Special Considerations
Configuring E-Mail on Instant Capacity Systems
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” on page 149. Refer to the 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: Installing and Administering Internet Services (B2355-90774)
You can retrieve the above documentation from the HP web site:
http://docs.hp.com
Select:
Networking and Communications ->Internet Services to access either of the documents.
On Partitionable If asset reporting is desired, configure e-mail connectivity on each
Systemspartition. This makes it easier for you to later redistribute processors across partitions (that is, load balance). See “Load-Balancing Active Processors” on page 63 for details.
E-Mail Configuration
Before you Start
If you decide to enable e-mail connectivity, your Instant Capacity system must be network accessible to HP mail servers that are outside your company's firewalls. If your Instant Capacity system is on an isolated network, e-mail from the system does not reach HP. This causes your system to be out of compliance with your Instant Capacity contract if you are using temporary capacity (TiCAP).