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

AnswerQuestion
Yes / No / Not relevantIf the PPU partitions and the Utility Meter are separated by a
firewall, TCP port 5989 must be open on the firewall. Is this port
opened on the firewall?
1 For security reasons, this information can be made available at the time of installation only.
NOTE: The Utility Meter has 3 network ports. You only need to connect the network port numbered “1”
to the network switch. Do not connect network port 2 to a network switch. The 3rd port is for iLO (integrated
Lights Out). Unless you have an iLO license, do not connect it.
A.1 Networking details on the PPU WBEM Partition/Server
Fill out the table below for each partition/server (an nPar or vPar VSE partition in a cell based server) to be
monitored using the PPU WBEM method (and not the PPU Agent method). If more than 10 PPU WBEM
partition/servers are to be monitored, please duplicate this page and complete one table for each
partition/server.
NOTE: The username/password must belong to a group with remote WBEM access permission:
On HP-UX and SUSE Linux, by default, any valid user account is allowed remote WBEM access.•
• On Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), by default, only user accounts that belong to the pegasus group
have remote WBEM access permission.
AnswerQuestion
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IP address or hostname of the partition/server to be monitored
under a PPU contract. The partition/server should have the
appropriate WBEM providers already installed.
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Username/password
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of an account for this partition/server with
WBEM access.
1 For security reasons, this information can be made available at the time of installation only.
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