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Ports and applications used by switches

If you are using the FC-FC Routing Service, be aware that the secModeEnable command is not

supported.

Table 34 lists the defaults for accessing hosts, devices, switches, and zones.

Port configuration

Table 35 provides information on ports that the switch uses. When configuring the switch for

various policies, take into consideration firewalls and other devices that may sit between switches

in the fabric and your network or between the managers and the switch.

TABLE 34 Access defaults

Access default

Hosts Any host can access the fabric by SNMP.

Any host can Telnet to any switch in the fabric.

Any host can establish an HTTP connection to any switch in the fabric.

Any host can establish an API connection to any switch in the fabric.

Devices All devices can access the management server.

Any device can connect to any FC port in the fabric.

Switch access Any switch can join the fabric.

All switches in the fabric can be accessed through a serial port.

Zoning No zoning is enabled.

TABLE 35 Port information

Port Type Common use Comment

22 TCP SSH, SCP

23 TCP Telnet Use the ipfilter command to block the port.

80 TCP HTTP Use the ipfilter command to block the port.

123 UDP NTP

161 UDP SNMP Disable the SNMP service on the remote host if you do not use it, or filter

incoming UDP packets going to this port.

443 TCP HTTPS Use the ipfilter command to block the port.

512 TCP exec

513 TCP login

514 TCP shell