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

For more information about YUM and YaST, see the following:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Deployment Guide at https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/

en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/.

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Deployment Guide at http://www.suse.com/documentation/

sles11/.

6 Compatibility and installation requirements

6.1 Hardware requirements

For more information about hardware requirements, see the latest version of HP Serviceguard for

Linux Certification Matrix at http://www.hp.com/info/sglx.

6.2 Port requirements

6.2.1 Ports needed for Serviceguard

Before installing, ensure that no other program uses these ports.

On Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server:

• icmp 8/icmp

• hacl-hb 5300/TCP High Availability (HA) Cluster heartbeat

• hacl-hb 5300/UDP High Availability (HA) Cluster heartbeat

• hacl-cfg 5302/TCP HA Cluster TCP configuration

• hacl-cfg 5302/UDP HA Cluster UDP configuration

• hacl-local 5304/TCP HA Cluster Commands

If you are using SNMP:

• snmp 161/UDP

• snmptrap 162/UDP

If you are using the WBEM provider:

• wbem-http TCP/5988

• wbem-https TCP/5989

If you are using the Quorum Server:

• hacl-qs 1238/TCP HA Quorum Server

If you are using the appserver utility:

• hacl-poll 5315/TCP

6.2.2 Ports needed for authentication

The ports reserved for authentication are also used by Serviceguard:

• auth 113/TCP authentication

• auth 113/UDP authentication

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.