SMH of ESX 3.5 host doesnt start from HPSIM

[Alexey Sobolev]

I cant launch SMH from HPSIM menue on several ESX 3.5 hosts. All servers are different Proliant DL and BL servers and got hpmgmt-8.0.0-vmware3x.tgz installed. Anyway if i try to launch SMH typing directly address in browser window then it works.

[Ervinck Kevin]

Check with 'Identify Systems' if the SMH is recognized. Most probably you haven't have the correct firewall rules on your ESX open.

You need to open up following ports:

280 cert (tcp)
2301 smh-http (tcp)
2381 smh-https (tcp)

You can do the 'Identify Systems' check again after you changed the firewall rules.

[Ervinck Kevin]

Select your ESX and check with 'Identify Systems' if the SMH is recognized. Most probably you haven't have the correct firewall rules on your ESX open.

You need to open up following ports:

280 cert (tcp)
2301 smh-http (tcp)
2381 smh-https (tcp)

You can do the 'Identify Systems' check again after you changed the firewall rules.

[Alexey Sobolev]

Following ports are open
smh-http : port 2301 tcp.in
smh-https : port 2381 tcp.in
sim-cert : port 280 tcp.out
first one i added myself, 2 and 3 was added during SMH install process (i just rename it as you do).
But still got massage doing "identify"
"The System Management Homepage is not supported on this system"

[JKytsi · Accepted solution]

the installer says it will open ports, but it does not do it. It only open 2381 thus identify does not work correctly.

[Ervinck Kevin]

can you post the output from the following command on the ESX:

esxcfg-firewall -q

[Alexey Sobolev]

Sure

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Enabled services: CIMSLP ntpClient VCB VmmService CIMHttpsServer snmpd vpxHeartbeats LicenseClient sshServer CIMHttpServer

Opened ports:
smh-http : port 2301 tcp.in
smh-https : port 2381 tcp.in
sim-cert : port 280 tcp.out
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[Alexey Sobolev]

Manually reopenning ports resolv the problem!
Thank you!