Compatibility Matrix

Table 9. Virtual appliance
Port
Number
Protocol
s
Port
Type
Maximum
Encryptio
n Level
Direction Destination Usage Description
from iDRAC/
OMSA
445 SMB TCP 128-bit Out OMIVV
appliance to
CIFS
CIFS
communication
To communicate with windows
share.
4433 HTTPS TCP 128-bit In iDRAC to
OMIVV
appliance
Auto Discovery Provisioning server used for auto
discovering managed nodes.
2049 NFS UDP/
TCP
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 OS deployment flows.
4001 to
4004
NFS UDP/
TCP
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 OS deployment flows.
11620 SNMP
Agent
UDP None In iDRAC to
OMIVV
appliance
SNMP Agent
(server)
iDRAC, OMSA, and CMC
communication, used to manage and
monitor the managed nodes.
User
defined
Any UDP/
TCP
None Out OMIVV
appliance to
proxy server
Proxy To communicate with the proxy
server
Table 10. Managed nodes (ESXi)
Port
Number
Protocol
s
Port
Type
Maximum
Encryptio
n Level
Directio
n
Destination Usage Description
162,
11620
SNMP UDP None Out ESXi to OMIVV
appliance
Hardware
Events
Asynchronous SNMP traps sent from
ESXi.This port has to open from
ESXi.
443 WSMAN TCP 128-bit In OMIVV
appliance to
ESXi(OMSA)
iDRAC/OMSA
communication
Used to provide information to the
management station. This port has to
open from ESXi.
443 HTTPS TCP 128-bit In OMIVV
appliance to
ESXi
HTTPS server Used to provide information to the
management station. This port has to
open from ESXi.
8080 HTTP TCP 128-bit Out ESXi to OMIVV
appliance
HTTP server;
downloads the
OMSA VIB and
fixes
noncompliant
vSphere hosts
Helps ESXi to download the OMSA/
driver VIB.
Table 11. Managed nodes (iDRAC/CMC)
Port
Number
Protoco
ls
Port
Type
Maximum
Encryptio
n Level
Direction Destination Usage Description
443 WSMAN
/HTTPS
TCP 128-bit In OMIVV
appliance to
iDRAC/CMC
iDRAC
communication
Used to provide information to the
management station. This port has
to open from iDRAC and CMC.
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