Required communication ports

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IBM® Storage Protect Snapshot for UNIX™ and Linux™ uses ports for communication between its daemon processes on backup or cloning systems and the production system, and the storage systems. Port numbers are defined during the installation of IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for UNIX and Linux.

To determine the default port numbers that are used for IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for UNIX and Linux see the following table:

Table 1. IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for UNIX and Linux default port numbers
Communication port numbers
TCP Port	Initiator: Out-Bound (From Host)	Target: In-Bound (To Host)
57328	Production server and backup/cloning server	ACSD port on production system
5989 (HTTPS port)^[1] 5988 (HTTP port)^[1]	Production server and backup/cloning server	SAN Volume Controller CIM agent, with static target allocation Storwize® family cluster CIM agent, with static target allocation
22	Production server and backup/cloning server	SSH port on SAN Volume Controller or Storwize family cluster, with dynamic target allocation
6989 (HTTPS port)^[1] 6988 (HTTP port)^[1]	Production server and backup/cloning server	DS8000® DS8000 CIM Agent
7778	Production server and backup/cloning server	XIV® XIV CLI
[1] The protocol is specified in the COPYSERVICES_COMMPROTOCOL parameter of the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot profile.