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Ports that are used for deployment and Day 2 operations

Ports that are used for deployment and Day 2 operations

The following table provides information about the ports for deployment and Day 2 operations. For more information about the ports that are used by the add-on services, see Ports for services.

Review the following information about the ports described in the table:

  • Windows® Active Directory™ has two options: single Windows Virtual Service Instance (VSI) and two HA dedicated Windows Server virtual machines (VMs). For single Windows VSI, the VSI is in the primary subnet. For Windows Server VMs, the VMs are in the infrastructure VMs subnet.
  • IBM Cloud® infrastructure services network subnets vary from data center to data center. For more information, see IBM Cloud IP ranges.
  • Some Windows resources in your environment might use classic infrastructure services in Dallas.
  • IBM Cloud endpoint service network includes 166.8.0.0/14.
  • IBM CloudDriver is an ephemeral VSI that is deployed by the IBM Cloud automation to configure your instance. While IBM CloudDriver is being bootstrapped, it uses an ephemeral primary IP address. However, after bootstrapping, it uses a predictable portable IP address that you can find on your instance details page. For more information, see IBM CloudDriver.
  • Infrastructure VMs refer to the private portable subnet allocated for use by vCenter, NSX manager, the cloud driver
  • Depending on your mode of deployment, your Windows Active Directory domain controllers can be VSIs on a primary subnet, or VMs on a portable subnet.

For more information about Red Hat® OpenShift® (OCP) networking, see About the OpenShift SDN network plugin.

Table 1. Ports for deployment and Day 2 operations
Source Subnet, IP range Target Subnet, IP range Port Protocol Purpose Service
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
IBM Cloud Service - Cloud Object Storage
10.1.129.0/24[1]
IBM Cloud infrastructure services network 443 TCP Use IBM Cloud Object Storage service HTTPS
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
IBM Cloud Service - RabbitMQ 166.9.59.6
166.9.90.7
166.9.58.162
IBM Cloud Service - Log Analysis[2]
IBM Cloud endpoint service network 443, 30560 TCP Use IBM Cloud RabbitMQ and Log Analysis services
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet vCenter Server Infrastructure VMs ICMP Install and configure vCenter Server
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
vCenter Server Infrastructure VMs 22 TCP Set up and configure vCenter Server SSH
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
vCenter Server Infrastructure VMs 443 TCP Install and configure vCenter Server and cluster SSH
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
vCenter Server Infrastructure VMs 9443 TCP Install and configure vCenter Server and cluster
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
vCenter Server Infrastructure VMs 5489 TCP Install and configure vCenter Server and cluster
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
ESXi™ host Private primary subnet 22 TCP Set up, configure, and apply patches to ESXi host SSH
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
ESXi vMotion vMotion traffic ICMP Set up ESXi network
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
ESXi vSAN™ vSAN traffic ICMP Set up ESXi network
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
ESXi shared storage Shared storage traffic ICMP Set up ESXi network
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
Customer edge private Customer edge gateway private ICMP Set up NSX edge network
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
Windows Active Directory Private primary subnet (for Windows VSI)/
Infrastructure VMs (for Windows VMs)
5986 TCP Set up and configure Windows Active Directory and DNS
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet NSX Manager Infrastructure VMs ICMP Install and set up NSX Manager
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet NSX Manager Infrastructure VMs 443 TCP Set up and configure NSX Manager HTTPS
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet NSX Manager Infrastructure VMs 80 TCP Set up and configure NSX Manager HTTP
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
IBM Cloud infrastructure provisioning API
10.0.80.0/25
IBM Cloud infrastructure services network 443 TCP Order and provision IBM Cloud infrastructure resources HTTPS
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
IBM Cloud infrastructure DNS service
10.0.80.11
10.0.80.12
IBM Cloud infrastructure services network
For more information, see DNS FAQs.
53 UDP Use IBM Cloud infrastructure DNS service
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
IBM Cloud infrastructure NTP service. IBM Cloud infrastructure services network. For more information, see NTP overview. 123 UDP Use IBM Cloud infrastructure NTP service
IBM CloudDriver Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
IBM Cloud infrastructure endurance storage IBM Cloud infrastructure services network Any ICMP and TCP Set up endurance storage for ESXi host
Windows Active Directory Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
IBM Cloud infrastructure DNS service
10.0.80.11
10.0.80.12
IBM Cloud infrastructure services network
For more information, see DNS FAQs.
53 UDP Use IBM Cloud infrastructure DNS service
Windows Active Directory Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
IBM Cloud infrastructure NTP service IBM Cloud infrastructure services network 123 UDP Use IBM Cloud infrastructure NTP service
Windows Active Directory Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
IBM Cloud infrastructure WSUS service IBM Cloud infrastructure services network 80 TCP Use IBM Cloud infrastructure WSUS service HTTP
Windows Active Directory Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs
IBM Cloud infrastructure Windows KMS service IBM Cloud infrastructure services network 1688 TCP Use IBM Cloud infrastructure Windows KMS service
ESXi host Private primary subnet IBM Cloud infrastructure NTP service IBM Cloud infrastructure services network 123 UDP Use IBM Cloud infrastructure NTP service
vCenter Server Infrastructure VMs IBM Cloud infrastructure NTP service IBM Cloud infrastructure services network 123 UDP Use IBM Cloud infrastructure NTP service
NSX Manager Infrastructure VMs IBM Cloud infrastructure NTP service IBM Cloud infrastructure services network 123 UDP Use IBM Cloud infrastructure NTP service
NSX Manager Infrastructure VMs TEP subnet TEP traffic 443
NSX Manager Infrastructure VMs Customer edge subnet Customer edge private traffic 443
ESXi host shared storage ESXi shared storage IBM Cloud infrastructure endurance storage IBM Cloud infrastructure services network 111, 635, and 2049 TCP and UDP Use IBM Cloud infrastructure endurance storage
IBM CloudDriver
Windows Active Directory (VSI)
Private primary subnet IBM Cloud infrastructure engine IBM Cloud infrastructure services network 80 TCP Provision IBM CloudDriver and Windows Active Directory (VSI)
IBM Cloud infrastructure engine IBM Cloud infrastructure services network IBM CloudDriver
Windows Active Directory (VSI)
Private primary subnet Any TCP and UDP Provision IBM CloudDriver and Windows Active Directory (VSI)
IBM Cloud infrastructure engine IBM Cloud infrastructure services network ESXi host management0 Private primary subnet 623 TCP and UDP IBM Cloud infrastructure IPMI
IBM CloudDriver IBM Cloud Service
10.221.68.39
514 TCP
IBM CloudDriver Internet HTTPS