When the e. Reporting Server starts, it requests a communications port from the port mapper. The port mapper listens for queries on port 111. Applications query the port mapper for the port used by the e. The port mapper responds with the registered port.
Applications use the registered port to connect to the e.
The following illustration shows the connection between ReportCast and the e. There is one destination port for all user connections. You can configure the number of cached connections. The peak number of connections depends on the user load.