Port 23333Emulex HBAnyware Remote Management

Port 23333 is assigned to Emulex HBAnyware remote management for monitoring and managing Emulex host bus adapters.

transport: tcp · udp
in transit: cleartext
assignment: official
risk: 2/10
lookups: 0

also known as elxmgmt, Emulex Remote Management

Technical Details

what runs on :23333

IANA assigns elxmgmt on both TCP and UDP for Emulex HBAnyware Remote Management. The service is a vendor-specific management channel used by HBAnyware software to work with Emulex adapters, rather than carrying ordinary Fibre Channel data. The registry does not specify the application handshake, message framing, or transport-specific behavior, so those details should not be inferred from the port assignment alone.

Security Information

exposure of :23333

risk score

2/ 10safe

routine exposure. this port is rarely the way in on its own — keep it patched and logged and move on.

remote access averages 4.0 across 239 ports — this one sits 2.0 below.

in transit

cleartext

credentials and payloads are readable by anyone on path

assignment

official

registered with iana for this service — scanners fingerprint it by number

reachable over

tcp · udp

udp is connectionless — source addresses are trivially spoofed and it is a reflection favourite

security overview

If present, this is a management interface for storage adapters and should be restricted to trusted management hosts rather than exposed to the public internet. The protocol's encryption and authentication properties are not established by the port registration; treat it as an administrative service and verify the behavior of the installed HBAnyware version.

Record

iana registry entry

port: :23333
service: Emulex HBAnyware Remote Management
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 2/10safe
category: Remote Access System
usage: Emulex HBAnyware is management software for discovering, monitoring, and configuring Emulex host bus adapters. This port is its registered remote-management service; it is not a general-purpose service typically found on unrelated systems.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-18
updated: 2026-10-18
references: IANA service name registry — port 23333

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:8008	IBM HTTP Server Admin	TCP	Web Services	caution	58.3k
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:23	Telnet	TCP	Remote Access	caution	34.8k

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe13%
caution88%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :23333Emulex HBAnyware Remote Management

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 23333Emulex HBAnyware Remote Management