HP Pay Per Use (PPU)

The HP Pay Per Use (PPU) program is a lease model in which customers are charged only for the computing capacity that they use. The PPU software (HP product T2351AA) provides services for metering resource utilization. The current version is B.11.31.08.01.00.

Summary of Change

What’s New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1 September 2005?

PPU version 8.01 introduces the following new features:

PPU is now supported in HP-UX 11i v3 systems
PPU includes support for the hyperthreading features included in HP-UX 11i v3. However, PPU will continue to operate at the core level.
Fixes for errors and incorrect reporting of TotalCPUs when cells are powered down.

What’s New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v2 June 2006?

PPU version 8.01 introduces the following new features:

PPU is now supported in HP-UX 11i v3 systems
PPU includes support for the hyperthreading features included in HP-UX 11i v3. However, PPU will continue to operate at the core level.

Impact

PPU version 8.01 is the only version of PPU supported for HP-UX 11i v3 systems.

Compatibility

There are no known compatibility issues.

Performance

There are no known performance issues.

Documentation

Manpages:
- ppu(5)
- ppuconfig(1M)
- ppud(1M)
Web Sites:
- HP Software Depot: http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot
- Technical Documentation: http://docs.hp.com
- HP External: http://www.hp.com/hpfinancialservices/pay_per_use.html
Documents:
For details on the Pay Per Use software product, see the Pay Per Use User’s Guide and Release Notes located on the HP web site: http://docs.hp.com (navigate to Network and Systems Management, then to Utility Pricing Solutions).

Obsolescence

Not applicable.