DSM Installation and Configuration Guide
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Appendix D: Ports
This section describes all of the ports that you must configure for your appliance.
Ports to Configure
The following table lists the communication direction and purpose of each port you must open.
Port
Protocol
Communication
Direction
Purpose
ICMP
All ICMP
Used for Ping
22
TCP
Management
Console
DSM
CLI SSH Access
161
TCP/UDP
SNMP Manager
DSM
SNMP queries from an external manager
443
TCP
Browser
DSM
DSM
DSM
Agent
DSM
Redirects to either port 8445 or 8448 depending on the security mode. (8445 is
used in compatible & RSA modes; 8448 is used in Suite B mode, for secure
communication between DSMs in an HA cluster and for LDT registration.)
1792
TCP
DSM
network HSM
DSM communication with Luna HSM.
5432
TCP
DSM (HA node
1)
DSM
(HA node n)
HA information exchange.
5696
TCP
KMIP client
DSM
Allows communication between the KMIP client and DSMs
7025
TCP/UDP
DSM
DSM
Uses SNMP to get HA node response time.
8080
TCP
Agent
DSM
DSM
DSM
Port 8080 is no longer used for registration, but you can manually close/open this
legacy port for new deployment, for backward compatibility if you use previous
versions of the agent and need to register to 8080. Default is on (open).
Syntax
0001:system$ security legacyregistration
[ on | off | show ]
8443
TCP
Agent
DSM
RSA TCP/IP port through which the agent communicates with the DSM, in case
8446 is blocked. The agent establishes a secure connection to the DSM, through
certificate exchange, using this port.
8444
TCP
Agent
DSM
RSA port via which the Agent log messages are uploaded to DSM, in case 8447 is
blocked.
Table D-1: Ports to Configure