Customizing outbound connectivity

  1. Log on to the Hardware Management Console in ENSADMIN, SYSPROG, or SERVICE mode.
  2. Open the Customize Outbound Connectivity task:
    1. In the navigation pane in the left portion of the window, click Service Management.
    2. In the tasks pad in the bottom portion of the work pane, under Configuration, click Customize Outbound Connectivity.
      Customize Outbound Connectivity task

    The Call-Home Server Consoles window is displayed.

    Call-Home Server Consoles window
  3. Click Configure. The Outbound Connectivity Settings window is displayed.
  4. Ensure that Enable the local console as a call-home server is selected.
    Outbound connectivity settings task
  5. Verify if connection is through a proxy server.
    • If yes (from step 6 in Table 1), continue with step 6.
    • If no, go to step 11.
  6. In the Address field, enter the IP address 9.60.12.45. In the Port field, enter the port address 8080 (use values from step 7 in Table 1).
  7. Determine whether the rules of the HTTP proxy configuration at the customer installation permit IP addresses to be used as the target of the mod_proxy (from step 10 in Table 1). If they are permitted, then select Resolve IBM® IP addresses on console.
  8. Check if proxy authentication is required.
    • If no, (from step 8 in Table 1), go to step 11.
    • If yes, continue with step 9.
  9. Select Use SSL Proxy Authentication . Enter the user name and password.
  10. In the Internet Protocol list, select IPv4 (from step 3 in Table 1). Most customers will connect to the IPv4 Internet only.
  11. Click Test. The Test Internet window is displayed.
  12. Click Start to verify that a broadband RSF connection can be made.
  13. A series of information messages display in the Test Status message box :
    Test Status
  14. If the connection is successful, Test completed successfully is displayed.
    Note: If there are as-yet-applied changes to the settings, the HMC will not run the test transaction. If the connection test was successful, it will still end with a "partial" successful overall. You can then return to the previous panel, Apply the changes, then re-run the Test, which will then perform the test transaction.
  15. If the connection was not successful, record the error message and click Help. The Test Internet help window is displayed. Select Test Status. A list of common error messages are displayed. Follow the instructions on the window.