Following are lists of ports that are used by the appliances and by the Global Management System (GMS). These are the ports used for “listening”.
It is mandatory for certain ports to be open. Opening other ports is optional (opt.), depending on your network, applications, and chosen deployment.
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Must open port?
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Direction relative to the GMS
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communications between the GMS and a physical or virtual appliance (NX or VX)
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This is the default port. If you’ve configured a different port, then you also need to configure the firewall with that port number.
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This is the default port. If you’ve configured a different port, then you also need to configure the firewall with that port number.
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If the appliance’s web configuration is for HTTP only, then you must open this port.
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This is for packets that traverse the optimization path. For creating tunnels, at least one of the first three applications — GRE, IPsec, or UDP — is required.
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Protocol ESP 50;
UDP port 500 (for IKE key exchange) |
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If flow direction is enabled and clustered via routers
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It is mandatory for certain ports to be open. Opening other ports is optional (opt.), depending on your network, applications, and chosen deployment.
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Direction relative to the appliance
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communication with NX clients and with GMS
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communication with NX clients
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user authentication and authorization
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user authentication and authorization
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