9.6 HP Pay per use Utility Meter II Software Installation and Configuration Guide (October 2012)

Chapter 1
Introduction
Overview
Pay per use (PPU) and Utility Ready Storage (URS) are part of HP's Utility Pricing Solutions (UPS)
program. In this program, customers are charged according to usage of the PPU resources
(servers) and URS resources (disk arrays) under a UPS contract. For more information on this
program, see the HP Utility Pricing Solutions web page: http://www.hp.com/go/utility.
The usage data for PPU and URS is collected by the Utility Meter software, which runs on the
Utility Meter server. Version 9.6 of the HP Utility Meter software requires that the HP Utility Meter
server is an HP ProLiant DL 320 server running Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server. For the list of
compatible HP servers, see section: “Recommended Hardware”.
The Utility Meter is located at the customer site along with the customer’s PPU and URS resources
under a UPS contract. The Utility Meter retrieves usage information from the UPS resources over
TCP/IP and sends the information securely to HP. There is no geographical limit for the distance
between the location of the Utility Meter and the location of any of the UPS resources.
Version 9.6 of the Utility Meter tracks the usage of:
l Enterprise servers – A specific set of HP servers are supported in the PPU program. The
supported PPU enterprise servers are partitionable and each PPU partition must be configured
to be metered by the Utility Meter. For a list of supported servers, see section: “Supported PPU
Servers”.
l Storage devices – Specific EVA, XP and 3PAR storage devices are supported in the Utility
Ready Storage (URS) program. Usage data is retrieved in the following ways:
n EVA: Usage data is retrieved through the HP StorageWorks Command View EVA Storage
System Scripting Utility (SSSU) software that is installed on the Utility Meter. The SSSU
software communicates with the HP StorageWorks Command View EVA server that is on a
separate system.
n XP: Usage data is retrieved through the HP StorageWorks Command View Advanced Edition
Command Line Interface (CVAE CLI) software that is installed on the Utility Meter. The
CVAE CLI software communicates with the HP StorageWorks Command View Advanced
Edition server that is on a separate system.
n 3PAR: Usage data is retrieved through the 3PAR InForm OS software. The compatible
WBEM environment to interface with 3PAR InForm OS is part of the Linux software installed
on the Utility Meter.
Note: A single Utility Meter can meter up to 1,000 metered instances (server partitions and storage
devices).
The Utility Meter sends PPU and URS usage data to HP securely over the Internet through HTTPS
or email (using the SMTP protocol) on a daily basis. The data is encrypted before transmission. The
data received at HP is stored in the Utility Database that is inside the HP firewall.
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