HP XP7 PA Software Installation Guide

Click Next to proceed. The IPv6 Configuration installation window appears. For more information
on the next set of steps, see “Enabling IPv6 and configuring HTTP port for the management station”
(page 49).
Enabling IPv6 and configuring HTTP port for the management station
By default, your management station is enabled to use IPv4 as its communication protocol. In
addition to IPv4, you can enable IPv6 on your management station. It allows HP XP7 Performance
Advisor to use IPv6 for all its communications and also operate with other hosts that are configured
in an IPv6 environment. If you have enabled the HP XP7 Performance Advisor for IPv6, ensure that
the associated host agents also communicate using IPv6. Also, configure the HTTP port that HP
XP7 Performance Advisor should use for all its communications.
NOTE:
• Both the HP XP7 Performance Advisor and host agents must communicate using the same
protocol, either IPv4 or IPv6, and also the same HTTP port number.
• Enabling IPv6 in an IPv4 only environment, that is, on a management station configured with
only an IPv4 interface, does not make HP XP7 Performance Advisor unusable. In such cases,
HP XP7 Performance Advisor uses IPv4 as the communication protocol for all its communications.
• If Windows Vista is installed on the management station, enter the registered fully qualified
domain name or the IP address of the management station.
To enable IPv6 and configure the HTTP port for the management station:
1. Select Enable IPv6.
By default, the Enable IPv6 check box is not selected.
2. Enter the HTTP Port number that HP XP7 Performance Advisor should use for all its
communications.
Port 80 is the default port number, which you can retain or provide a different port number.
3. Click Next to proceed.
The Configure RMI server port number installation window appears. For more information on the
next set of steps, see “Configuring RMI server port” (page 49).
Later, if you want to change the port number that you gave during the time of installation, see the
HP XP7 Performance Advisor Software Troubleshooting and FAQs Guide.
Configuring RMI server port
While installing HP XP7 Performance Advisor, you can specify the port on which you want to
configure the RMI server. The RMI server and the client should communicate using the same port
number. The default port number is 1099. To specify another port, enter the port number in the
RMI Server Port field, and click Next to proceed. For more information on the next set of steps, see
“Implementing the authentication method” (page 49).
Implementing the authentication method
Based on the authentication method you want for HP XP7 Performance Advisor users, select the
respective option from the following list displayed on the Authentication Configuration installation
window:
• HP XP7 Performance Advisor Native Authentication. For more information on implementing,
see “HP XP7 Performance Advisor Native Authentication” (page 50).
• Windows System Authentication. For more information on implementing this authentication,
see “Windows System Authentication” (page 50).
• Windows Domain based Authentication. For more information on implementing this
authentication, see “Windows Domain based Authentication” (page 51).
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