The following table lists the network ports that are required for Services to discover devices and collect system information from the devices. information. For the network ports required for OpenManage Enterprise, see the OpenManage Enterprise user's guide available at
https://www.dell.com/esmmanuals.
Table 1. Network ports required to discover device and collect device information
Device type
Port number
Protocol
Encrypted
Source
Direction
Destination
Usage
iDRAC
443
WSMAN
Product-defined
OpenManage Enterprise Appliance
Out
Managed Nodes
Required to collect system information from the devices.
Required to discover devices.
443
Redfish
Product-defined
OpenManage Enterprise Appliance
Out
Managed Nodes
22
SSH
Product-defined
OpenManage Enterprise Appliance
Out
Managed Nodes
Server (Linux)
22
SSH
Product-defined
OpenManage Enterprise Appliance
Out
Managed Nodes
Required to collect system information from the devices.
Required to discover devices.
1611
HTTPS
Product-defined
OpenManage Enterprise Appliance
Out
Managed Nodes
For Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) communication.
Server (ESXi)
443
HTTPS
Product-defined
OpenManage Enterprise Appliance
Out
Managed Nodes
Required to collect system information from the devices.
Required to discover devices.
22
SSH
Product-defined
OpenManage Enterprise Appliance
Out
Managed Nodes
1611
HTTPS
Product-defined
OpenManage Enterprise Appliance
Out
Managed Nodes
For Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) communication.
Network Switches
22
SSH
Product-defined
OpenManage Enterprise Appliance
Out
Managed Nodes
Required to collect system information from the devices.
Required to discover devices.
161
SNMP v2
Product-defined
OpenManage Enterprise Appliance
Out
Managed Nodes
Chassis
443
Redfish
Product-defined
OpenManage Enterprise Appliance
Out
Managed Nodes
Required to collect system information from the devices.
Required to discover devices.
22
SSH
Product-defined
OpenManage Enterprise Appliance
Out
Managed Nodes
Ports required to communicate with the Dell EMC backend
Table 2. Ports required to communicate with the Dell EMC backend
Port
Protocol
Encrypted
Source
Direction
Destination
Usage
443
HTTPS
Yes (Mutual TLS with shared certificate)
OpenMange Enterprise Appliance (Dell Connectivity Service). Dell Connectivity Service is a service that runs within OpenManage Enterprise that connects the Services plugin to Dell Backend servers to securely transfer device collections.
Out
Dell EMC Backend servers
Required for Services plugin to transfer the device collection data to the Dell backend server
esrs3-core.emc.com through Dell Connectivity Service.
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