Port requirements
The following table lists the ports required for a basic BMC Decision Support for Server Automation installation. Your firewall must allow communication through these ports for the associated components to function.
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 |
|
SMTP (to email scheduled reports and for notifications) | Reports server | Email server | 25 |
Tomcat Web Server | User's browser | Reports server | Used to access the BMC Decision Support for Server Automation Console
|
Cognos dispatcher service | User's browser | Reports server | 9300 |
RegistryPort | IBM Cognos Service | Authentication Server | 9636 |
JMXManagementPort | IBM Cognos Service | Authentication Server | 9638 |
Note
You can reconfigure only database ports after installation by using the BMC Decision Support for Server Automation Console. Remaining ports cannot be reconfigured after installation.
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