Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.3.0 (53-1001336-02, November 2009)

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Ports and applications used by switches
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Port configuration
Table 22 provides information on ports that the switch uses. When configuring the switch for
various policies, take into consideration firewalls and other devices that may sit between switches
in the fabric and your network or between the managers and the switch.
TABLE 22 Port information
Port Type Common use Comment
22 TCP SSH, SCP
23 TCP Telnet Use the ipfilter command to block the port.
80 TCP HTTP Use the ipfilter command to block the port.
111 TCP sunrpc This port is used by Platform API. Use the ipfilter command to
block the port.
123 TCP NTP
161 UDP SNMP Disable the SNMP service on the remote host if you do not use it,
or filter incoming UDP packets going to this port.
443 TCP HTTPS Use the ipfilter command to block the port.
512 TCP exec
513 TCP login
514 TCP shell
897 TCP This port is used by the Platform API.