Port requirements

The following table lists the ports required for a basic

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Note

All the ports specified in the following table are unidirectional and use TCP for communication. The communication flow is from source to destination.

Port requirements

Component	Source	Destination	Default port number
Authentication Server (uses the reports data warehouse)	IBM Cognos Service	Authentication Server	9640
Primary reports server	User's browser	Reports server	443 to communicate with Apache Web Server using ssl protocol
Database ports (reports data warehouse, portal content store, ETL master repository, ETL work repository, and BMC Server Automation database)	Reports server	Database	1433 for use with Microsoft SQL Server 1521 for use with Oracle
SMTP (to email scheduled reports and for notifications)	Reports server	Email server	25
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Cognos dispatcher service	User's browser	Reports server	9300

Note

You can reconfigure only database ports after installation by using the

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Port requirements

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