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IfafirewallispreventingtheVIClientfromconnectingtotheVirtualCenterServer,you
havethreeoptionsforcorrectingthis:
 ReconfigureyourfirewalltoallowtheVI Clienttocommunicatethroughport902
ontheVirtualCenterServerorESXServ er.Seetheinstructionsforyourfirewall.
 Usesomeportotherthan902(andifnecessary,configureyourfirewalltoopenthis
otherport).TheVIClientandtheVirtualCenterServermustbothbeconfiguredto
usethesameport.
See“ConfiguringthePortThatVirtualCenterServerUses”onpage 77for
informationonchangingthisportnumberin
yourVirtualCenterServer.
 IfneitheroftheprecedingoptionsispossibleandyourfirewallallowsWebtraffic
topasstotheserver,youcanconnecttheVIClienttotheVirtualCenterServer
usingastandardWebconnection.
See“ConfiguringVirtualCenterCommunicationoveraWebConnection”on
page 78forinformationonsettinguptheWeb
siteport.
Configuring the Port That VirtualCenter Server Uses
Thereisadefaultportnumberassigned,902.Thisprocedureappliesonlyto
communicationbetweenaVIClientandaVirtualCenterServer.Donotusethisto
attempttochangetheportnumberforcommunicationbetweenaVIClientandanESX
Server.
To change the default port number
1StarttheVIClientandloginto
theVirtualCenterServer.
See“UsingtheVIClient”onpage 45.
2 ChooseAdministration>VirtualCenterManagementServerConfiguration.
3ClicktheRuntimeSettingsoption.
CAUTIONIfyouusethisoptiontoopenacommunicationchannelbetweenyour
VirtualCenterServerandVIClient,theVirtualCenterconsoledoesnotwork.
NOTEChangingtheportnumberisaveryrareoperation.