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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
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:
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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