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Management Server service and related processes​

 

Port number

Protocol

Process

Connections from...

Purpose

80

HTTP

IIS

All XProtect components

Main communication, for example, authentication and configurations.

443

HTTPS

IIS

XProtect Smart Client and the Management Client

Authentication of basic users.

6473

TCP

Management Server service

Management Server tray controller, local connection only.

Showing status and managing the service.

7475

TCP

Management Server service

Windows SNMP Service

Communication with the SNMP extension agent. 

Do not use the port for other purposes even if your system does not apply SNMP. 

In XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 systems or older, the port number was 6475.

8080

TCP

Management server

Local connection only.

Communication between internal processes on the server.

9993

TCP

Management Server service

Recording Server services

Authentication, configuration, token exchange.

12345

TCP

Management Server service

XProtect Smart Client

Communication between the system and Matrix recipients. 

You can change the port number in the Management Client. 

 

Recording Server service

Port number

Protocol

Process

Connections from...

Purpose

25

SMTP

Recording Server Service

Cameras, encoders, and I/O devices.

Listening for event messages from devices. 

The port is disabled per default.

5210

TCP

Recording Server Service

Failover recording servers.

Merging of databases after a failover recording server had been running.

5432

TCP

Recording Server Service

Cameras, encoders, and I/O devices.

Listening for event messages from devices.

7474

TCP

Recording Server Service

Windows SNMP service

Communication with the SNMP extension agent. 

Do not use the port for other purposes even if your system does not apply SNMP. 

In XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 systems or older, the port number was 6474.

7563

TCP

Recording Server Service

XProtect Smart Client, Management Client

Retrieving video and audio streams, PTZ commands.

8966

TCP

Recording Server Service

Recording Server tray controller, local connection only.

Showing status and managing the service.

11000

TCP

Recording Server Service

Failover recording servers

Polling the state of recording servers.

65101

UDP

Recording Server service

Local connection only

Listening for event notifications from the drivers.

 

Client components (outbound connections) 

XProtect Smart Client, XProtect Management Client, Milestone Mobile server

Port number

Protocol

Connections to...

Purpose

80

HTTP

Management server service

Authentication

443

HTTPS

Management server service

Authentication of basic users.

7563

TCP

Recording server service

Retrieving video and audio streams, PTZ commands.

22331

TCP

Event Server service

Alarms.

 

Web Client, Milestone Mobile client

 

Port number

Protocol

Connections to...

Purpose

8081

HTTP

Milestone Mobile server

Retrieving video and audio streams.

8082

HTTPS

Milestone Mobile server

Retrieving video and audio streams.

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