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Discovery Service Communication Ports

The Discovery Service discovers CA ARCserve Backup products, agents, and options on Windows platforms. You can configure the following ports in the PortsConfig.cfg file:

Discovery broadcast and response packets

Lets CA ARCserve Backup receive data and send responses about CA ARCserve Backup products running in your environment.

• Default Port: 41524
• Protocol: UDP

Discovery response

Lets CA ARCserve Backup receive data about CA ARCserve Backup products running in your environment.

• Default Port: 41523
• Protocol: TCP

Discovery broadcast

Lets CA ARCserve Backup broadcast its own CA ARCserve Backup product information to the network.

• Default Port: dynamic
• Protocol: UDP