Configuring ipv6 for windows server 2003 – HP Integrity rx2800 i2 Server User Manual

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admin$ share, it copies a small service to the target server for the duration of the installation. After this service

starts, HP Smart Update Manager uses this service to communicate between the local and remote target
server. During this process, HP Smart Update Manager opens ports in the Windows® firewall to enable HP

Smart Update Manager to use SOAP calls over SSL to pass data among local and remote systems. These

ports are defined in Allowing ports in HP Smart Update Manager ("

Enabling ports in HP Smart Update

Manager

" on page

103

). After the installation is completed or canceled, HP Smart Update Manager stops

the remote service, removes it from the target server, closes the port on the Windows® firewall, and then

releases the share to the target server admin$ share.
For Linux-based servers, to communicate to remote target servers, HP Smart Update Manager starts by using

the user-provided user name and password to create a SSH connection to the target server. After the HP
Smart Update Manager connects, copies a small service to the target server for the duration of the

installation. After this service starts, HP Smart Update Manager uses this service to communicate between the

local and remote target server. During this process, HP Smart Update Manager opens ports in the iptables

firewall to enable HP Smart Update Manager to use SOAP calls over SSL to pass data between the local and
remote systems. These ports are defined in Allowing ports in HP Smart Update Manager ("

Enabling ports in

HP Smart Update Manager

" on page

103

). When the installation is completed or canceled, HP Smart

Update Manager stops the remote service, removes it from the target server, closes the port in the iptables

firewall, and then closes the SSH connection to the target server.

Configuring IPv6 for Windows Server 2003

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

(

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fd7e1354-3a3b-43fd-955f-11edd39551

d7&displaylang=en

).

Before using HP Smart Update Manager 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.

To make the registry entry:

1.

Start the Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).

2.

Locate and click the following key in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Para

meters

3.

On the Edit menu, click Add Value.

4.

Add the following registry value:

Value name: DisableStrictNameChecking
Data type: REG_DWORD
Radix: Decimal
Value: 1

5.

Quit the Registry Editor.

For more information about these steps, see the Microsoft® Knowledge Base Item 281308 on the Microsoft®
website (

http://www.microsoft.com

).

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