HP B.06.X User Manual

Installing and Configuring PPU Software

After you have successfully installed the PPU B.06.x software, using the 

swinstall

 command, you need to configure the PPU 

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connection to the utility meter. The utility meter must be configured on 
every partition, including virtual partitions.

The following configuration procedure assumes your utility meter has 
been installed on the PPU system’s network by your HP service 
representative. If the utility meter is not installed, contact your HP 
service representative.

There can be up to four steps to configure your PPU system, depending 
on whether or not your network uses a proxy server, and if you desire to 
specify a name other than your system’s hostname as the system 
identifier.

At a minimum, the name of the utility meter must be set. The four steps 
to configure the PPU software are:

Step 1. Configure the hostname of the utility meter (required)

Step 2. Configure the hostname of the proxy server (if necessary)

Step 3. Configure the proxy server’s username and password (if required by the 

proxy server)

Step 4. Configure the system identifier (if desired)

To set the hostname of the utility meter, execute the following command:

Where 

 is the fully qualified hostname or IP address of the utility 

meter.