Lync Server 2010 External Firewall Port Summary for Single Consolidated Edge Architecture

April 2016 Update >> Migrate to Skype Cloud PBX for Free------------ The Lync Server 2010, Edge Server functionality described in this reference architecture is very similar to what was first introduced in Office Communications Server 2007 R2, with the following exceptions:

  • Port 8080 is used to route traffic from the reverse proxy internal interface to the pool virtual IP (VIP)
  • Port 4443 is used to route traffic from the reverse proxy internal interface to the pool VIP
  • Port 4443 is used to route traffic from the pool front end(s) to the Edge internal interface

There are several options for the 50,000 – 59,999 port ranges, but the following figure shows the common configuration for interoperability with previous versions of Office Communications Server. For details about the options for configuring this port range, see “A/V Edge Service Port Range (50,000 – 59,999) Requirements” in Determining External A/V Firewall and Port Requirements.

Enterprise perimeter network for single consolidated edge

Firewall Summary for Single/Scaled Consolidated Edge with DNS Load Balancing: External Interface

Protocol/Port

Used for

HTTP 80 (out)

Checking certificate revocation lists

DNS 53 (out)

External DNS queries

SIP/TLS/443 (in)

Client to server SIP traffic for remote user access

SIP/MTLS/5061 (in/out)

Federation and connectivity with a hosted Exchange service

PSOM/TLS/443 (in)

Remote user access to conferences for anonymous and federated users

RTP/TCP/50K range (in)

Media exchange (for details, see Determining External A/V Firewall and Port Requirements) and Windows Live Messenger if public IM connectivity is enabled Required for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 interoperability

RTP/TCP/50K range (out)

Media exchange (for details, see Determining External A/V Firewall and Port Requirements) Required for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 interoperability Required for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 desktop sharing and federation Required for Lync Server 2010 application sharing, file transfer, or A/V with Windows Live Messenger

RTP/UDP/50K range (in)

Media exchange (for details, see Determining External A/V Firewall and Port Requirements)

RTP/UDP/50K range (out)

Media exchange (for details, see Determining External A/V Firewall and Port Requirements) or A/V with Windows Live Messenger Required for Office Communications Server 2007 interoperability

STUN/MSTURN/UDP/3478 (in/out)

External user access to A/V sessions (UDP)

STUN/MSTURN/TCP/443 (in)

External user access to A/V sessions and media (TCP)

Firewall Details for Single/Scaled Consolidated Edge with DNS Load Balancing: Internal Interface

Protocol/Port Used for
SIP/MTLS/5061 (in/out) SIP traffic
PSOM/MTLS/8057 (out) Web conferencing traffic from pool to Edge Server
SIP/MTLS/5062 (out) Authentication of A/V users (A/V authentication service)
STUN/MSTURN/UDP/3478 (out) Preferred path for media transfer between internal and external users (UDP)
STUN/MSTURN/TCP/443 (out) Alternate path for media transfer between internal and external users (TCP)
HTTPS 4443 (out) Pushing Central Management store updates to Edge Servers

When reading the preceding tables, (in) refers to traffic going from a less trusted network to a more trusted network, such as Internet-to-perimeter or perimeter-to-corporate). For example, traffic from the Internet to the Edge external interface or from the Edge internal interface to the next hop pool. (out) refers to traffic going from a more trusted network to a less trusted network, such as corporate-to-perimeter or perimeter-to-Internet). For example, traffic from a corporate pool to the Edge internal interface or from the Edge external interface to the Internet. And, (in/out) refers to traffic that is going both directions.

Inbound/Outbound edge traffic

We recommend that you open only the ports required to support the functionality for which you are providing external access. For remote access to work for any edge service, it is mandatory that SIP traffic is allowed to flow bidirectionally as shown in the Inbound/Outbound edge traffic figure. Stated another way, the Access Edge service is involved in instant messaging (IM), presence, web conferencing, and audio/video (A/V).

Firewall Details for Reverse Proxy Server: External Interface

Protocol/Port Use for
HTTP 80 (in) (Optional) Redirection to HTTPS if user accidentally enters https://<publishedSiteFQDN>
HTTPS 443 (in) Address book downloads, Address Book Web Query service, client updates, meeting content, device updates, group expansion, dial-in conferencing, and meetings.

Firewall Details for Reverse Proxy Server: Internal Interface

Protocol/Port Used for
HTTPS 4443 (in) Traffic sent to 443 on the reverse proxy external interface is redirected to a pool on port 4443 from the reverse proxy internal interface so that the pool web services can distinguish it from internal web traffic
lync-server-2010-external-firewall-port-summary-for-single-consolidated-edge-architectureNote:
When reading the previous tables, (in) refers to traffic going from a less trusted network to a more trusted network, such as Internet-to-perimeter or perimeter-to-corporate). For example, traffic from Internet to the reverse proxy external interface or from the reverse proxy internal interface to a Standard Edition pool or a hardware load balancer VIP associated with a Front End pool.

External Ports Settings Required for Single Consolidated Edge Topology

Edge role

Source IP address Source port Destination IP address Destination port Transport Application Notes

Access

10.45.16.10 Any Any 80 TCP HTTP

Access

10.45.16.10 Any Any 53 UDP DNS

Access

Any Any 10.45.16.10 443 TCP SIP (TLS) Client-to-server SIP traffic for external user access

Access

Any Any 10.45.16.10 5061 TCP SIP (MTLS) For federated and public IM connectivity using SIP

Access

10.45.16.10 Any Any 5061 TCP SIP (MTLS) For federated and public IM connectivity using SIP

Web Conferencing

Any Any 10.45.16.20 443 TCP PSOM (TLS)

A/V

10.45.16.30 50,000 – 59,999 Any Any TCP RTP Required only for desktop sharing, or federation with partners running Office Communications Server 2007 R2. Also required for application sharing or file transfer with Lync Server 2010 federated users and A/V sessions with Windows Live Messenger.

A/V

10.45.16.30 50,000 – 59,999 Any Any UDP RTP Required only for federation with partners still running Office Communications Server 2007.

A/V

Any Any 10.45.16.30 50,000 – 59,999 TCP RTP Required only for federation with partners still running Office Communications Server 2007.

A/V

Any Any 10.45.16.30 50,000 – 59,999 UDP RTP Required only for federation with partners still running Office Communications Server 2007.

A/V

10.45.16.30 3478 Any 3478 UDP STUN/MSTURN 3478 outbound is used to determine the version of Edge Server that Lync Server 2010 is communicating with and also for media traffic from Edge Server to Edge Server. Required for federation with Lync Server 2010, Windows Live Messenger, and Office Communications Server 2007 R2, and also if multiple Edge pools are deployed within a company.

A/V

Any Any 10.45.16.30 3478 UDP STUN/MSTURN

A/V

Any Any 10.45.16.30 443 TCP STUN/MSTURN

Reverse Proxy: N/A

Any Any 10.45.16.40 80 TCP HTTP (Optional) Can be used to redirect http traffic to https.

Reverse Proxy: N/A

Any Any 10.45.16.40 443 TCP HTTPS

Internal Ports Settings Required for Single Consolidated Edge Topology

Edge role

Source IP Address Source Port Destination IP Address Destination Port Transport Application Notes

Access

172.25.33.10 Any 192.168.10.90 192.168.10.91 5061 TCP SIP (MTLS) Destination will be the next hop server(s). In the case of the reference architecture, it is the IP addresses of the two pool Front End Servers.

Access

192.168.10.90 192.168.10.91 Any 172.25.33.10 5061 TCP SIP (MTLS) Source will be the next hop server(s). In the case of the reference architecture, it is the IP addresses of the two pool Front End Servers.

Access

192.168.10.90 192.168.10.91 Any 172.25.33.10 4443 TCP HTTPS Used by the replication agent for Central Management store replication, include all Front End Servers.

Web Conferencing

Any Any 172.25.33.10 8057 TCP PSOM (MTLS)

A/V

192.168.10.90 192.168.10.91 Any 172.25.33.10 5062 TCP SIP (MTLS) Include all Front End Servers using this particular A/V authentication service.

A/V

Any Any 172.25.33.10 3478 UDP STUN/MSTURN

A/V

Any Any 172.25.33.10 443 TCP STUN/MSTURN

Reverse proxy: N/A

172.25.33.40 Any 192.168.10.190 8080 TCP HTTPS

Reverse proxy: N/A

172.25.33.40 Any 192.168.10.190 4443 TCP HTTPS

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