Ports used by SMS 2003

Below are some of the ports which are required to be open for proper communication.

Port Requirements:

-->SMS site server to Active Directory

-->  SMS 2003 Advanced Client to Active Directory

In an Active Directory environment, the Advanced client makes a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) query to the global catalog server to find a management point that matches the client’s IP address. The following ports are required in Active Directory to allow the client to contact the global catalog server.

--> Port 389 UDP (User Datagram Protocol) LDAP Ping

--> Port 389 TCP LDAP

--> Port 636 TCP LDAP (SSL Connection)

-> Port 3268 TCP (explicit connection to Global Catalog)

--> Port 3269 TCP (explicit SSL connection to Global Catalog)

--> SMS 2003 Advanced Client to Management Point or to distribution point

--> Port 80 Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

--> Port 139 Client sessions (for non BITS-enabled DPs)

--> Port 445 Server Message Block (for non BITS-enabled DPs)

--> SMS Remote Control UDP

When you use NetBIOS over TCP/IP for SMS Remote Control, the following ports are used:

--> Port 137 Name resolution

--> Port 138 Messaging

--> Port 139 Client sessions