Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway
Unified Communications port reference
This section summarizes the ports that need to be opened on the firewalls between your internal network
(where the VCS Control is located) and the DMZ (where the VCS Expressway is located) and between the
DMZ and the public internet.
(where the VCS Control is located) and the DMZ (where the VCS Expressway is located) and between the
DMZ and the public internet.
Outbound from VCS Control (private) to VCS Expressway (DMZ)
Purpose
Protocol
VCS Control (source)
VCS Expressway
(listening)
(listening)
XMPP (IM and Presence)
TCP
Ephemeral port
7400
SSH (HTTP/S tunnels)
TCP
Ephemeral port
2222
Traversal zone SIP signaling
TLS
25000 to 29999
7001
Traversal zone SIP media
UDP
36002 to 59999 *
36000 to 36001 *
Outbound from VCS Expressway (DMZ) to public internet
Purpose
Protocol
VCS Expressway
(source)
(source)
Internet endpoint
(listening)
(listening)
SIP media
UDP
36002 to 59999 *
>= 1024
SIP signaling
TLS
25000 to 29999
>= 1024
Inbound from public internet to VCS Expressway (DMZ)
Purpose
Protocol
Internet endpoint
(source)
(source)
VCS Expressway
(listening)
(listening)
XMPP (IM and Presence)
TCP
>= 1024
5222
HTTP proxy (UDS)
TCP
>= 1024
8443
Media
UDP
>= 1024
36002 to 59999 *
SIP signaling
TLS
>= 1024
5061
HTTPS (administrative access)
TCP
>= 1024
443
From VCS Control to Unified CM / CUC
Purpose
Protocol
VCS Control (source)
Unified CM (listening)
XMPP (IM and Presence)
TCP
Ephemeral port
7400 (IM and Presence)
HTTP proxy (UDS)
TCP
Ephemeral port
8443 (Unified CM)
HTTP (configuration file retrieval)
TCP
Ephemeral port
6970
CUC (voicemail)
TCP
Ephemeral port
443 (CUC)
Media
UDP
36002 to 59999 *
>= 1024
SIP signaling
TCP/TLS
25000 to 29999
5060/5061
* The default media port range of 36000 to 59999 applies to new installations of X8.1 or later. The first 2 ports
in the range are used for multiplexed traffic only (with Large VM deployments the first 12 ports in the range –
in the range are used for multiplexed traffic only (with Large VM deployments the first 12 ports in the range –
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Unified Communications port reference