Ports

This appendix contains the following sections:

Cisco UCS Director TCP and UDP Port Usage

This section provides a list of the TCP and UDP ports that Cisco UCS Director uses for connections and communications with external applications or devices. The port usage depends upon whether you have deployed Cisco UCS Director on VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V.

Cisco UCS Director TCP and UDP Port Usage on VMware vSphere

The following figure shows the network ports used for communication between the Cisco UCS Director appliance and managed devices, ESX servers, Bare Metal Agent, PowerShell Agent, NTP, and Active Directory for an installation on VMware vSphere.

Figure 1. Cisco UCS Director TCP and UDP Port Usage

Cisco UCS Director TCP and UDP Port Usage on Microsoft Hyper-V

The following figure shows the network ports used for communication between the Cisco UCS Director appliance and managed devices, ESX servers, Bare Metal Agent, PowerShell Agent, NTP, and Active Directory for an installation on Microsoft Hyper-V.

Figure 2. Cisco UCS Director TCP and UDP Port Usage

Port List

Default Port Protocol Description

22

TCP

SSH

80

TCP/UDP

HTTP

69

TFTP

TFTP for Cisco UCS Director Bare Metal Agent

443

UDP

HTTPS

27000/7279/8082 (Mgmt)

TCP

Citrix licensing

2598/1494/2112/2513

TCP

Virtual Desktop Agent for Desktops

67/68

UDP

DHCP

389/636

3268/3269

TCP/UDP

TCP

Active Directory

53

TCP/UDP

DNS

123

TCP/UDP

NTP

3306

TCP/UDP

MariaDB

8787/5900-5964

TCP

+ VNC Connectivity

3389

TCP/UDP

+ RDP Connectivity

80/443/8080

TCP/UDP

+ NetApp Connectivity

80/443

UDP

+ Cisco UCS Manager Connectivity

80/443

UDP

+ vCenter Connectivity

3389

TCP/UDP

RDP

135/445

TCP

SMB/RPC

88

TCP/UDP

Kerberos

137

TCP/UDP

NetBIOS Name (nbname)

138

TCP/UDP

NetBIOS datagram (nbdatagram)

139

TCP

NetBIOS session (nbsession)

80/443

UDP

Desktop Delivery Controller <--> vCenter

8080 through ICA

TCP

Desktop Delivery Controller <--> Virtual Desktops

1494/2598/2512/2513

TCP

Users (Citrix Recvr) <--> Virtual Desktops

389/636 (LDAP Ports)

TCP/UDP

Desktop Delivery Controller <--> Active Directory

389/636, 3268/3269, 53

TCP/UDP

Virtual Desktops <--> Active Directory + DNS

5985/5986

TCP

PowerShell Agent <-> Xendesktop through WinRM

43891

TCP/UDP

<--> PowerShell Agent

80/8081

TCP

XenApp

902

TCP

VMwareESXi host management and VM customization and to execute VIX tasks

903

TCP

VMwareESXi host management and VM customization and to execute VIX tasks (for Vmware vCenter releases prior to 5.0)

9002

TCP

VMRC Connectivity

Multi-Node Port Requirements

The ports listed in Cisco UCS Director TCP and UDP Port Usage are applicable for both single and multi-node setups.

For a multi-node setup, the following port must be opened between the nodes:

  • From the primary nodes to database nodes: port 3306