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TCP/IP ports on the XCC, IMM2 and CMM management processors

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Abstract

The systems management processors integrated in ThinkSystem, System x, Flex System, and BladeCenter servers use a variety of TCP/IP ports for communication. This document lists them and indicates which ones the administrator can and cannot change. You need to ensure that your network (firewalls and routers) allows communications through these ports for the management processor to function properly.

Change History

Changes in the August 3, 2022 update:

  • In XCC, added SNMP traps (UDP), port 162 (configurable) - XCC section

Introduction

The systems management processors (also known as service processors) integrated in ThinkSystem, System x, Flex System, and BladeCenter servers use a variety of TCP/IP ports for communication. This document lists them and indicates which ones the administrator can and cannot change. You need to ensure that your network (firewalls and routers) allows communications through these ports for the management processor to function properly.

The management processors covered are:

  • XClarity Controller (XCC)
  • Chassis Management Module (CMM and CMM2)
  • Integrated Management Module II (IMM2 and IMM2.1)
  • Integrated Management Module (IMM)
  • BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM)
  • BladeCenter Management Module (MM)
  • Remote Supervisor Adapter II (RSA II)
  • Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)

XClarity Controller (XCC)

The following ports are used by XCC. Ports are either fixed or configurable as noted. For configurable ports, the default port is listed.

Table 1. XCC ports
Port name Port number Fixed or configurable Description
http 80 Fixed Web server HTTP connection (TCP)
https 443 (default) Configurable SSL connection (TCP)
REST over SSL 443 Fixed REST over HTTPS
CIM/XML HTTPS 5989 (default) Configurable CIM/XML HTTPS
Remote presence 3900 (default) Configurable Remote presence (TCP)
IPMI 623 Fixed IPMI over LAN
SLP 427 Fixed SLP connection (TCP/UDP)
SSDP 1900 Fixed Simple Service Discovery Protocol (UDP), required by Redfish DMTF
SSH 22 (default) Configurable Secure Shell (SSH) command-line interface (TCP)
SNMP agent 161 (default) Configurable SNMP get/set commands (UDP)
SNMP traps 162 (default) Configurable SNMP traps (UDP)
HTTP 81 Fixed HTTP (TCP). Used for LXCM, only open in the front panel USB interface.
SFTP 115 Fixed SFTP File transfer (TCP)
RDP 3389 Fixed Remote Desktop Protocol USB-to-Ethernet interface (TCP). XCC acts as traffic forwarding between the external network and the host.
VNC 5900 Fixed Virtual Network Computing remote desktop protocol (TCP). XCC acts as traffic forwarding between the external network and the host.

Chassis Management Module (CMM)

The Chassis Management Module (CMM and CMM2) is the service processor used in the Flex System Enterprise Chassis. The following ports are user configurable. The default port numbers used are indicated.

Table 2. CMM ports -- user configurable
Port name Port number Description
http 80 (default) Web server HTTP connection - TCP
https 443 (default) SSL connection for HTTP-TCP
telnet 23 (default) Telnet command-line interface connection -TCP
SSH 22 (default) Secure Shell (SSH) command-line interface - TCP
SNMP agent 161 (default) SNMP get/set commands - UDP
SNMP traps 162 (default) SNMP traps
FTP 21 (default) FTP
FTP Data 20 (default) FTP Data
TFTP 69 (default) TFTP
CIM/XML HTTPS 5989 (default) CIM/XML HTTPS – used by mgmt. apps
TCP Command Mode 6090 (default) TCP Command Mode
Secure TCP Command Mode 6091 (default) Secure TCP Command Mode – used by mgmt. apps
SLP 427 (default) Service location protocol - UDP

The following TCP/IP ports are fixed and cannot be changed.

Table 3. CMM ports - fixed
Port number Description
25 E-mail alerts - TCP
53 DNS resolver - UDP
67 and 68 DHCP - UDP
547 DHCP (IPv6) - UDP
623 RMCP (Remote Management and Control Protocol)
50990 SNMPv3 traps
123 NTP
389 LDAP
636 LDAPS (secure LDAP)

Integrated Management Module and Integrated Management Module II (IMM2)

The following ports are user configurable. The default port numbers used are indicated.

Table 4. IMM and IMM2 ports -- user configurable
Port name Port number Description
http 80 (default) Web server HTTP connection - TCP
https 443 (default) SSL connection -TCP
telnet 23 (default) Telnet command-line interface connection -TCP
SSH 22 (default) Secure Shell (SSH) command-line interface - TCP
SNMP agent 161 (default) SNMP get/set commands - UDP
SNMP traps 162 (default) SNMP traps - UDP
Remote presence 3900 (default) Remote presence - TCP
CIM/XML HTTP 5988 (default) CIM/XML HTTP
CIM/XML HTTPS 5989 (default) CIM/XML HTTPS
NTP 123 (default) Network Time Protocol

The following TCP/IP ports are fixed and cannot be changed.

Table 5. IMM and IMM2 ports - fixed

Port number Description
25 E-mail alerts - TCP
53 DNS resolver - UDP
68 DHCP client connection - UDP
427 SLP connection - UDP
623 RMCP (Remote Management and Control Protocol)
3389 USB-to-Ethernet interface - TCP
5985 Web Services Management (WS-MAN) HTTP
5986 Web Services Management (WS-MAN) HTTPS
7070-7077 Partition management for multi-node servers

BladeCenter Advanced Management Module

The following ports are user configurable. The default port numbers used are indicated.

Table 6. AMM ports -- user configurable

Port name Port number Description
http 80 (default) Web server HTTP connection - TCP
https 443 (default) SSL connection -TCP
telnet 23 (default) Telnet command-line interface connection -TCP
SSH 22 (default) Secure Shell (SSH) command-line interface - TCP
SNMP agent 161 (default) SNMP get/set commands - UDP
SNMP traps 162 (default) SNMP traps - UDP
FTP 21 Listen port for the FTP server - TCP
FTP data 20 FTP data port - TCP
TFTP 69 TFTP server - TCP
Remote disk 1044 Remote disk function - TCP
Remote disk on-card 1045 Persistent remote disk (disk on card) - TCP
Remote KVM 3900 Remote Console - TCP

The following TCP/IP ports are fixed and cannot be changed.

Table 7. AMM ports -- fixed

Port number Description
25 E-mail alerts - TCP
53 DNS resolver - UDP
68 DHCP client connection - UDP
427 SLP connection - UDP
6090 IBM Director commands - TCP
13991 IBM Director alerts - UDP

BladeCenter Management Module

The following ports are user configurable. The default port numbers used are indicated.

Table 8. MM ports -- user configurable

Port name Port number Description
http 80 (default) Web server HTTP connection - TCP
https 443 (default) SSL connection -TCP
telnet 23 (default) Telnet command-line interface connection -TCP
SSH 22 (default) Secure Shell (SSH) command-line interface - TCP
SNMP agent 161 (default) SNMP get/set commands - UDP
SNMP traps 162 (default) SNMP traps - UDP

The following TCP/IP ports are fixed and cannot be changed.

Table 9. MM ports -- fixed

Port number Description
25 E-mail alerts - TCP
53 DNS resolver - UDP
68 DHCP client connection - UDP
427 SLP connection - UDP
1044 Remote disk function - TCP
1045 Persistent remote disk (disk on card) - TCP
5900 Remote Console video redirect - TCP
6090 IBM Director commands - TCP
13991 IBM Director alerts - UDP

Remote Supervisor Adapter II (RSA II)

The following ports are user configurable. The default port numbers used are indicated.

Table 10. RSA II ports -- user configurable

Port name Port number Description
http 80 (default) Web server HTTP connection - TCP
https 443 (default) SSL connection -TCP
telnet 23 (default) Telnet command-line interface connection -TCP
SSH 22 (default) Secure Shell (SSH) command-line interface - TCP
SNMP agent 161 (default) SNMP get/set commands - UDP
SNMP traps 162 (default) SNMP traps - UDP

The following TCP/IP ports are fixed and cannot be changed.

Table 11. RSA II ports -- fixed

Port number Description
427 SLP connection - UDP
1044 Remote disk function - TCP
1045 Persistent remote disk (disk on card) - TCP
2000 Remote Console video redirect - TCP and UDP
6090 IBM Director commands - TCP
7070-7073 Scalable Partition management (x445) - TCP
7070-7077 Scalable Partition management (x460 and x3950) - TCP

Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)

The following TCP/IP ports are fixed and cannot be changed.

Table 12. BMC ports

Port number Description
623 IPMI communications to SMBridge and IBM Director
664 IPMI communications (secondary)
161 SNMP get/set commands
162 SNMP traps and PET alerts to Director

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