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Internal grid node communications

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The StorageGRID internal firewall only allows incoming connections to specific ports on the Grid Network, with the exception of ports 22, 80, 123, and 443 (see the information about external communications). Connections are also accepted on ports defined by load balancer endpoints.

Note NetApp recommends that you enable Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) traffic between grid nodes. Allowing ICMP traffic can improve failover performance when a grid node cannot be reached.

In addition to ICMP and the ports listed in the table, StorageGRID uses the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP). VRRP is an internet protocol that uses IP protocol number 112. StorageGRID uses VRRP in unicast mode only. VRRP is required only if high availability (HA) groups are configured.

Guidelines for Linux-based nodes

If enterprise networking policies restrict access to any of these ports, you can remap ports at deployment time using a deployment configuration parameter. For more information about port remapping and deployment configuration parameters, see the installation instructions for your Linux platform.

Guidelines for VMware-based nodes

Configure the following ports only if you need to define firewall restrictions that are external to VMware networking.

If enterprise networking policies restrict access to any of these ports, you can remap ports when you deploy nodes using the VMware vSphere Web Client, or by using a configuration file setting when automating grid node deployment. For more information about port remapping and deployment configuration parameters, see the installation instructions for VMware.

Guidelines for appliance Storage Nodes

If enterprise networking policies restrict access to any of these ports, you can remap ports using the StorageGRID Appliance Installer. For more information about port remapping for appliances, see the installation instructions for your storage appliance.

StorageGRID internal ports

Port

TCP or UDP

From

To

Details

22

TCP

Primary Admin Node

All nodes

For maintenance procedures, the primary Admin Node must be able to communicate with all other nodes using SSH on port 22. Allowing SSH traffic from other nodes is optional.

80

TCP

Appliances

Primary Admin Node

Used by StorageGRID appliances to communicate with the primary Admin Node to start the installation.

123

UDP

All nodes

All nodes

Network time protocol service. Every node synchronizes its time with every other node using NTP.

443

TCP

All nodes

Primary Admin Node

Used for communicating status to the primary Admin Node during installation and other maintenance procedures.

1139

TCP

Storage Nodes

Storage Nodes

Internal traffic between Storage Nodes.

1501

TCP

All nodes

Storage Nodes with ADC

Reporting, auditing, and configuration internal traffic.

1502

TCP

All nodes

Storage Nodes

S3- and Swift-related internal traffic.

1504

TCP

All nodes

Admin Nodes

NMS service reporting and configuration internal traffic.

1505

TCP

All nodes

Admin Nodes

AMS service internal traffic.

1506

TCP

All nodes

All nodes

Server status internal traffic.

1507

TCP

All nodes

Gateway Nodes

Load balancer internal traffic.

1508

TCP

All nodes

Primary Admin Node

Configuration management internal traffic.

1509

TCP

All nodes

Archive Nodes

Archive Node internal traffic.

1511

TCP

All nodes

Storage Nodes

Metadata internal traffic.

5353

UDP

All nodes

All nodes

Optionally used for full-grid IP changes and for primary Admin Node discovery during installation, expansion, and recovery.

7001

TCP

Storage Nodes

Storage Nodes

Cassandra TLS inter-node cluster communication.

7443

TCP

All Nodes

Admin Nodes

Internal traffic for maintenance procedures and error reporting.

9042

TCP

Storage Nodes

Storage Nodes

Cassandra client port.

9999

TCP

All nodes

All nodes

Internal traffic for multiple services. Includes maintenance procedures, metrics, and networking updates.

10226

TCP

Storage Nodes

Primary Admin Node

Used by StorageGRID appliances for forwarding AutoSupport messages from E-Series SANtricity System Manager to the primary Admin Node.

11139

TCP

Archive/Storage Nodes

Archive/Storage Nodes

Internal traffic between Storage Nodes and Archive Nodes.

18000

TCP

Admin/Storage Nodes

Storage Nodes with ADC

Account service internal traffic.

18001

TCP

Admin/Storage Nodes

Storage Nodes with ADC

Identity Federation internal traffic.

18002

TCP

Admin/Storage Nodes

Storage Nodes

Internal API traffic related to object protocols.

18003

TCP

Admin/Storage Nodes

Storage Nodes with ADC

Platform services internal traffic.

18017

TCP

Admin/Storage Nodes

Storage Nodes

Data Mover service internal traffic for Cloud Storage Pools.

18019

TCP

Storage Nodes

Storage Nodes

Chunk service internal traffic for erasure coding.

18082

TCP

Admin/Storage Nodes

Storage Nodes

S3-related internal traffic.

18083

TCP

All nodes

Storage Nodes

Swift-related internal traffic.

18200

TCP

Admin/Storage Nodes

Storage Nodes

Additional statistics about client requests.

19000

TCP

Admin/Storage Nodes

Storage Nodes with ADC

Keystone service internal traffic.

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