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Replication network recommendations

Network and port standards for data replication

Abstract

Replication Manager provides direct administrator control from your web browser for remote configuration, management, and monitoring. Quickly log in and check the status of multiple replication environments from a central location. An embedded web browser serves up all replication data and access to central troubleshooting logs.

  • Purchase the fastest Ethernet Network Interface Cards (NICs) compatible with your server.

  • For high availability, purchase 2 NICs per server. We recommend 100GbE NICs. The model of NICs depends on the server hardware.

  • For failover between 2 servers, the NICs can be directly connected to each other.

  • For failover across 3 or more servers, the NICs must be connected to a compatible network switch that runs at the same speed or faster than the NICs.

Port access

For the Replication Manager add incoming network port rules for:

  • HTTP port 80 or HTTP port 443

  • Custom TCP port 5532

    This is the FairCom RM ISAM port. It depends on the server name and can be found in the CTSTATUS log file.

  • Custom TCP port 7000

    This is the FairCom RM SQL port. It can be found in the ctsrvr.cfg config file.

For replication clients add incoming network port rules for:

  • Custom TCP port 5597

    This is the FairCom DB ISAM port. It depends on the server name and can be found in the CTSTATUS log file.

  • Custom TCP port 6597

    This is the FairCom DB SQL port. It can be found in the ctsrvr.cfg config file.

  • HTTP port 80 or HTTP port 443

    This is only needed if you want to access the web tools.