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• Microsoft Windows 2003
• Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 2008 and later
Microsoft Windows 2003
Microsoft Windows 2003 uses a default port range of 1025 through 5000 as the dynamic client
port range for outgoing connections. To avoid port conflicts, as part of the installation process, HP
SIM installer reserves the following ports, if it detects installation on Microsoft Windows 2003 OS.
Table 5: HPSIM Dynamic Ports Range for Microsoft Windows 2003
From Port
To Port
Count
1124 1126 3
1433 1434 2
1758 1759 2
1779 1780 2
2301 2301 1
2367 2367 1
2381 2381 1
4011 4011 1
4095 4096 2
50000 50015 16
The dynamic ports referred to in this table deal with outgoing connections for both TCP and UDP.
Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 2008 and later
To comply with IANA recommendations, Microsoft increased the dynamic client port range for
outgoing connections in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008 and all of its later operating
systems and made the default port range of 49152 through 65535.
On these operating systems, to avoid port conflicts, HP SIM installer sets the following ports as
dynamic ports as part of the installation process.
Table 6: HPSIM Dynamic Ports Range for Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 2008 and
later
From Port
To Port
Count
51500 65536 14036
The dynamic ports referred to in this table deal with outgoing connections for both TCP and UDP.