Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise User Manual v10.3.X (53-1001357-01, November 2009)

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Management server and client
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55556 Launch in Context (LIC) client hand shaking
port
Client port used to check if a
Management application client
opened using LIC is running on
the same host
NOTE: If this port is in use, the
application uses the
next available port.
Client No
1 Port is not configurable (either in the switch or the Management server).
2 Every FTP session requires an additional port which is randomly picked. If the firewall is
enabled then FTP operation (used for firmware download, technical support, firmware import
(from client-server) and so on.) will fail.
3 Ports configurable in the switch and the Management server. Port must be the same for all
switches managed by the Management server.
4 Ports used to launch the Web Tools application for Fabric OS switches from the Management
client. This is applicable only when the FOS version is earlier than 6.1.1.
5 Port used for SSL communication. If SSL is enabled, you must open 443*, 24604, and 24605 in
the firewall. If SSL is not enabled, port 80* must be open in the firewall and 443*, 24604, and
24605 can be closed. An asterisk (*) denotes the default web server port number. If you set the
web server port number to a port other than the default, you must open that port in the firewall.
6 The Syslog listening port is configurable in the Management server. The switch always sends
syslog messages to port 514. If you have any other syslog daemon on the Management server
machine already listening to 514, then the Management Server can be configured to listen to a
different port. You must manually configure relay in existing syslogd to forward the syslog
messages to the Management Server listening on the configured port.
7 Ports used for communicating with M-EOSn (M-i10K) directors. M-i10K always uses NMRU
over SSL (2049). M-i10K always uses 8080 for http requests (firmware download, configuration
backup/ restore, data collection). If M-EOSn firmware version is less than 9.1 the Management
application uses 8080 for XML-RPC requests (discovery and asset collection). If the M-EOSn
firmware version is more than 9.1 then it always uses SSL port (4430) for XML-RPC.
8 Port must be opened in firewall for the server when the remote ODBC client needs to talk to the
Management database server (Only for EE). The same port is used by the Management server
to database server (local). This is not used by the Management client.
9 Ports used for communicating with M-EOS (excluding M-i10K) switches (only required when
the Management server manages M-EOS switches).
10 Port should be opened in firewall in the Management client to allow communication between
server and client (only applicable for M-EOS switches). If this port is not opened in the firewall,
then the M-EOS element manager does not receive updates. Also if multiple clients are
opened, it will try to use the next available port (55556). So if there are n clients opened in the
same machine then you must open 55555 (configurable) to 55555 + n ports in the firewall.
11 The Management server tries to find a contiguous block of 16 ports from the starting port
configured (for example, 24600); if any port in this range is not available for the Management
application, then you must provide a new starting port. Note that Port 1 to Port 15 in “Ports”
column of the table above are not separately configurable and those ports vary based on the
starting port number configuration (specified as Port 0 in the above table). The port numbers
mentioned in the table above are the default ports (for example, when 24600 is selected as the
starting port number).
TABLE 6 Ports
Port Number Ports Description Communication Path Open in Firewall