PFS uses UDP broadcasts and phone-to-phone TCP child connections on port 4051.

Checked 2026-10-02

Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cisco Unified IP Phone
Subsystem
peer firmware sharing
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
third-generation 79xx, firmware 8.3(1) and later
Checked
2026-10-02

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). Troubleshooting Cisco IP phones stuck upgrading firmware: source note cucm-phone-firmware-upgrade-troubleshooting-pfs-port-4051. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cucm-phone-firmware-upgrade-troubleshooting-pfs-port-4051

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-cucm-phone-firmware-upgrade-troubleshooting-pfs-port-4051,
  title  = {Troubleshooting Cisco IP phones stuck upgrading firmware: source note cucm-phone-firmware-upgrade-troubleshooting-pfs-port-4051},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cucm-phone-firmware-upgrade-troubleshooting-pfs-port-4051},
  note   = {Source note cucm-phone-firmware-upgrade-troubleshooting-pfs-port-4051, checked 2026-10-02}
}

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