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Ports used by the system
Ports used by the system
If nothing else is mentioned, the ports are both inbound and outbound. The port numbers are the
default numbers. You can change the port numbers if needed.
Port number Protocol
Used by
Purpose
20 and 21
FTP
Recording servers
Listening for event messages from devices.
25
SMTP
Recording servers
Listening for event messages from devices and
for sending images to the surveillance system
server via e-mail.
80
HTTP
The IIS on the
management server
Running the Management Server service.
443
HTTPS
Management server
and service channel
Authentication of basic users.
554
RTSP
Recording servers
Traffic that controls streaming from cameras.
1024 and
higher
(except the
ports
mentioned
below)
HTTP
Recording servers
Outbound only. Traffic between cameras and
servers.
1234
TCP/UDP Event Server
Listening for generic events from external
systems or devices.
1235
TCP
Event Server
Listening for generic events from external
systems or devices.
1433
TCP
All processes in the
system (among others
management server,
log server and event
server)
Communication with the SQL Server.
5210
TCP
Recording servers and
failover recording
servers
Merging of databases after a failover recording
server has been running.
5432
TCP
Recording servers
Listening for event messages from devices.
7563
TCP
Recording servers and
XProtect Smart Client
Communication with the ImageServer interface.
Also handling of PTZ camera control commands
and for retrieving image streams from clients etc.
7609
HTTP
Report server and
Data Collector Server
service
Communication between the two.
The port must always be kept open on the server
running the Data Collector Server service.
8080
UDP
Management server
Communication between internal processes on
the server.