Ports

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The ports that are used by Copy Services Manager are used for the graphical user interface (GUI), the command-line interface (CLI), connecting to storage systems, and for connecting between an active and a standby Copy Services Manager server.

Copy Services Manager

Port numbers are defined during the installation of Copy Services Manager. To determine the port number for the ports that are used for Copy Services Manager, refer to the following table.

Table 1. Where to find Copy Services Manager port numbers
Copy Services Manager component	Location of port information
Web browser	To view the port number for the web browser, open the bootstrap.properties file in the main Copy Services Manager directory for distributed systems, which is `install dir`\liberty\wlp\usr\servers\csmServer\properties. On z/OS systems, the directory is `path_prefix`/opt/IBM/CSM/wlp/usr/servers/csmServer/properties.
Standby management server	To view the port number for each management server, click Management Servers in the navigation pane of the Copy Services Manager GUI. You can also run the lshaservers command from the command-line interface to view the ports for the management servers.
Client and CLI port	To view the port number for the client, click About in the navigation pane of the Copy Services Manager GUI. You can also run the whoami command from the command-line interface to view the port for the client.

Storage system ports

The following table lists the default ports for each storage system type.

Table 2. Storage system default ports
Storage System	Connection Type	Port
DS8000®	Direct Connection	2433
DS8000	Hardware Management Console Connection	1750 and 1751
DS8000	Heat Map Transfer	1755 and 1756
Systems running IBM Spectrum® Virtualize	Direct Connection	443 and 22
Systems running IBM Spectrum Accelerate, including: XIV® FlashSystem A9000 FlashSystem A9000R	Direct Connection	7778

Ensure that your network configuration is set up so that Copy Services Manager can send outgoing TCP/IP packets to the storage controllers.

Because multiple applications are usually running on the management server, it is possible that port conflicts might arise if other applications attempt to use the same ports that Copy Services Manager uses. Use the netstat command to verify which ports the various applications on the management server are using.

When you add a storage system to the Copy Services Manager configuration, the port field is automatically populated with the appropriate value. You can accept the default port or enter another port number.

If firewalls are being used in your configuration, ensure that none of these ports are being blocked. Also, ensure that not only is the Copy Services Manager server granted access to reach the other components, but that the other components are granted access to reach the Copy Services Manager server.

If the management server is running on Windows Server: Configure the inbound and outbound rules for Copy Services Manager. To create a new outbound rule, start the New Outbound Rule Wizard from the Windows Firewall with the Advanced Security menu.