Install Guide

NOTE: The PowerEdge MX host is supported only when used with ESXi 6.5 U2 and later.
Port information
This section lists all the port requirements to configure your virtual appliance and managed nodes.
Table 11. Virtual appliance
Port
Number
Protocols Port
Type
Maximum
Encryptio
n Level
Directi
on
Destination Usage Description
53 DNS TCP None Out OMIVV appliance
to DNS server
DNS client Connectivity to the DNS server or
resolving the host names.
68 DHCP UDP None In DHCP server to
OMIVV appliance
Dynamic
network
configuration
To get the network details such as IP,
gateway, Netmask, and DNS.
69 TFTP UDP 128-bit Out OMIVV to iDRAC Trivial File
Transfer
Used to update the bare-metal server
to minimum supported firmware
version.
123 NTP UDP None In NTP to OMIVV
appliance
Time
Synchronization
To sync with specific time zone.
162 SNMP
Agent
UDP None In iDRAC or CMC, or
OME-Modular to
OMIVV appliance
SNMP Agent
(server)
To receive SNMP traps from managed
nodes.
80/443 HTTP/
HTTPS
TCP None Out OMIVV appliance
to Internet
Dell Online Data
Access
Connectivity to the online (Internet)
warranty, firmware, and latest RPM
information.
443 HTTPS TCP 128-bit In OMIVV UI to
OMIVV appliance
HTTPS server Web services offered by OMIVV. These
Web services are consumed by
vSphere Client and Dell Admin portal.
443 HTTPS TCP 128-bit In ESXi server to
OMIVV appliance
HTTPS server Used in operating system deployment
flow for post installation scripts to
communicate with the OMIVV
appliance.
443 HTTPS TCP 128-bit In iDRAC to OMIVV
appliance
Auto Discovery Provisioning server that is used for auto
discovering managed nodes.
443 WSMAN TCP 128-bit In/Out OMIVV appliance
to or from iDRAC
iDRAC
communication
iDRAC, or CMC, or OME-Modular
communication, used to manage and
monitor the managed nodes.
445/139 SMB TCP 128-bit Out OMIVV appliance
to CIFS
CIFS
communication
To communicate with Windows share.
2049 /11
1
NFS UDP/T
CP
None In/Out OMIVV appliance
to NFS
Public Share NFS public share that is exposed by
OMIVV appliance to the managed
nodes and used in firmware update and
operating system deployment flows.
4001 to
4004
NFS UDP/T
CP
None In/Out OMIVV appliance
to NFS
Public Share These ports must be kept open to run
the statd, quotd, lockd, and mountd
services by the V2 and V3 protocols of
the NFS server.
User-
defined
Any UDP/T
CP
None Out OMIVV appliance
to proxy server
Proxy To communicate with the proxy server.
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