HP B.06.X User Manual

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About this guide
Introduction
Chapter 1
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Introduction
Welcome
Welcome to the Pay Per Use (PPU) User’s Guide for versions B.06.x. HP’s 
pay per use (PPU) B.06.x software product provides you cost savings by 
charging for only the percent utilization of the processors in your HP 
enterprise server. As your computing demands vary, you are charged 
according to the processor usage. The PPU software product is a part of 
the HP On Demand Solutions (ODS) program.
NOTE
PPU versions B.06.00, B.06.01, B.06.02, B.06.03, and B.06.04 are 
encompassed in references to “versions B.06.x” in this document.
This user’s guide provides you with the most recent information on using 
the PPU versions B.06.x software. 
How to Use this Guide
Chapter 1, About this Guide provides an introduction to the guide, an 
overview of the PPU system, and locating PPU documentation.
Chapter 2, Understanding PPU Requirements describes PPU: 
program, software, and system move requirements.
Chapter 3, Installing and Configuring PPU Software contains a 
Getting Started section to help you verify your PPU system is 
correctly installed and configured, and corrective actions to take if it 
is not. This chapter also has instructions on how to install, configure, 
un-install, or re-install the PPU software.
Chapter 4, Using the PPU Software explains the PPU web portal, 
PPU usage reports, utilization capping, and what to do when 
creating a new partition.
Chapter 5, Troubleshooting gives you a step by step procedure to 
resolve problems with the PPU software.
Chapter 6, Frequently Asked Questions contains questions and 
answers to common PPU software topics.