The following tables display the ports needed by ePO for communication through a firewall:
Bi-directional means that a connection can be initiated from either direction
Inbound means the connection is initiated by a remote system
Outbound means the connection can be initiated by the local system
ePO 4.6.x and 5.x
ePO (Ports/Traffic Quick Reference)
ePO Server
Remote Agent Handler(s)
McAfee Agent
SQL Server
Bi-directional means that a connection can be initiated from either direction
Inbound means the connection is initiated by a remote system
Outbound means the connection can be initiated by the local system
ePO 4.6.x and 5.x
Port | Default | Description | Traffic Direction |
Agent-server communication port |
80 | TCP
port used by the ePO Server service to receive requests from agents. |
Inbound
connection to the Agent Handler and the ePO server from the McAfee Agent. Inbound connection to the ePO server from the remote Agent Handler. |
Agent-server communication secure port (4.5 and later agents only) Software Manager |
443 |
TCP
port used by the ePO Server service to receive requests from agents and remote Agent Handlers. TCP port used by the ePO server's Software Manager to connect to McAfee. |
Inbound
connection to the Agent Handler and the ePO server from the McAfee Agent. Inbound connection to the ePO server from the remote Agent Handler. |
Agent wake-up communication port SuperAgent repository port |
8081 | TCP
port used by agents to receive agent wakeup requests from the ePO server or Agent Handler. TCP port used by SuperAgents configured as repositories to receive content from the ePO server during repository replication, and to serve content to client machines. |
Inbound
connection from the ePO server/Agent Handler to the McAfee Agent. Inbound connection from client machines to SuperAgents configured as repositories. |
Agent broadcast communication port |
8082 | UDP
port used by SuperAgents to forward messages from the ePO server/Agent Handler. |
Outbound
connection from the SuperAgents to other McAfee Agents. |
Console-to-application server communication port |
8443 | TCP port used by
the ePO Application Server service to allow web browser UI access. |
Inbound
connection to the ePO server from ePO Console. |
Client-to-server authenticated communication port |
8444 | Used by the
Agent Handler to talk to the ePO server to get required information (like LDAP servers). |
Outbound
connection from remote Agent Handlers to the 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. |
ePO (Ports/Traffic Quick Reference)
ePO Server
Default | Protocol | Traffic Direction |
80 | TCP | Inbound connection to the ePO server |
389 | TCP | Outbound connection from the ePO server |
443 | TCP | Inbound/Outbound connection to/from the ePO server |
636 | TCP | Outbound connection from the ePO server |
1433 | TCP | Outbound connection from the ePO server |
1434 | UDP | Outbound connection from the ePO server |
8081 | TCP | Outbound connection from the ePO server |
8443 | TCP | Inbound connection to the ePO server |
8444 | TCP | Inbound connection to the ePO server |
Remote Agent Handler(s)
Default Port | Protocol | Traffic Direction |
80 | TCP | Inbound/Outbound connection to/from the Agent Handler |
389 | TCP | Outbound connection from the ePO server |
443 | TCP | Inbound/Outbound connection to/from the Agent Handler |
636 | TCP | Outbound connection from the ePO server |
1433 | TCP | Outbound connection from the ePO server |
1434 | UDP | Outbound connection from the ePO server |
8081 | TCP | Outbound connection from the ePO server |
8443 | TCP | Outbound connection from the ePO server |
8444 | TCP | Outbound connection from the ePO server |
McAfee Agent
Default Port | Protocol | Traffic Direction |
80 | TCP | Outbound connection to the ePO server/Agent Handler |
443 | TCP | Outbound connection to the ePO server/Agent Handler |
8081 | TCP | Inbound
connection from the ePO server/Agent Handler. If the agent is a
SuperAgent repository then inbound connection from other McAfee Agents. |
8082 | TCP | Inbound connection to Agents. Inbound/Outbound connection from/to SuperAgents |
SQL Server
Default Port | Protocol | Traffic Direction |
1433 | TCP | Inbound connection from the ePO server/Agent Handler |
1434 | UDP | Inbound connection from the ePO server/Agent Handler |