HP Instant Capacity User's Guide for Versions 8.x

Configuring E-Mail on Instant Capacity Systems
E-Mail Requirements
Previous versions of the Instant Capacity software required e-mail connectivity to HP in order
to send asset reports as encrypted e-mail messages. Starting with version B.07.x, Instant Capacity
software does not require e-mail connectivity or asset reporting, however, you may choose to
configure it because it can be useful for viewing complex-wide asset information at the HP Utility
Pricing Solutions portal (http://www.hp.com/go/icap/portal).
NOTE: E-mail asset reporting is set to “off” by default when the Instant Capacity software is
installed. You turn asset reporting on or off with the icapnotify -a command/option. You
can view the current setting of e-mail asset reporting in the Asset reporting field, near the
beginning of the icapstatus command’s output.
For e-mail connectivity, the requirements are:
• The Instant Capacity system/partition should have sendmail installed and configured such
that it has the ability to send e-mail to the hp.com domain.
• The domain name in the Instant Capacity FROM e-mail address, for the e-mail sent from the
Instant Capacity system to HP, must be DNS resolvable by HP. See “Configuring Instant
Capacity’s FROM E-mail Address” (page 187) for details.
IMPORTANT: On OpenVMS systems, SMTP mail must be configured for e-mail connectivity.
See the documentation for the TCP/IP provider for information on configuring SMTP mail.
Note that the sendmail configuration and routing may vary, but the system must have the
ability to send e-mail to the hp.com domain.
The ability to receive e-mail from HP is optional, but you may find it useful for testing the
capability of sending e-mail to HP. For more information see “Configuring Your Server to Send
but Not Receive E-Mail” (page 188). Refer to the HP-UX sendmail(1M) manpage for more
information on sendmail.
sendmail is part of the HP-UX core and is installed with the HP-UX operating system. However,
a sendmail configuration process needs to be followed to complete its installation. For
information, refer to the chapter titled Installing and Administering sendmail, in the appropriate
documentation:
• For HP-UX 11i v1: Installing and Administering Internet Services (B2355-90685)
• For HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v3: HP-UX Internet Services Administrator's Guide (B2355-91060)
You can retrieve the above documentation from the HP web site: http://docs.hp.com
Select I/O Car ds and Netw orking Software -> Internet Services to access either of the documents.
On Partitionable Systems
If asset reporting is desired, configure e-mail connectivity on each partition. This makes it easier
for you to later redistribute cores across partitions (that is, load balance). See “Load-Balancing
Active Cores” (page 64) for details.
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