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for both Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems. HP
SUM uses this file to open a port in the IPv6 firewall to communicate with the Linux system that
runs HP SUM. Failure to install iptables-ipv6 results in HP SUM reporting an inventory failure unless
you disable the firewall.
Network ports used by HP SUM
HP SUM requires that certain network ports are available for proper operation. If you lock down
network ports, make sure that the ports listed in the network port tables are open so that HP SUM
works correctly when connecting to remote node servers and hosts. If you are unable to unlock
these network ports, the only option is to run HP SUM locally and update network-based hosts,
such as the OA, iLO, and VC modules, through their web interfaces.
Table 2 HP SUM Windows network ports
DescriptionPorts
A secure data port used to transfer information.Port 443
Connects to the remote ADMIN$ share on node servers. These are the standard
ports Windows servers use to connect to the remote file shares. If you can
Ports 445 and 137/138/139 (Port
137 is used only if you are using
NetBIOS naming service.) connect remotely to a remote Windows file share on the node server, you
have the correct ports open.
Default for some internal communications. This port listens on the remote side
if there is no conflict. If a conflict occurs, the next available port is used.
Port 62286
Updates are passed to the node and retrieved through an internal secure web
server that uses the first available port in the range of 63001-63002. This
Ports 63001–63002
allows iLO and VC firmware updates without having to access the host server.
It also allows the servers to run VMware or other virtualization platforms to
update the iLO firmware without requiring a server reboot or a migration of
the virtual machines to other servers.
Remote HP Integrity iLO and Superdome 2 updates require these ports to be
open on systems for network traffic in both directions to transfer firmware files.
You can use these FTP ports to perform switch updates.Ports 21 or 63006–63010
Table 3 HP SUM Linux network ports
DescriptionPorts
Establishes a connection to the remote Linux server via SSH. For Integrity servers,
HP SUM uses this port to discover node settings.
Port 22
A secure data port used to transfer information.Port 443
Default for some internal communications. This port listens on the remote side if
there is no conflict. If a conflict occurs, the next available port is used.
Port 62286
Updates are passed to the node and retrieved through an internal secure web
server that uses the first available port in the range of 63001-63002. This support
Ports 63001–63002
allows iLO and VC firmware updates without having to access the host server. It
also allows servers running VMware or other virtualization platforms to update
their iLO without having to reboot their server or to migrate their virtual machines
to other servers.
Remote HP Integrity iLO and Superdome 2 updates require these ports to be open
on systems for network traffic in both directions to transfer firmware files.
You can use these FTP ports to perform switch updates.Ports 21 or 63006–63010
Special network configuration notes for HP Integrity servers
• HP Integrity servers have management network and production interfaces. These are usually
kept on separate subnets in an installation. To perform full remote administration of the server,
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