Network ports used by Veritas Storage Foundation
This article provides a list of network ports that are used by Storage Foundation and Storage Foundation HA for both the UNIX and Windows platforms.
These details can be used for opening up relevant ports in firewall installed between nodes and clusters.
UNIX Platforms
The following table contains list of network ports that are used by Storage Foundation for Unix (SF) and Storage Foundation HA for Unix (SF-HA).
| Product | Port # | Protocol | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| VCS | 162 | VCS Notifier configured for SNMP Notifications. | |
| VCS | 25 | SMTP | VCS Notifier configured for SMTP Notifications |
| VCS | 8181 | TCP | Cluster Management Console |
| VCS | 8443 | TCP | VCS WebGUI |
| VCS | 2994 | TCP | DBMS |
| VCS | 14300 | TCP | VRTSWeb Administrative port. |
| VCS | 14141 | TCP | VCS Server |
| VCS | 14144 | TCP | Notifier Listening Port |
| VCS | 14145 | TCP | Global cluster Communication |
| WACPort | 14155 | TCP | Global cluster Wide-Area Connector |
| LLT | 5166 | LLT communication across firewall | |
| LLT | 49152 to 65535 | UDP | Unique UDP port in the range of 49152-65535 for LLT link. |
| VCS Simulator | 15550 to 15563 | TCP | Anonymous port used by Simulator 15550-15558 & 15560-15563 |
| vxsvc | 2148 | TCP | VEA client connects to vxsvc server |
| VEAWeb | 8443 | TCP | To access through Web Console. |
| VxPBX | 1556 | TCP | bi-directional for Authentication Broker |
| vxsvc | 2148 | TCP | By host to locate the Authentication Service Root Broker |
| SFMS | 2821 | TCP | VxAT RootBroker |
| SFMS Agent | 3207 | UDP | Agent heartbeat to SFMS server |
| VVR | 4145 | TCP UDP | IANA approved port for heartbeat communication between the Primary and Secondary. |
| VVR | 8199 | TCP | IANA approved port for communication between the vradmind daemons on the Primary and the Secondary. |
| VVR | 8989 | TCP | Communication between the in.vxrsyncd daemons on Primary and Secondary Server for RVG synchronization. |
| VVR | 32768 to 65535 | TCP | Anonymous port for data transer |
Windows Platform
The following table contains a list of ports that are used by Storage Foundation for Windows (SFW) and Storage Foundation HA for Windows (SFW-HA).
| Port # | Protocol | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 4888 | TCP | Veritas Scheduler Service (SFW 5.1 and above) |
| 1556 | TCP UDP | Private Branch Exchange (SFW 5.0 and above) |
| 2148 / 3207 | TCP UDP | Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) Server (vxsvc.exe) |
| 2821* | TCP UDP | Veritas Security Services (VxSS) |
| 3207 | TCP UDP | VEA (vxsvc.exe) |
| 4145 | UDP | VCS heartbearts |
| 7419 | TCP | Used by many Symantec wizards |
| 14151 / 8181 / 8443 | TCP UDP | VRTS Web Administration (vrtsweb.exe) |
| 8199 | TCP | Volume Replicator Administrative Service (VRAS) |
| 5634 | HTTP HTTPS | Veritas Storage Foundation Messaging Service (xprtld.exe) |
| 8989 | TCP | vxrserver (vxrsyncd) |
| 14141 | TCP | VCS Engine (had.exe) |
| 14144 | TCP UDP | VCS Notification |
| 14145 | TCP UDP | Global VCS Cluster Manager (VCS 2.x and earlier) |
| 14150 | TCP UDP | VCS Command Server - use override environment variable VCS_CMDSERVER_PORT_ENV to change from default port used |
| 14153 | TCP UDP | VCS Cluster Simulator |
| 14155 | TCP | VCS Global Cluster Option (SFW-HA 4.1 and later) |
| 14300 | TCP UDP | VRTSWeb Admin |
| 15550 - 15558 | TCP UDP | VCS Cluster Simulator |
| 49152 - 65535 | TCP UDP | Volume Replicator Packets, VCS Cluster heartbeat |
| 14145 / 14994 / 14443 | TCP UDP | Veritas Cluster Server Management Console Web Server |
Port Conflicts
In some cases, another process or application will attempt to use a port that is already being used by SFW. This may cause the application, or SFW to function incorrectly. Some customers have successfully managed port conflicts by following the steps found in the following Microsoft article: