HP Integrity Superdome 2 16-socket Release Note page 5

NOTE: You cannot execute HP SUM locally to update a VMware vSphere node.
The VMware server must be running hp-smx-provider-500.03.01.2–434156 or later. Download
the providers for the appropriate version of VMware vSphere release from one of the following
locations:
◦
Version 1.3.5 and later of the HP Insight Management WBEM Provider offline bundle. You
can download the bundle from the HP Online Depot at http://vibsdepot.hp.com.
◦
The provider is included in version 5.25 and later of the HP Custom Image. You can download
the HP Custom Image ISO from the Custom VMware Image for HP ProLiant Servers website
at http://www.hp.com/go/esxidownload.
Supported bundles
HP SPP – The minimum HP SPP version is 2012.10.0
HP Integrity bundles – HP SUM 6.0.1 supports all currently released HP Integrity bundles
Supported browsers
Internet Explorer version 9 or later
Firefox version 17 ESR or later
Chrome version 24 or later
Screen resolution of 1024 x 768
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.
Updates for most node types require network traffic in both directions between the server running HP
SUM and the node. The server running HP SUM creates a local HTTP server, which is used to serve
firmware binaries to the node and to communicate node status. The remote node issues HTTP requests
and posts status updates to the server running HP SUM during the update process. If there is a routing
problem or firewall blocking traffic back from the remote node to the system running HP SUM, firmware
updates might be blocked, status updates blocked or delayed, or both.
Table 1 HP SUM Windows network ports
Ports
Port 22
Port 443
Ports 445 and 137/138/139 (Port 137
is used only if you are using NetBIOS
naming service.)
Port 62286
Ports 63001–63002
Description
Establishes a connection to a remote node via SSH to perform node inventory.
A secure data port used to transfer information.
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 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.
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 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
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