Specifications

Table 3‑6. Information Required for vCenter Server Installation or Upgrade (Continued)
Required Information Default Your Entry
Fully qualified domain name of Directory Services for the vCenter
Server group.
The FQDN of a remote instance of vCenter Server. Required if this
instance of vCenter Server is joining a group. The local and remote
instances will be members of a Linked Mode group.
LDAP port for the Directory Services for the remote vCenter Server
instance.
The LDAP port of the remote instance. Required if this instance of
vCenter Server is joining a Linked Mode group. See “Required
Ports for vCenter Server,” on page 23.
389
vCenter Server
HTTPS port.
See “Required Ports for vCenter Server,” on
page 23.
443
vCenter Server
HTTP port.
80
Heartbeat port
(UDP) used for
sending data to
ESX/ESXi hosts.
902
VMware
VirtualCenter
Management
Web Services
HTTP port
8080
VMware
VirtualCenter
Management
Web Services
HTTPS port.
8443
Web Services
change service
notification port.
60099
LDAP port for
the Directory
Services for the
local vCenter
Server instance.
389
SSL port for the
Directory
Services for the
local vCenter
Server instance.
636
Ephemeral ports.
Select Increase the number of available ephemeral ports if your
vCenter Server manages hosts on which you will power on more
than 2000 virtual machines simultaneously. This option prevents
the pool of available ephemeral ports from being exhausted.
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