HP Serviceguard for Linux Advanced Version 12.00.00 Release Notes, May 2014

6.2.3 Ports needed by Serviceguard Manager
• 5511 (http) and 5522 (https) that are used by the application
• This application needs a multicast IP address and a TCP/IP port for discovery which are
configured in the settings by the user. These values are pre-populated for a default multicast
IP: 235.1.1.1 and port 8888 and can be overwritten by the user.
6.3 Software prerequisites for HP Serviceguard for Linux
Following are the list of software prerequisites:
• HP recommends that you must upgrade all components of the cluster to the latest firmware
versions before you install HP Serviceguard.
• Serviceguard for Linux depends on the xinetd service. Ensure that the xinetd rpm is installed
from the distribution source (for example, your Linux installation DVD) and is enabled.
To check if the xinetd service is running:
#ps -ef | grep xinetd
To enable the xinetd service:
#/sbin/chkconfig --level 35 xinetd on
NOTE: On SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, xinetd service does not run if no services are
configured. The xinetd service can be started with -stayalive option to ensure that it is
running even when no services are configured.
• Table 1 lists all the software that you need for each distribution before installing HP
Serviceguard for Linux Advanced.
Table 1 RPMs (prerequisites) for installing Serviceguard for Linux A.12.00.00
SUSE Linux Enterprise ServerRed Hat Enterprise Linux
bash
pidentd
libblkid1
sblim-indication_helper
sblim-sfcb
sblim-sfcc
sblim-cmpi-base
net-snmp
sg3_utils
xinetd
libnl
tog-pegasus
lm_sensors
tog-pegasus
authd
krb5-libs
zlib
e2fsprogs-libs (rhel 5)
libblkid (rhel 6)
net-snmp
sg3_utils
sg3_utils-libs
xinetd
libnl
Other software prerequisites
Table 2 lists the Java and Jetty versions that you need before installing Serviceguard Manager.
You can download Jetty versions from Jetty web page at http://www.eclipse.org/jetty.
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