Firewall recommendations for IBM Storage Scale native REST API

This topic describes port access and firewall protection to use the IBM Storage Scale native REST API.

The IBM Storage Scale native REST API uses the following ports:

Table 1. Recommended port numbers that can be used for IBM Storage Scale native REST API
Port Number	Function	Protocol	Components that are involved in communication
46443	IBM Storage Scale native REST API	TCP	Open this port on quorum nodes if you use REST APIs.
50052	Internal communication between administration daemons.	TCP	Intra-cluster and remote clusters.