| Port |
Default |
Description |
Traffic direction |
| Agent-server communication port |
80 |
TCP port that the McAfee ePO server service uses to receive requests from agents. |
Inbound connection to the Agent Handler and the McAfee ePO server from the McAfee Agent. Inbound connection to the McAfee ePO server from the Remote Agent Handler. |
Agent-server communication secure port
Software Manager, Product Compatibility List, and License Manager port |
443 |
TCP port that the McAfee ePO server service uses to receive requests from agents and Remote Agent Handlers.
TCP port that the McAfee ePO server's Software Manager uses to connect to McAfee.
TCP port that the McAfee ePO server uses to connect to the McAfee software updates server (s-download.mcafee.com), McAfee license server (lc.mcafee.com), and McAfee Product Compatibility List (epo.mcafee.com). |
Inbound connection to the Agent Handler and the McAfee ePO server from the McAfee Agent. Inbound connection to the McAfee ePO server from the Remote Agent Handler.
Outbound connection from the McAfee ePO server to McAfee servers. |
Agent wake-up communication port
SuperAgent repository port |
8081 |
TCP port that agents use to receive agent wake-up requests from the McAfee ePO server or Agent Handler.
TCP port that the SuperAgents configured as repositories that are used to receive content from the McAfee ePO server during repository replication, and to serve content to client systems. |
Inbound connection from the ePO server/Agent Handler to the McAfee Agent.
Inbound connection from client systems to SuperAgents configured as repositories. |
| Agent broadcast communication port |
8082 |
UDP port that the SuperAgents use to forward messages from the ePO server/Agent Handler. |
Outbound connection from the SuperAgents to other McAfee Agent. |
| Console-to-application server communication port |
8443 |
TCP port that the ePO Application Server service uses to allow web browser UI access. |
Inbound connection to the McAfee ePO server from the ePO console. |
| Client-to-server authenticated communication port |
8444 |
TCP Port that the Agent Handler uses to communicate with the McAfee ePO server to get required information (such as LDAP servers). |
Outbound connection from Remote Agent Handlers to the McAfee ePO server. |
| SQL Server TCP port |
1433 |
TCP port used to communicate with the SQL Server. This port is specified or determined automatically during the setup process. |
Outbound connection from the ePO server/Agent Handler to the SQL Server. |
| SQL Server UDP port |
1434 |
UDP port used to request the TCP port that the SQL instance hosting the ePO database is using. |
Outbound connection from the ePO server/Agent Handler to the SQL Server. |
| LDAP server port |
389 |
TCP port used to retrieve LDAP information from Active Directory servers. |
Outbound connection from the ePO server/Agent Handler to an LDAP server. |
| SSL LDAP server port |
636 |
TCP port used to retrieve LDAP information from Active Directory servers. |
Outbound connection from the ePO server/Agent Handler to an LDAP server. |
| SMB Windows domain controller port |
445 |
TCP port used for ePO console logon when authenticating Active Directory users. |
Outbound connection from the McAfee ePO server to the domain controller (Active Directory) server. |
| Syslog server port (optional) |
6514 |
Default port for Syslog using TLS: only required if syslog forwarding is configured |
Outbound from the McAfee ePO server / Agent Handlers to registered syslog server. |
