NetFlow and DS9 Monitoring System Connectivity

Communication ports between NetFlow Source and DS9

Source

Destination

Protocol

Port

Direction

Description

NetFlow Source

DS9

UDP

4739

Unidirectional

IPFIX (Optional)

NetFlow Source

DS9

UDP

2055

Unidirectional

NetFlow v9 (Optional)

NetFlow Source

DS9

UDP

9996

Unidirectional

NetFlow v5 (Optional)

NetFlow Source

DS9

UDP

6343

Unidirectional

Sflow v5 (Optional)

DS9

NetFlow Source

UDP

161

Unidirectional

SNMP queries

Communication ports between Dashboard Server Users and Dashboard Server

Source

Destination

Protocol

Port

Direction

Description

Dashboard users

Dashboard

Server

TCP

443

Unidirectional

HTTPS (GUI access)

Communication ports between the DS9 Server and Dashboard Server

Unless the DS9 and Dashboard Servers are located in the same subnet, system administrators need to ensure the following network ports are open between these two components.

Source

Destination

Protocol

Port

Direction

Description

Dashboard Server

DS9

TCP

5432

Unidirectional

Data respository access

Dashboard Server

DS9

TCP

8082

Unidirectional

Data respository access

Dashboard Server

DS9

TCP

443

Unidirectional

DS9 System Stats and management

DS9

Dashboard Server

UDP

514

Unidirectional

DS9 System Logs

Communication ports that are required for remote management purposes

Source

Destination

Protocol

Port

Direction

Description

Admin users

DS9

TCP

22

Unidirectional

SSH (remote CLI access) and file transfer

Admin users

Dashboard

Server

TCP

22

Unidirectional

SSH (remote CLI access) and file transfer

Admin users

Dashboard

Server

TCP

443

Unidirectional

WEB access