Firewall Test Configuration

The initial list of ports are standard examples and can be removed by selecting one and clicking the Remove button.

Option	Description
Perform	Number of tests to perform. Define more than one for UDP port tests, as dropped packets are not recovered.
Protocol	Select TCP or UDP. If testing a UDP port already in use by another application on the MCS platform, the test will likely fail because the application may not return a response.
Ports	Port number or range. A large range with a high perform count can result in a lengthy test, especially if ports time out.
Display Name	Label shown in the client interface and database reports.
Port Timeout	Values 5000 ms and below set the maximum wait time before reporting as blocked. Lower values improve runtime but may cause false results. Values 10000 ms and above enable the timeout check.
Timeout Check	Automatically set for timeout values of 10000 ms and above. Ensures open ports stay open for the selected time; ports that close too soon are reported as blocked.
Target	To test a server other than MCS, enter its address. For UDP targets, you must also specify a send string and receive string so MCS can confirm the port has responded.

Click Add Test to add the configured ports. Use the move buttons to reorder test definitions when there are more than one.

Available in MCS version 11.3g and later. When a large number of ports must be tested and cannot be defined as a continuous range, the Bulk Add feature allows all ports to be entered in a single operation.

Each port definition is entered on a separate line. Parameters are separated by a forward slash (/).

#	Parameter	Description	Validation	Example
1	Low Port	Lowest port number in the range.	1–65535	80
2	High Port	Highest port number in the range.	1–65535	81
3	Protocol	Communication protocol.	tcp or udp	udp
4	Tests	Number of test attempts.	1–30	5
5	Label	Descriptive label for the port test.	Max 100 characters	SFTP
6	Timeout	Max wait time (ms) before reporting blocked.	500–120000 (TCP max: 5000)	500
7	Timeout Check	Whether open ports must remain open for the duration.	yes or no	no
8*	Target	Destination IP or domain.	Valid IP or domain	visualware.com
9*	Send String	Data sent to destination (UDP with target only).	Required for UDP targets	send
10*	Receive String	Expected response (UDP with target only).	Required for UDP targets	receive

Example syntax:

443/443/tcp/5/HTTPS/500/no
20000/20001/tcp/5/Throughput Testing/500/no/visualware.com
5060/5060/udp/5/Capacity Verification/500/no/myconnectionserver.com/sendstr/recstr

Use Validate Syntax to confirm all definitions are correctly formatted before selecting Bulk Add.