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Security group rules for AWS

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BlueXP creates AWS security groups that include the inbound and outbound rules that Cloud Volumes ONTAP needs to operate successfully. You might want to refer to the ports for testing purposes or if you prefer to use your own security groups.

Rules for Cloud Volumes ONTAP

The security group for Cloud Volumes ONTAP requires both inbound and outbound rules.

Inbound rules

When you create a working environment and choose a predefined security group, you can choose to allow traffic within one of the following:

  • Selected VPC only: the source for inbound traffic is the subnet range of the VPC for the Cloud Volumes ONTAP system and the subnet range of the VPC where the Connector resides. This is the recommended option.

  • All VPCs: the source for inbound traffic is the 0.0.0.0/0 IP range.

Protocol Port Purpose

All ICMP

All

Pinging the instance

HTTP

80

HTTP access to the System Manager web console using the IP address of the cluster management LIF

HTTPS

443

Connectivity with the Connector and HTTPS access to the System Manager web console using the IP address of the cluster management LIF

SSH

22

SSH access to the IP address of the cluster management LIF or a node management LIF

TCP

111

Remote procedure call for NFS

TCP

139

NetBIOS service session for CIFS

TCP

161-162

Simple network management protocol

TCP

445

Microsoft SMB/CIFS over TCP with NetBIOS framing

TCP

635

NFS mount

TCP

749

Kerberos

TCP

2049

NFS server daemon

TCP

3260

iSCSI access through the iSCSI data LIF

TCP

4045

NFS lock daemon

TCP

4046

Network status monitor for NFS

TCP

10000

Backup using NDMP

TCP

11104

Management of intercluster communication sessions for SnapMirror

TCP

11105

SnapMirror data transfer using intercluster LIFs

UDP

111

Remote procedure call for NFS

UDP

161-162

Simple network management protocol

UDP

635

NFS mount

UDP

2049

NFS server daemon

UDP

4045

NFS lock daemon

UDP

4046

Network status monitor for NFS

UDP

4049

NFS rquotad protocol

Outbound rules

The predefined security group for Cloud Volumes ONTAP opens all outbound traffic. If that is acceptable, follow the basic outbound rules. If you need more rigid rules, use the advanced outbound rules.

Basic outbound rules

The predefined security group for Cloud Volumes ONTAP includes the following outbound rules.

Protocol Port Purpose

All ICMP

All

All outbound traffic

All TCP

All

All outbound traffic

All UDP

All

All outbound traffic

Advanced outbound rules

If you need rigid rules for outbound traffic, you can use the following information to open only those ports that are required for outbound communication by Cloud Volumes ONTAP.

Note The source is the interface (IP address) on the Cloud Volumes ONTAP system.
Service Protocol Port Source Destination Purpose

Active Directory

TCP

88

Node management LIF

Active Directory forest

Kerberos V authentication

UDP

137

Node management LIF

Active Directory forest

NetBIOS name service

UDP

138

Node management LIF

Active Directory forest

NetBIOS datagram service

TCP

139

Node management LIF

Active Directory forest

NetBIOS service session

TCP & UDP

389

Node management LIF

Active Directory forest

LDAP

TCP

445

Node management LIF

Active Directory forest

Microsoft SMB/CIFS over TCP with NetBIOS framing

TCP

464

Node management LIF

Active Directory forest

Kerberos V change & set password (SET_CHANGE)

UDP

464

Node management LIF

Active Directory forest

Kerberos key administration

TCP

749

Node management LIF

Active Directory forest

Kerberos V change & set Password (RPCSEC_GSS)

TCP

88

Data LIF (NFS, CIFS, iSCSI)

Active Directory forest

Kerberos V authentication

UDP

137

Data LIF (NFS, CIFS)

Active Directory forest

NetBIOS name service

UDP

138

Data LIF (NFS, CIFS)

Active Directory forest

NetBIOS datagram service

TCP

139

Data LIF (NFS, CIFS)

Active Directory forest

NetBIOS service session

TCP & UDP

389

Data LIF (NFS, CIFS)

Active Directory forest

LDAP

TCP

445

Data LIF (NFS, CIFS)

Active Directory forest

Microsoft SMB/CIFS over TCP with NetBIOS framing

TCP

464

Data LIF (NFS, CIFS)

Active Directory forest

Kerberos V change & set password (SET_CHANGE)

UDP

464

Data LIF (NFS, CIFS)

Active Directory forest

Kerberos key administration

TCP

749

Data LIF (NFS, CIFS)

Active Directory forest

Kerberos V change & set password (RPCSEC_GSS)

AutoSupport

HTTPS

443

Node management LIF

support.netapp.com

AutoSupport (HTTPS is the default)

HTTP

80

Node management LIF

support.netapp.com

AutoSupport (only if the transport protocol is changed from HTTPS to HTTP)

TCP

3128

Node management LIF

Connector

Sending AutoSupport messages through a proxy server on the Connector, if an outbound internet connection isn't available

Backup to S3

TCP

5010

Intercluster LIF

Backup endpoint or restore endpoint

Back up and restore operations for the Backup to S3 feature

Cluster

All traffic

All traffic

All LIFs on one node

All LIFs on the other node

Intercluster communications (Cloud Volumes ONTAP HA only)

TCP

3000

Node management LIF

HA mediator

ZAPI calls (Cloud Volumes ONTAP HA only)

ICMP

1

Node management LIF

HA mediator

Keep alive (Cloud Volumes ONTAP HA only)

Configuration backups

HTTP

80

Node management LIF

http://<connector-IP-address>/occm/offboxconfig

Send configuration backups to the Connector. Learn about configuration backup files.

DHCP

UDP

68

Node management LIF

DHCP

DHCP client for first-time setup

DHCPS

UDP

67

Node management LIF

DHCP

DHCP server

DNS

UDP

53

Node management LIF and data LIF (NFS, CIFS)

DNS

DNS

NDMP

TCP

18600–18699

Node management LIF

Destination servers

NDMP copy

SMTP

TCP

25

Node management LIF

Mail server

SMTP alerts, can be used for AutoSupport

SNMP

TCP

161

Node management LIF

Monitor server

Monitoring by SNMP traps

UDP

161

Node management LIF

Monitor server

Monitoring by SNMP traps

TCP

162

Node management LIF

Monitor server

Monitoring by SNMP traps

UDP

162

Node management LIF

Monitor server

Monitoring by SNMP traps

SnapMirror

TCP

11104

Intercluster LIF

ONTAP intercluster LIFs

Management of intercluster communication sessions for SnapMirror

TCP

11105

Intercluster LIF

ONTAP intercluster LIFs

SnapMirror data transfer

Syslog

UDP

514

Node management LIF

Syslog server

Syslog forward messages

Rules for the HA mediator external security group

The predefined external security group for the Cloud Volumes ONTAP HA mediator includes the following inbound and outbound rules.

Inbound rules

The predefined security group for the HA mediator includes the following inbound rule.

Protocol Port Source Purpose

TCP

3000

CIDR of the Connector

RESTful API access from the Connector

Outbound rules

The predefined security group for the HA mediator opens all outbound traffic. If that is acceptable, follow the basic outbound rules. If you need more rigid rules, use the advanced outbound rules.

Basic outbound rules

The predefined security group for the HA mediator includes the following outbound rules.

Protocol Port Purpose

All TCP

All

All outbound traffic

All UDP

All

All outbound traffic

Advanced outbound rules

If you need rigid rules for outbound traffic, you can use the following information to open only those ports that are required for outbound communication by the HA mediator.

Protocol Port Destination Purpose

HTTP

80

IP address of the Connector on AWS EC2 instance

Download upgrades for the mediator

HTTPS

443

ec2.amazonaws.com

Assist with storage failover

UDP

53

ec2.amazonaws.com

Assist with storage failover

Note Rather than open ports 443 and 53, you can create an interface VPC endpoint from the target subnet to the AWS EC2 service.

Rules for the HA configuration internal security group

The predefined internal security group for a Cloud Volumes ONTAP HA configuration includes the following rules. This security group enables communication between the HA nodes and between the mediator and the nodes.

BlueXP always creates this security group. You do not have the option to use your own.

Inbound rules

The predefined security group includes the following inbound rules.

Protocol Port Purpose

All traffic

All

Communication between the HA mediator and HA nodes

Outbound rules

The predefined security group includes the following outbound rules.

Protocol Port Purpose

All traffic

All

Communication between the HA mediator and HA nodes