Opening port 9000 in the firewall

In a load-balanced configuration, you must open port 9000 in the firewall software on all application servers that are behind a firewall.

To open port 9000 in the Windows Firewall:

Select Start > Control Panel > Windows Firewall > Advanced settings.
Select Inbound Rules > New Rule.
The New Inbound Rule Wizard appears.
Select Port, and click Next.
In the Specific local ports field, enter 9000, and click Next.
Select the defaults on all the pages of the wizard. Enter a rule name on the last page, and click Finish.