Pre-Installation Setup for McData Switch > Prerequisites for Adding Data Collectors (McData Switch)
  
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Prerequisites for Adding Data Collectors (McData Switch)
64-bit OS. See the APTARE StorageConsole Certified Configurations Guide for supported operating systems.
Support Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.7.
For performance reasons, APTARE recommends that you do not install Data Collectors on the same server as the StorageConsole Portal. However, if you must have both on the same server, verify that the Portal and Data Collector software do not reside in the same directory.
Install only one Data Collector on a server (or OS instance).
A single Data Collector can include all supported switches—Brocade, Cisco, McData. In fact, this single Data Collector can be used for other enterprise objects, such as backup products and storage arrays.
The Data Collector accesses the SMI agent server to retrieve data, so the user ID and password for that server is required.
Verify that a host-based SMI agent is installed. The SMI agent must be installed on a host that can communicate with the Fabric. See the relevant switch vendor documentation for details.
McData Switches: Default Ports and Firewall Considerations
The default ports for StorageConsole collection of McData switch data include:
HTTP - 5988
HTTPS - 5989
Note: If a firewall exists between the SMI agent and SMI client, the above ports must be open.
The following ports are not a StorageConsole-specific requirement, however, McData supports two different configurations when adding switches to your environment, which dictates the other ports that need to be open:
McData Direct Connection Mode: If a firewall exists between the SMI agent and the McData switch in direct-mode operation, the following port numbers must be open:
20 - FTP data
21 - FTP control
23 - Telnet/sectelnet
161 - SNMP
162 - SNMP Trap
2048, 2049 - MPI discovery
80 - HTTP
443 - HTTPS
1812, 1813 - RADIUS
McData EFCM/DCFM Proxy Mode: If a firewall exists between the SMI agent and the McData switch in EFCM/DCFM Proxy Mode, the following port numbers must be open:
80 - HTTP
51511 - API Server-to-Client communication
51510 - API Server-to-Client export
55555 - API Client-to-Server export
51513 - ECCAPI
8081 - Web proxy