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Several services utilized by the software are designed to listen for incoming network traffic on specified network ports; thus the CommServe, MediaAgents, and Agents within the CommCell communicate with each other. Essential CommServe services are automatically assigned registered, static port numbers during installation. MediaAgents, Agents, and other software components can utilize the same default static port numbers, or any static port numbers specified during installation. Default static registered ports are as follows:
| Service | Port Number | Protocol |
| Bull Calypso Communications Service (GxCVD - This service is found in all CommCell computers) | 8400 | TCP |
| Bull Calypso Server Event Manager (GxEvMgrS - This service is available in CommServe.) | 8401 | TCP |
| Bull Calypso Client Event Manager (GxEvMgrC - This service is found in all CommCell computers.) | 8402 | TCP |
For more information about the services that make use of these ports, see Services.
In addition, the GxCVD service will also dynamically use free ports between 1024 and 65525 for communication during data protection and data recovery jobs. The system will dynamically assign a number of free ports to be used by each job to allow parallel data movement. Once the job is finished and no other job is pending, the dynamic ports are released. Network TCP port requirements remain the same whether the IPv4 or IPv6 protocol family is used.
The default instance of a SQL server listens for incoming network traffic using port 1433. However, named instances, such as those used by the software, are configured to listen for incoming network traffic using dynamic ports. If a SQL Server instance is configured to listen for network traffic using dynamic ports, the instance will obtain an available port from the operating system and create an endpoint for that port. Incoming connections must then request that port number to connect to the software.
Since a dynamic port number can change each time SQL Server launches, the SQL server software provides the SQL Server Browser Service to monitor ports and direct incoming network traffic to the current port used by the default instance. This capability ensures that all port traffic between the SQL Server and the software can be traced at any given time, which is especially useful in network troubleshooting scenarios.
| Changing this behavior manually may require additional configuration changes to the DSN settings installed by the software; thus, it is not recommended that this behavior be changed unless it is absolutely necessary to do so. |
Multi Instancing requires that each instance of the same Agent (e.g., SQL Server iDataAgent) or MediaAgent have a unique set of static TCP port numbers assigned. For more information, see Multi Instancing.
For a given cluster server, the MediaAgent, Agent, or other software component installed on every physical node in a cluster which is configured to host that cluster server must have the same port numbers configured. Thus, if you have a cluster server, VS1, and three physical computers configured to host VS1, then all three computers must have the same Network TCP port numbers configured for the network interface used by VS1. For greater detail, consider this example:
| The network TCP port information on this page should not be used to configure Firewall ports. For information about configuring Firewall ports, see Firewall Considerations. |
For any components that will communicate across a firewall, the network TCP port numbers you select must be appropriately configured on your firewall. For instance, if you select ports 8500 for CVD and 8502 for EvMgrC for a particular client which communicates with a CommServe across a firewall, you must open ports 8500 and 8502 on your firewall. For information about configuring Firewall ports, see Firewall Considerations.
When specifying a Network TCP Port Number other than 8400 for a MediaAgent's Communications Service (GxCVD), which may be necessary when more than one instance of the MediaAgent is installed on a computer, bear in mind that clients with an earlier release may not be able to communicate through that port. Thus, when specifying a non-default port number in such cases, you should ensure that all clients using the MediaAgent supports the Multi Instancing feature, and non-default Network TCP Port Numbers.
Network port numbers for a client or MediaAgent can be changed after installation, using the following steps:
For more information about registry keys, see Registry Keys and Parameters.