Installation Guide

40 HP VSC Software Installation

• Secure Unused TCP/UDP Ports

After installing and configuring the HP VSC, the user should take all steps necessary to

ensure the network security of the HP VSC system through the use of ACLs and/or firewalls

and by disabling any unneeded network services on the node.

Table 6 lists the required and optional UDP/TCP ports for particular services for inbound

connections to the HP VSC.

Table 7 lists required and optional UDP/TCP ports for particular services for outbound

connections from the HP VSC.

Optional ports are only required if the network service is in use on the HP VSC.

Table6:HPVSCUDP/TCPInbound/OpenedPorts

Port UDP/TCP Required/

Optional

ProtocolNotes

21/22 TCP Optional FTP

22 TCP Optional SSH

23 TCP Optional Telnet

123 UDP Required NTP

161/162 UDP Optional SNMP‐requiredforSNMPmanagement

179 TCP Required BGP‐requiredforfederatedHPVSCs

6633 TCP Required OpenFlow

49152‐

65535

UDP Optional RADIUSforconsoleuserauthentication

dynamicallyreservesportsinthisrange

uponinitializationoftheHPVSCforout‐

goingconnectionsandtheresulting

response.Theportsusedinthisrange

canbeviewedwith“showsystemcon‐

nections”.

IfRADIUSnotused,noincomingpackets

willbeforwardedorprocessed.

Table7:HPVSCUDP/TCPOutbound/RemotePorts