User`s guide

Configure the provisioning network interface on the machine you are using as the OS Provisioning Server
with a static IP address so that the OS Provisioning Server can act as a DHCP server. The following are the
default and preferred values used throughout OS Provisioning Server installation process:
n
IP Address: 10.11.12.1
n
Netmask: 255.255.255.0.
Provisioning Network Port Usage
During the installation of OS distributions, internal application and services must communicate between
the OS Provisioning Server and the target machines. If there are firewalls or routers between the OS
Provisioning Server and the target machines, they must be configured to allow the following ports.
Application or Service Port Description
bootpd/DHCP UDP 68
Provides address and server location of PXE
configuration files.
TFTP UDP69
Downloads initial PXE/kernel.
http TCP 80
Downloads kickstart and package files.
http TCP 11080
Downloads kickstart and package files.
https TCP 443
Helps create Windows deployment environment.
SSL TCP 18821
SSL deployment service.
OS Provisioning Server 21310
Communication with the nodes, including
messages and registration requests.
Stunnel 40607
Open on OS Provisioning Server so VCM's stunnel
client can connect to the OS Provisioning Server
stunnel server.
OS Provisioning Server 40610
Allows nodes to communicate with OS
Provisioning Server, including messages and
registration requests.
OS Provisioning Server Repository
Server
21307
OS Provisioning Server web service listening for
provisioning requests from VCM.
OS Provisioning Server Hardware
Discovery
21309
Used by the hardware discovery program to
communicate with the inventory daemon to add
new machines into the OS Provisioning Server
database.
Table 5-1. OS Provisioning Ports
Application or Service Port Description
OS Provisioning
ServerRepository Server
21307 Local port connecting to the OS Provisioning Server web
service listening for provisioning requests from VCM.
Table 5-2. VCM Ports
Provisioning Network Firewall Configuration
The following command is an alternative to setting the specific ports specified above.
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