Reference Guide

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Ports
The following tables list the ports used by the OpenManage systems management software, standard operating system services and
other agent applications.
NOTE: Ports with the correct conguration are necessary to allow OpenManage systems management software to
connect to a remote device through rewalls.
NOTE: The systems management software version mentioned indicates the minimum version of the product required to
use that port.
NOTE: CIM ports are dynamic. See the Microsoft knowledge base at support.microsoft.com for information on CIM port
usage.
NOTE: If you are using a rewall, you must open all ports listed in the following tables to ensure that OpenManage
applications function correctly.
OpenManage Essentials
Management Stations
Table 1. Supported Protocols and Ports on Management Stations
Port
Number
Protocol Port Type Maximum
Encryption Level
Direction Usage
25 SMTP TCP None In/Out Optional email alert action
162 SNMP UDP None In Event reception through SNMP
1433 Proprietary TCP None In/Out Optional remote SQL server access
2607 HTTPS TCP 128-bit SSL In/Out Web GUI
1278 HTTP TCP None In/Out To launch OME console over HTTP
Managed Nodes
Table 2. Supported Protocols and Ports on Managed Nodes
Port Number Protocol Port Type Maximum
Encryption Level
Direction Usage
22 SSH TCP 128 – bit In/Out Contextual
application launch
— SSH client
Remote software
updates to Server
Administrator— for
systems supporting
Linux operating
systems
Performance
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