HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) manual Network Requirements, Email Requirements

IMPORTANT: For the most recent required patches, see the Instant Capacity Installation page on the HP Software Depot (search for “B9073BA”):

http://www.hp.com/go/softwaredepot

HP-UX 11i v3 Requirements and Dependent Products

The following software is required for Instant Capacity version 9.x on HP-UX 11i v3:

•HP-UX 11i v3

•iCOD software bundle B9073BA (version 9.x) — Installed automatically when the HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environment (OE) is installed, or download the most recent version from the HP Software Depot at http://www.hp.com/go/softwaredepot.

•The kernel configuration must include the diag2 module.

•WBEMSvcs bundle (version A.02.05 or higher)

•nParProvider bundle (version B.31.01.07.01 or higher, available from the OE media)

•If you have a virtual partitioned environment, the Virtual Partitions (vPars) software (bundle T1335BC) must be version A.05.01 or higher. vPars is available separately and is not included with the OE.

•(GiCAP only) The CIM Server configuration property sslClientVerificationMode must be set to a value of “optional” on all GiCAP Group Managers and on all OS instances of all member systems. (The CIM Server may need to be restarted if the property was not previously set to this value.) For details, see cimconfig(1M). Note that communication between the managers and members of groups is established using SSL certificates that are supplied by the GiCAP software.

OpenVMS Version 8.4 Requirements

The following software is required for Instant Capacity version 9.x on OpenVMS Version 8.4:

•HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity Servers or later

•iCAP software bundle BA484AA (version 9.x) — Included with OpenVMS Version 8.4 and automatically installed on relevant systems when Version 8.4 is initially installed

•WBEMCIM bundle ( version X2.92 or higher) — Optionally installed with OpenVMS Version 8.4

•nParProvider bundle — Installed with OpenVMS Version 8.4

•SSL bundle (version SSL 1.4 or higher) — Optionally installed with OpenVMS Version 8.4

Network Requirements

GiCAP and iCAP do not use any network ports directly. However, version 9.0 GiCAP uses WBEM/SSL for the communication protocol, requiring use of the CIM HTTPS port 5989. GiCAP also uses ping (which uses port 7 for the echo protocol) and host lookup services (getaddrinfo and getnameinfo) which may use the Domain Name System (DNS), Network Information Service (NIS), or a local host file to provide the lookup function.

Email Requirements

For some configurations, previous versions of the Instant Capacity software (prior to B.07.x) required email connectivity to HP in order to send asset reports as encrypted email messages. Instant Capacity version B.07.x and later no longer require email connectivity or asset reporting, however, you can choose to configure it because it can be useful for viewing complexwide asset information at the Utility Pricing Solutions portal (http://www.hp.com/go/icap/portal).

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