Network and firewall requirements

Last published : Jul 06, 2026
If you plan to manage hosts within multiple domains, update the network settings to resolve the host from all domains.
You need to ensure that the localhost can be resolved from the host.
If localhost cannot be resolved from the host, update your network settings to enable it.
For InfoScale Operations Manager Management Server in High Availability, you need to configure firewall settings for both the virtual and the physical IP of all cluster nodes.
InfoScale Operations Manager uses the default ports as shown in Table: Default ports in a InfoScale Operations Manager installation to transfer information.
Table: Default ports in a InfoScale Operations Manager installation
Port Protocol Initiator Purpose Effect if blocked
5634 TCP Management Server Management Server configuration Management Server cannot be configured.
5636 TCP Management Server Management Server database configuration Management Server cannot be configured.
5634 TCP - Management Server communications with the managed hosts Managed host cannot be added to the Management Server domain.
5634 TCP managed hosts Managed host to send heartbeats; also used to upload the data from the managed host to Management Server Managed host cannot be added to the Management Server domain.
Note: It is recommended that you keep port 5634 open between managed hosts for scalability and performance optimization.
22 - - SSH communication -
135 - - WMI communication -
14161 TCP Web browser Run the Management Server console Users cannot access the Management Server console.
162 UDP Vmware VCenter server Receive SNMP traps Management Server cannot receive Virtual Machine state change SNMP traps from VMWare VCenter.
Changes to vmware infrastructure can not be discovered near real time (NRT).
21 FTP Management Server Management Server connectivity with Download Center Management Server can not download patches from InfoScale Download Center.
80 HTTP Management Server Management Server connectivity with Download Center Management Server can not download patches from InfoScale Download Center.
443 HTTPS Management Server Management Server connectivity with Download Center Management Server can not download patches from InfoScale Download Center.
More Information
Operating system requirements
System resource requirements