Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) through the Internet

Allows you to configure the use of encrypted SSL over an existing Internet connection to connect from the local HMC to your service provider.

This connection makes use of an SSL TCP/IP socket that flows over the HMC's default gateway to the Internet. In order for the HMC to successfully use the Internet, the following items must be properly configured:

• The HMC must have a Local Area Network (LAN) adapter that is connected to a network with Internet access.
• The LAN adapter must be configured with a default gateway that provides access to the Internet.
• If a firewall is in place between the HMC and the Internet, it must allow outgoing TCP/IP connections on port 443 from the HMC to each of the following IP addresses:
  • 129.42.160.48 and 207.25.252.200 (IBM Service to System Authentication Server (SAS))
  • 129.42.160.49 and 207.25.252.204 (allow Hardware Management Console access to IBM Service for North or South America)
  • 129.42.160.50 and 207.25.252.205 (allow Hardware Management Console access to IBM Service for all other regions)

  Note	You only need to specify the IP addresses necessary to setup access to SAS and those appropriate for your region.