9.3 HP Pay per use Utility Meter II Software Installation and Configuration Guide (July 2011)

Figure 1-1 Flow of Metered Usage Data
The communication from the Utility Meter to the PPU Partition runs over https (TCP port 5989). The
communication from the Utility Meter to the Onboard Administrator (OA) runs over https (TCP port 443).
These ports must be open from the Utility Meter to any PPU partition or OA that needs to be metered. No
non-transparent proxy server can be configured between the PPU partition(s) or the OA and the Utility Meter.
The communication from the Utility Meter to disk arrays runs over TCP ports that are described in the manuals
for Command View Advanced Edition (CVAE) and Command View EVA (CV EVA). Please consult these
manuals for more information.
The communication from the Utility Meter to the 3PAR Inform server runs over https (TCP port 5989).
1.2 What is New for Version 9.3
Version 9.3 of the Utility Meter software includes the following changes:
• Support for metering URS devices: EVA, XP (including P9500), and 3PAR storage arrays.
• Enhanced Web application (and additional “umadmin” options for new operations): Tree structure
added for displaying configured devices. Support for modification and deletion of devices (in addition
to existing device addition support). Ability to set time zone.
• Enhanced “umadmin e2etest” functionality including support for connectivity to HP test when no devices
have been configured for the Utility Meter.
• Anti-tampering of usage reports. When a usage report is created, a key is generated that only works
with that usage report. Then, before a file is sent to HP, the Utility Meter transporter uses this key to
validate that the usage file has not been tampered with. If this check fails, the report is not sent to HP.
• Usage reports sent to HP are now kept for 90 days on the meter (instead of only 30 days).
• Full support for the P9500 including SmartTier support (which is not available in the 8.17 release).
• Support of new features introduced in CV EVA 9.4, specifically THP (Thin Provisioning) and Online
LUN Migration.
10 Introduction