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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide
  3. Administering OpsCenter
  4. About communication ports and firewall considerations in OpsCenter
  5. Communication ports used by key OpsCenter components
Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide

Communication ports used by key OpsCenter components

The following table shows the default port settings for OpsCenter.

SMTP recipient ports can be configured from the OpsCenter console (using Settings > Configuration > SMTP Server). The SNMP trap recipient ports can also be configured from the OpsCenter console (using Settings > Recipients > SNMP).

If these ports are changed then the appropriate hardware ports have to be opened.

Table: Communication ports used by key OpsCenter components lists the communication ports that are used by key OpsCenter components.

Table: Communication ports used by key OpsCenter components

Source Host

Destination Host

Port Number

Usage (Process Name)

Port Configuration

OpsCenter Server

Mail server

25

SMTP

Allow from source to destination.

OpsCenter Server

SNMP Server

162

SNMP trap recipient

Allow from source to destination.

OpsCenter Server

NetBackup Master Server(s)

1556

PBX (pbx_exchange)

Allow between source and destination (bi-directional).

PBX port number configuration is not supported.

OpsCenter Client

OpsCenter Server

1556

PBX (pbx_exchange)

Allow between source and destination.

Some hardened servers and firewall configurations may block this port.

PBX port number configuration is not supported.

Web browser

OpsCenter Server

The following HTTPS ports are checked for availability in the specified sequence and the first available port is used by default:

  1. 443 (HTTPS)

  2. 8443 (HTTPS)

  3. 8553 (HTTPS)

HTTPS

Allow from all hosts on network.

OpsCenter Server

OpsCenter Server

13786

Sybase database (dbsrv16)

Allow between source and destination.

Some hardened servers and firewall configurations may block this port.

OpsCenter Server

OpsCenter Server

1556

OpsCenter Product Authentication Service (ops_atd)

Allow between source and destination in case NBAC is enabled on NetBackup master server.

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