8.15 HP Utility Meter User's Guide (January 2010)

>>> RCPT To:< e-mail_address >
>>> DATA
250 2.1.5 < e-mail_address >... Recipient ok
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
>>> .
250 2.0.0 h6EGZKFd018880 Message accepted for delivery
e-mail_address... Sent (h6EGZKFd018880 Message accepted for delivery)
Closing connection to [127.0.0.1]
>>> QUIT
221 2.0.0 hostname.domain.com closing connection
3. Wait for the email to arrive. The email comes from umeter@your_company.com, has a blank
Subject line, and contains a timestamp from the Utility Meter in the body of the email message.
If the email arrives, then email to HP is configured correctly on the Utility Meter and the test is
successful. If the email does not arrive, continue with the following steps.
4. Inspect the mail queue:
# /usr/bin/mailq
Mail Queue (1 request)
--Q-ID-- --Size-- -----Q-Time----- ------------Sender/Recipient------------
BAA08723* 1060 Mon Sep 18 01:01 root
[e-mail] (Beta Alpha)
[e-mail] (One Two)
The mail queue should be empty within 15 minutes after the email was sent in Step 2. If email
messages accumulate in the mail queue, the sendmail configuration is incorrect and must be
fixed. Contact the Utility Meter's site HP-UX system administrator for help on this.
5. If email masquerading is required, verify that email masquerading is operational. See
Section 2.11.3: “Verifying Hostname Masquerading” for details.
The output should indicate that umeter is masqueraded in all cases.
4.5 Verifying the Data Acquisition Server is Running
The Utility Meter's data acquisition server (das_SERVER process) is essential to the Utility Meter and it must
be running for proper operation of the Utility Meter. For details of verifying that the data acquisition server
is running, see Section 3.6.1: “Meter Connection Status”.
4.6 Verifying the Utility Meter Data Transport Method
There are two methods to transfer usage data from the Utility Meter to HP:
• HTTPS
• email
For more details of these data transport methods, see Section 1.7: “Usage Data Transport to HP”.
To verify the data transport method, execute the following command on the Utility Meter:
# /usr/bin/grep “/transportor_protocol” /etc/opt/meter/meter.xml
The following transportor_protocol numbers indicate the data transport method currently configured
in the Utility Meter:
• 0 – HTTPS
• 1 – email
For example, the following output from the above command indicates that the data transport method is email:
<transportor_protocol>1</transportor_protocol>
78 Verifying Utility Meter Operation