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

B Site Preparation Form for Utility Ready Storage
Use the Utility Meter Site Preparation Form below to plan the configuration of the Utility Meter URS installation.
Items of interest are:
• You can have up to 10 email addresses for the Meter Contact Email. HP recommends using an
email alias or an email distribution list as the contact address for your Utility Meter.
• Ensure that the network's DNS server(s) tables contain the IP address and hostname of the Utility Meter.
• If the data transport method is email, add the Utility Meter to the access list of the selected mail server.
The form below is for Utility Meter software version 9.3. It needs to be completed by the customer and
returned to their local HP contact before the URS installation starts. Please use one form per Utility Meter.
AnswerQuestion
Networking Details
Fully Qualified Domain Name for the Utility Meter
Static / DHCPConfigure the Utility Meter using Static or DHCP configuration?
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2.
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5.
If using Static network configuration:
1. Static IP address for LAN interface on the Utility Meter
2. Network mask for IP address above
3. IP address for gateway to Internet
4. IP address of first DNS server for the Utility Meter
5. IP address of second DNS server (optional)
Time zone
UTC offset for local time zone
PPU Report Transfer to HP (Only provide answers for one transport method below: email or https)
1.
2.
3. Yes / No
4. Yes / No
5. Yes / No
If transport of the URS Usage Data is through email:
1. Hostname and domain name of Internet mail relay host
2. What is the masqueraded domain to create the “Return
address” for the emails?
3. Does the Internet mail relay specified in (1) accept to send
emails coming from the Utility Meter under account “umeter”?
4. Is the SMTP AUTH protocol implemented on the Internet mail
relay specified in (1)?
5. Is Transaction Layer Security (TLS) implemented on the Internet
mail relay specified in (1)?
1. Yes / No
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2.
3.
If the transport of PPU Usage Data is through https:
1. TCP port 443 has to be open in the firewall of the customer
for traffic from the PPU Utility Meter to HP. Is this port opened?
If a proxy server is used to relay data to the outside world:
1. Hostname and domain name of the proxy server
2. Proxy server port number
3. Username/password
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to cross the proxy server
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?
Problem Reporting
Email address of customer contact to be informed when PPU Usage
Reports do not arrive at HP.
If multiple people need to be informed, provide the email
addresses separated by semicolons or use an email alias or an
email distribution list as the contact email address.
1 For security reasons, this information can be made available at the time of installation only.
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