Ports used by the Bare Metal OS Deployment Server

To ensure correct communication, check the ports used for the different deployment scenarios.

Listening ports used during client network boot (PXE/TFTP protocols):

By default, Bare Metal OS Deployment Servers and targets use the following ports for communication:

Bare Metal Server:
  • DHCP : port 67 UDP
  • PXE BINL : port 4011 UDP
  • TFTP : port 69 UDP
Bare Metal Target:
  • DHCP : port 68 UDP
  • PXE BINL : port 4011 UDP
Note: PXE and TFTP ports are not needed when using network boot media.

Listening ports used for OS Deployment tasks, media creation and reimaging deployments in multicast

To reimage target computers (BES clients) using multicast communication, the Bare Metal Server must be installed and running on the relay(s) to which the targets are connected.

Bare Metal Server:
  • NBP : port 4012 UDP
  • FILE: port 4013 UDP & TCP
  • MCAST: ports 10000-10500 UDP
  • HTTP: port 8080 TCP
  • HTTP: port 8088 TCP - Image Provider component used during Linux deployments
  • Database gateway: port 2020 TCP
  • HTTP: port 52311 TCP - Relay Downloader
Bare Metal and Reimaging Targets:
  • NBP : port 4014 UDP
  • MCAST : port 450 UDP
  • MCAST : port 451 UDP
  • MCAST : port 9999 UDP

Ports for direct Web UI access (optional)

Bare Metal Server:
  • HTTP: port 8080 TCP
  • HTTPS : port 443 TCP