Ransomware attackers specifically target and attempt to destroy backup systems to increase the probability of payment. Hardening your system is critical. Please ensure you have reviewed your platform security using the Security Hardening Checklist
Cohesity

COHESITY Documentation

Explore our documentation to get started, discover products & new features, access troubleshooting guides, register sources, platforms support.

Products
Data Security Alliance
Visit Cohesity.com
Demos
Support
Blogs
Developers
Partner Portals
Cohesity Community
© 2026 Cohesity, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Terms of Use|
Privacy Policy|
Legal|
  1. Home
  2. NetBackup™ Network Ports Reference Guide
  3. Other Network Ports
  4. Nutanix AHV cluster ports
NetBackup™ Network Ports Reference Guide

Nutanix AHV cluster ports

The following table shows the ports that are used between the NetBackup hosts and the Nutanix AHV cluster hosts. If firewalls exist between the various hosts, you must open the required ports.

Table: Ports that must be open in a Nutanix AHV cluster environment

Source

Port number

Destination

Backup host

TCP port 111 (port mapper)

Nutanix AHV cluster

Backup host

TCP port 2049 (NFS)

Nutanix AHV cluster

Backup host

TCP port 9440

Nutanix AHV cluster

Backup host

TCP port 9440

Nutanix AHV Prism Central server

Nutanix AHV cluster

TCP port 111 (port mapper)

Backup host

Nutanix AHV cluster

TCP port 2049 (NFS)

Backup host

*bi-directional

iSCSI over TCP 860, 3260

*bi-directional

*bi-directional

iSCSI over TCP 3205

*bi-directional

*Ports must be open bi-directional between AHV access host and AHV cluster. Port 9440 is open only inbound to the AHV cluster from the AHV access host.

Feedback

Was this page helpful?
Previous

Port usage for the NetBackup vSphere Web Client Plug-in

Next

Port requirements for Kubernetes operator deployment

Feedback

Was this page helpful?