All ControlPoint components can be distributed for scalability. In order to communicate with each other, network port will need to be opened accordingly.

See the list of port for the different services.

9080,  IDOL Component : View
9081,  IDOL Component : View Service Port
9030,  IDOL Component : Community
9031,  IDOL Component : Community Service Port
9020,  IDOL Component : Category
9021,  IDOL Component : Category Service Port
9050,  IDOL Component : Agent Store
9051,  IDOL Component : Agent Store Index Port
9052,  IDOL Component : Agent Store Query Port
9053,  IDOL Component : Agent Store Service Port
9070,  IDOL Component : DIH
9071,  IDOL Component : DIH Index Port
9072,  IDOL Component : DIH Service Port
9000,  IDOL Server
9001,  IDOL Index Port
20000,  License Server Port
20002,  License Server Port Service Port
7000,  Distributor Connector Server
7002,  Distributed Connector Service Port
7200,  File System Connector Server
7202,  File System Connector Service Port
7210,   Edge File System Connector Server
7212, Edge File System Connector Service Port 
7250,  ControlPoint FileSystem Connector Framework
7252,  ControlPoint FileSystem Connector Framework Service Port
7260,  Edge File System Connector Framework
7262,  Edge File System Connector Framework Service Port
32000,  Content Server Port
32001,  Content Index Port
32002,  Content Service Port
9060,  IDOL Component : DAH
9061,  IDOL Component : DAH Service Port
4500,  Metastore
4502,  MetaStore Service Port
9672,  DataAnalysis ControllerPort
31500,  Statistics Port
31501,  Statistics Index Port
4057,  OGS Server Port
4059 OGS Service Port