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Preparing firewalls and proxies

To configure firewalls and proxies in your network use the information in this topic.

You must configure the firewalls and proxy server if you have firewalls in your network, or if the management server must use a proxy server to access the internet.

Complete the following steps to configure firewalls and proxies in your network:
  1. Identify the ports that you will use in your systems-management environment and ensure that those ports are open before you start installation. For example, you must ensure that the listener ports are open.
  2. Ensure that internet connections exist to the following internet addresses.
Note
IP addresses are subject to change, so ensure that you use DNS names whenever possible.
Table 1. Required internet connections.

Four column table containing required internet connections used to configure firewalls and proxies.

Host nameIP addressPortDescription
eccgw01.boulder.ibm.com207.25.252.197443Electronic Customer Care (ECC) transaction gateway
eccgw02.rochester.ibm.com129.42.160.51443ECC transaction gateway
www.ecurep.ibm.com192.109.81.2080, 443File upload for status reporting and problem reporting
www6.software.ibm.com170.225.15.4180, 443File upload for status reporting and problem reporting. Proxy to testcase.boulder.ibm.com
www-945.ibm.com129.42.26.22480, 443Problem reporting server v4
129.42.42.22480, 443Problem reporting server v4
129.42.50.22480, 443Problem reporting server v4
www.ibm.com129.42.56.21680, 443Service provider file (CCF) download
129.42.58.21680, 443Service provider file (CCF) download
129.42.60.21680, 443Service provider file (CCF) download
www-03.ibm.com204,146,30.1780, 443Service provider file (CCF) download