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, you must run HP SUM locally and update network-based hosts, such as the OA, iLO, and VC modules, through their web interfaces.


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NOTE: Use the open_firewall parameter for HP SUM to automatically open the required firewall ports on the local host and any remote Linux servers.


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.

HP SUM Windows network ports

Ports Description

Port 22

Establishes a connection to a remote node via SSH to perform node inventory.

Port 443

A secure data port used to transfer information.

Ports 445 and 137/138/139 (Port 137 is used only if you are using NetBIOS naming service.)

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.

Port 62286

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.

Ports 63001–63002

Updates are passed to the node and retrieved through an internal web server that runs by default on port 63001 for localhost http traffic and port 63002 for local and remote secure https traffic. 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 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.

Ports 21 or 63006–63010

You can use these FTP ports to perform switch updates.

HP SUM Linux network ports

Ports Description

Port 22

Establishes a connection to a remote node via SSH to perform node inventory.

Port 443

A secure data port used to transfer information.

Port 62286

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.

Ports 63001–63002

Updates are passed to the node and retrieved through an internal web server that runs by default on port 63001 for localhost http traffic and port 63002 for local and remote secure https traffic. This support 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.

Ports 21 or 63006–63010

You can use these FTP ports to perform switch updates.


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NOTE: HP SUM 6.x supports /port and /ssl_port options. This allows you to use ports other than 63001 and 63002. Use these options to avoid conflicts with firewalls. HP SUM supports --open_firewall on Linux systems only. HP SUM uses the iptables command to open the HTTP and HTTPS ports used by HP SUM for external access. Open these ports for remote node functionality and for remote browser access. For example:

hpsum /port80 /ssl_port 443


Special network configuration note 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, access is required for both networks. If you keep both networks isolated, you need to perform management and operating systems tasks separately.