What are the communication ports and protocols used by Directory and Resource Administrator? (NETIQKB71797)

  • 7771797
  • 04-Sep-2009
  • 09-Jan-2012

Environment

Directory and Resource Administrator 8.5.x
Directory and Resource Administrator 8.6.x

Situation

What are the communication ports and protocols used by Directory and Resource Administrator?

Resolution

DRA and ExA use the following ports and protocols for communication.

Communication Path

Port and Protocol

Use

DRA primary Administration

server to secondary servers

DCOM 135

End-point mapper, a basic

requirement for DRA

communication; allows

Administration servers to

locate each other in an

MMS

 DRA server to the Windows Domain Controllers; Communication between DRA Servers

NetBIOS 139

Delegation model replication; file replication during MMS

synchronization; export

certain registry keys and

copy them to secondary servers

Communication between DRA Servers; Communication between the DRA Console and the DRA Server

DCOM 445

Delegation model replication; file replication during MMS

synchronization

 Communication between DRA Servers

LDAP 50000

Attribute replication and

DRA server-ADAM communication. This port number can be configured during installation.

 

 Communication between DRA Servers

LDAP 50101

SSL attribute replication (ADAM) (if enabled). This port number can be configured during installation.

 

Additional Information

Formerly known as NETIQKB71797