gistfile1.txt

               Salt: 2014.1.10
             Python: 2.7.6 (default, Mar 22 2014, 22:59:56)
             Jinja2: 2.7.2
           M2Crypto: 0.21.1
     msgpack-python: 0.3.0
       msgpack-pure: Not Installed
           pycrypto: 2.6.1
             PyYAML: 3.10
              PyZMQ: 14.0.1
                ZMQ: 4.0.4

nmap output:

Nmap scan report for salt.master
Host is up (0.00025s latency).
PORT     STATE    SERVICE
4505/tcp filtered unknown
4506/tcp filtered unknown

lsof output

root@minion:~# lsof -i :4506
COMMAND    PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
salt-mini 9782 root   22u  IPv4  14788      0t0  TCP 192.168.2.8:60537-><salt.master>:4506 (SYN_SENT)
salt-mini 9787 root   22u  IPv4  14789      0t0  TCP 192.168.2.8:60538-><salt.master>:4506 (SYN_SENT)
root@minion:~# lsof -i :4505
COMMAND    PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
salt-mini 1760 root   14u  IPv4  10206      0t0  TCP 192.168.2.8:39134-><sal.master>:4505 (ESTABLISHED)
salt-mini 9782 root   14u  IPv4  10206      0t0  TCP 192.168.2.8:39134-><salt.master>:4505 (ESTABLISHED)
salt-mini 9787 root   14u  IPv4  10206      0t0  TCP 192.168.2.8:39134-><salt.master>:4505 (ESTABLISHED)

ps aux

root@minion:~# ps aux | grep mini
root      1760  0.2  0.2 404444 36948 ?        Ssl  11:00   0:01 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/salt-minion
root      9796  0.0  0.1 404644 31828 ?        Sl   11:13   0:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/salt-minion
root      9801  0.0  0.1 404644 32020 ?        Sl   11:13   0:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/salt-minion