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Trend Micro InterScan <strong>Messaging</strong> <strong>Security</strong> <strong>Virtual</strong> <strong>Appliance</strong> Administrator’s Guide<br />

Internal Communication Port<br />

30-2<br />

IMSVA supports multiple network interface cards (NIC) as data ports, which means one<br />

IMSVA device can have several IP addresses. In a group scenario, for communication to<br />

occur between an IMSVA parent device and child devices, each IMSVA device must<br />

specify a single IP address. The single IP address is used to identify each IMSVA device.<br />

With each device capable of having multiple IP addresses, this creates a problem for<br />

communication.<br />

In order to resolve this issue, the concept of Internal Communication Port has been<br />

introduced. Once an Internal Communication Port is specified on an IMSVA device, the<br />

IP address of the port identifies the IMSVA device.<br />

For example:<br />

A parent device has two NICs installed with the following IP addresses:<br />

• eth0: 192.168.10.1<br />

• eth1: 192.168.20.1<br />

With eth0 specified as the Internal Communication Port, a child IMSVA device<br />

registering to the parent must specify the parent IP address as 192.168.10.1.<br />

Child devices also have an Internal Communication Port. Both parent and child<br />

devices must communicate with each other through their Internal Communication<br />

Port.<br />

Note: The default Internal Communication Port for all IMSVA devices is eth0.

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