Internet access requirements for managed devices

Internet access to the listed resources supports essential operations and configured features in your deployment.

For deployments behind a network barrier—like an edge firewall—make sure you allow traffic on the required ports to the listed resources.

Internet resources accessed by managed devices

This table identifies the internet resources that managed devices access.

Internet resources for managed devices

Feature

Reason

HA/Clustering

Port

Resource

Required for initial setup

DNS

DNS

All units communicate with the DNS server.

53/tcp

53/udp

Default OpenDNS servers:

208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220

2620:119:35::35

NTP

Synchronize time.

Not supported with a proxy server.

All units communicate with the NTP server.

123/udp

Default NTP servers:

0.sourcefire.pool.ntp.org

1.sourcefire.pool.ntp.org

2.sourcefire.pool.ntp.org

3.sourcefire.pool.ntp.org

Required for general operations

CA certificate bundles

Managed devices query for new CA certificates daily at a system-defined time. The local CA bundle contains certificates for accessing several Cisco services.

Each unit downloads its own certificates.

443/tcp

cisco.com/security/pki

Cisco Support Diagnostics

Accepts authorized requests and transmits usage information and statistics.

All units communicate.

443/tcp

api-sse.cisco.com:8989

Required for specific configurations or features

Malware Defense

Submit files for dynamic analysis.

All units submit files.

443/tcp

fmc.api.threatgrid.com

fmc.api.threatgrid.eu

Upgrades

Download upgrades directly to managed devices.

Tests the connection once a week.

Upgrade packages do not sync. Each unit must get its own.

443/tcp

cdo-ftd-images.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com

Umbrella DNS

Direct DNS queries to Cisco Umbrella for validation and policy enforcement.

All units communicate.

443/tcp

api.opendns.com

Security Cloud Control regional IP addresses

To onboard and manage devices using zero-touch provisioning, allow inbound access on port 443 (or whichever port you configured for device management) from the Security Cloud Control IP addresses in your region.

Security Cloud Control IP addresses by region

Security Cloud Control region

IP addresses

Asia-Pacific-Japan (APJ)

54.199.195.111

52.199.243.0

Australia (AUS)

13.55.73.159

13.238.226.118

Europe, the Middle East, or Africa (EMEA)

35.157.12.126

35.157.12.15

India (IN)

35.154.115.175

13.201.213.99

United States (US)

52.34.234.2

52.36.70.147