TCP and UDP ports that are used by Remote Control have changed in SMS 2.0 Service Pack 2

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SUMMARY

The ports utilized by Remote Control have changed in Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2).

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Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 2 Remote Tools utilize the following:

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Process	Port	Protocol	Feature
sms-rcinfo	2701	TCP	RCINFO
sms-rcinfo	2701	UDP	RCINFO
sms-remctrl	2702	TCP	Remote Control
sms-remctrl	2702	UDP	Remote Control
sms-chat	2703	TCP	Chat
sms-chat	2703	UDP	Chat
sms-xfer	2704	TCP	File Transfer
sms-xfer	2704	UDP	File Transfer

The remote tools have the following functions:

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Port	Function
2701	Used for session setup and verify
2702	Used for actual remote control
2703	Used for remote chat
2704	Used for remote file transfer

Before SMS 2.0 SP2, ports used for remote tools were the same in both SMS 2.0 and SMServer 1.2.

For additional information about network ports used by remote helpdesk functions, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

167128 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/167128/EN-US/ ) Network Ports Used by Remote Helpdesk Functions