Problem

Setup firewall rules for the Appliance's iDRAC

Resolution

The iDRAC card has several services bound on its dedicated IP. The list below describes the default ports on which it listens for connections. This information is required when configuring the firewall for remote access to iDRAC:

22*     Secure Shell (SSH)
23*     Telnet
80*     HTTP
161     SNMP Agent
443*    HTTPS
623     RMCP/RMCP+
3668*   Virtual Media server
3669*   Virtual Media Secure Service
5900*   Console Redirection keyboard/mouse
5901*   Console Redirection video

* configurable

The ports that the iDRAC6 uses as a client are the following:

25     SMTP
53     DNS
68     DHCP-assigned IP address
69     TFTP
162    SNMP trap
636    LDAPS
3269   LDAPS for global catalog (GC)