[action] [PR:17907] Change tcp port range to support telemetry and gnmi #17916
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Why I did it
A common cause of failure for the telemetry and gnmi server is port conflict. If other processes are using tcp ports 50051 and 50052, the server cannot start.
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How I did it
Change local port range in sysctl, new port range is from 32768 to 50001.
And then service ports for telemetry and gnmi will not be used by automatic port assignments.
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/ip-sysctl.html
How to verify it
Stop telemetry and gnmi service, and create new tcp connections, and they will not use 50051 and 50052.
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