HP-UX 11i September 2005 Release Notes

Workstation- and Server-Specific Information
Utility Pricing Solutions (formerly On Demand Solutions)
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HP Technical Documentation: http://docs.hp.com
•Documents:
The following documents are available at
http://docs.hp.com/en/netsys.html#Utility%20Pricing%20Solutions%20%28
formerly%20On%20Demand%20Solutions%29:
— HP Instant Capacity User’s Guide for versions B.07.x
— HP Instant Capacity Release Notes for versions B.07.x
Obsolescence
The name of the product has changed to HP Instant Capacity for HP 9000 and HP
Integrity Servers. The name iCOD for the product as a whole is now obsolete (although
there are still internal references to the iCOD name).
HP Pay per use
The HP Pay per use (PPU) software (HP product T2351AA) is a lease model in which
customers are charged only for the processor usage on (specified) HP servers.
Summary of Change
• The name of the product (formerly Pay Per Use) has changed to HP Pay per use.
• The software has been updated to include the required SSL certificate for
communication from the PPU software to the utility meter.
• The current release of PPU (version B.07.00.01) on HP-UX 11i v1, allows either
pricing model, CPU active or percent utilization, to be used as the metric.
Additionally, a processor cap can be specified with the current version of PPU.
Impact
PPU version B.07.00.01 supersedes PPU versions 6.x on HP-UX 11i v1.
Compatibility
There are no known compatibility issues.
Performance
There are no known performance issues.
Documentation
For further information, refer to the following:
•Manpages:
— ppu (5)
— ppuconfig (1M)
— ppud (1M)
•Web Sites: