As you are building your infrastructure, it's important to know what type of protocols will run across your network. Sometimes, system administrators separate devices with network routers, switches, and firewalls that can block the XenDesktop implementation from working. The following is a list of protocols that you should allow through the routers, switches, and firewalls. All the Citrix protocols can be found in CTX Article 101810 at http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX101810.
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Citrix product |
Protocol |
Port(s) |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
License Manager Daemon |
TCP |
|
Handles license requests |
|
Citrix Vendor Daemon |
TCP |
|
Check-in and check-out of licenses |
|
License Management Console |
TCP |
|
Browser-based administration console |
|
Citrix Receiver |
TCP |
|
Communication with StoreFront or the NetScaler gateway |
|
ICA, HDX |
TCP |
|
Desktops and applications flow over this protocol |
|
Session Reliability |
TCP |
|
Session Reliability for ICA, HDX |
|
Management Console |
TCP |
|
Citrix Management Consoles |
|
XML Server |
TCP |
|
Desktop and application requests |
|
STA |
TCP |
|
Secure Ticket Authority embedded into XML service requests |
|
Citrix XenServer |
TCP |
|
Communication with XenServer |
|
Microsoft Hyper-V |
TCP |
|
SCVMM Administrator Console |
|
VMware vSphere |
TCP |
|
VMware Web Services communication |
|
Broker |
TCP |
|
Used for communication with VDA, SDK, and XML service |
|
Active Directory Identity Service |
TCP |
|
Used for Active Directory communications |
|
Configuration Service |
TCP |
|
Used by the configuration service |
|
Host Service |
TCP |
|
Used by the host service |
|
Machine Creation Service |
TCP |
|
Used by machine creation services |
|
Machine Identity Service |
TCP |
|
Used by machine identity services |
|
License Configuration Service |
TCP |
|
Used by the licensing service |
|
Desktop Director |
TCP |
|
Used by Desktop Director |
|
Virtual Desktop Agent |
TCP |
|
Communication with the Desktop Delivery Controller |
|
TCP |
|
Communication with the Desktop Delivery Controller for remote assistance | |
|
UDP |
|
HDX audio | |
|
TCP |
|
Communication with Desktop Director | |
|
Citrix Desktop Service |
TCP |
|
Used by the workstation agent to communicate with the Broker |
|
Database |
TCP |
|
Microsoft SQL Server |
|
XenCenter |
TCP |
|
SSH |
|
TCP |
|
Management using XenAPI | |
|
TCP |
|
VNC for Linux guests | |
|
TCP |
|
RDP for Windows guests | |
|
Resource Pool |
TCP |
|
SSH |
|
TCP |
|
Management using XenAPI | |
|
Infrastructure |
TCP/UDP |
|
Network Time Protocol |
|
TCP/UDP |
|
DNS | |
|
TCP |
|
Active Directory | |
|
TCP/UDP |
|
ISO Store: NetBIOS Session Service | |
|
TCP/UDP |
|
ISO Store: Microsoft-DS | |
|
Storage |
TCP |
|
iSCSI storage |
|
TCP |
|
NFS storage | |
|
TCP |
|
SOAP over HTTP StorageLink | |