Step 3: Using default TCP/IP ports 5988 and 5989

For a successful startup, the CIM server must be able to listen to the configured HTTP or HTTPS ports. Ensure that the CIM server can use the default TCP/IP port 5988 for HTTP or 5989 for HTTPS. Check if another server is listening on one of these ports, your security product is protecting these ports, or the port is blocked by the TCP/IP configuration.

To determine if the port has been reserved,

• _ verify that the port specified for the httpPort configuration property is not included in the range of reserved ports specified in the BPX parmlib member's INADDRANYPORT and INADDRANYCOUNT parameters.

Configuring the ports for the CIM server describes how you can check and, if necessary, set up the port configuration.