For information on setting up a Windows Server 2003 operating system within an IPv6 network, see the online Microsoft TechNet article Step-by-Step Guide for Setting Up IPv6 in a Test Lab.
Windows Server 2003 requires site-local addresses to provide the necessary file-sharing capabilities needed by HP SUM. This means that link-local and global IPv6 addresses are not supported as remote targets with HP SUM.
Before using HP SUM to deploy software and firmware updates to remote Windows Server 2003 servers, you must add a registry entry to enable file sharing connections over IPv6 networks.
Open the Registry Editor (Regedit32.exe).
Locate and click the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters
On the Edit menu, click Add Value.
Add the following registry value:
Value name: DisableStrictNameChecking
Data type: REG_DWORD
Radix: Decimal
Value: 1
Close the Registry Editor.
For more information about these steps, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base Item 281308 on the Microsoft website.
IPv6 addresses can be passed to HP SUM in command line arguments or using the HP SUM user interface. In the HP SUM user interface, you can add a remote host on an IPv6 network by either entering the DNS name of the IPv6 target server or by selecting the IPv6 address button and entering the IPv6 address. HP SUM supports both the short-name and full IPv6 notation. You do not need to add the optional interface number when you enter the address.
If you cannot connect to the target server or receive a Discovery failed message when executing HP SUM in an IPv6 environment, see Troubleshooting.
After you connect to the target server, all other
HP SUM functions work identically. Log files for IPv6 hosts are stored
with all other HP SUM files in the \CPQSYSTEM\hp\log\<ip_address> directory.