle of 999 x FC 7377) |
