C saniq tcp and udp port usage, Management applications in san/iq software, Networking best practices with san/iq software – HP LeftHand P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance Software User Manual

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C SANiQ TCP and UDP Port Usage

A P4000 SAN uses a list of well-known TCP/UDP ports to operate, see

Table 71 (page 253)

.

Management applications in SAN/iQ software

Management applications include the Centralized Management Console and the scripting interface.
These applications all use the ports described as management applications in the description
column.

Networking best practices With SAN/iQ software

For information on networking best practices, see Application Note - Building High Performance
High Availability IP Storage Networks with SANiQ
at the following link on the Resource Center:

http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01750150/c01750150.pdf

Table 71 TCP/UDP ports used for normal SAN operations with SAN/iQ

Description

Name

Port(s)

IP Protocol

Secure Shell access for
SAN/iQ Support only. Not

SSH

22

TCP

required for normal
day-to-day operations.

Outgoing from storage
systems for email based
alerts.

SMTP

25

TCP

Outgoing from storage
systems for hostname
resolution.

DNS

53

TCP, UDP

Used only if DHCP is
enabled.

bootps

67, 68

TCP, UDP

Outgoing from storage
systems for time
synchronization.

NTP

123

UDP

SNMP Agent on the storage
system. Incoming from

SNMP

161, 162

UDP

SNMP clients. Outgoing
from the storage systems for
SNMP Traps.

Outgoing from the storage
systems for remote logging.

Syslog

514

UDP

Outgoing from the storage
systems for iSNS services

iSNS

3205

TCP, UDP

iSCSI initiators connect on
this port.

iSCSI

3260

TCP

Used for internal SAN/iQ
discovery.

SAN/iQ Internal

8453, 8454, 8455

UDP

Incoming to storage systems.
Used for upgrading the

SAN/iQ Upgrade

11120

TCP

storage systems. Not
required for normal
day-to-day operations.

Outgoing from management
applications. Incoming to

SAN/iQ Internal

13838, 13841, 13843

TCP, UDP

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