You can deploy to remote nodes in IPv6-based networks for Windows and Linux node servers. Using HP SUM with IPv6 networks presents challenges for IT administrators.

For Windows-based servers, to communicate with remote node servers, HP SUM uses either existing credentials or the user-provided user name and password to connect to the admin$ share. This share is an automatic share provided by Windows Server. After HP SUM connects to the admin$ share, it copies a small engine to the node server for the duration of the installation. After this engine starts, HP SUM uses this engine to communicate between the local and remote node server. During this process, HP SUM opens ports in the Windows firewall to enable HP SUM to communicate with the HP SUM engine on the node over SSL to pass data among local and remote systems. For more information about the ports used, see Network ports used by HP SUM. After the installation is completed or canceled, HP SUM stops the remote engine, removes it from the node, closes the port on the Windows firewall, and then releases the share to the node server admin$ share.

For Linux-based servers, to communicate to remote node servers, HP SUM starts by using the user-provided user name and password to create a SSH connection to the node server. After it connects, HP SUM copies a small engine to the node server for the duration of the installation. After this engine starts, HP SUM uses this engine to communicate between the local and remote node server. During this process, HP SUM opens ports in the iptables firewall to enable HP SUM to communicate with the HP SUM engine over SSL to pass data between the local and remote systems. For more information about the ports used, see Network ports used by HP SUM. When the installation is completed or canceled, HP SUM stops the remote engine, removes it from the target server, closes the port in the iptables firewall, and then closes the SSH connection to the node server.

To set up IPv6 networking, refer the documentation for your operating system.