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Administering HCL VersionVault MultiSite
Learn to configure and manage the HCL VersionVault MultiSite environment to support development activities at different locations.
Packet transportation methods and configuration
The method you choose for transporting packets between replicas depends on connectivity. If your replicas do not have IP connectivity, you must use a file-based transport method. If your replicas have connectivity, you can use the store-and-forward facility.
Store-and-forward through a firewall (Linux™ and the UNIX™ system only)
By default, the store-and-forward facility (the shipping server) cannot operate through a firewall. Passing through a firewall is usually accomplished by granting access to specific ports for certain IP addresses. Because the shipping server picks any available port number on the sending and receiving replica hosts to make the connection, there is no single port number (or even small range of port numbers) to which special access can be granted.
Configuring your firewall to limit access
Specify the ports to which programs can connect and the IP addresses that are allowed to access the firewall. Limiting the allowed port numbers and IP addresses limits the possibility that unauthorized machines can breach the firewall.

Configuring your firewall to limit access

Specify the ports to which programs can connect and the IP addresses that are allowed to access the firewall. Limiting the allowed port numbers and IP addresses limits the possibility that unauthorized machines can breach the firewall.

You must allow access to the following ports on the exposed host:

TCP port 371 (albd_server port)
The range of ports that you specified with the CLEARCASE_MIN_PORT and CLEARCASE_MAX_PORT environment variables (see Ports used by albd_server and shipping_server).

You must allow access through the firewall for IP addresses of hosts that send packets through the firewall to the exposed host at your site.

For information about configuring your firewall, see the documentation for your firewall.