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Chapter 2 Installation Requirements
Configuring Firewall Settings
LabManagercommunicatesbetweenitsserversandclientsthroughnetworkports.
ESXServersoftwaresetsupdefaultports.SeetheVMwareInfrastructure3
documentationfordetails.
Reviewtherequirementstoconfigurefirewalls:
 ClientbrowsertoaccessLabManagerServer–TCPport443.
 ClientbrowsertoaccessManagedServersystems–TCPports902and903.
 LabManagerServerandManagedServersystemstoaccessSMBstorage
server–TCPports139and445,UDPports137and138.
 ManagedServertoaccessadditionalmediastorageservers(NFS)–TCPport
2049.
 LabManagerServertoaccessManagedServersystems–TCPport5212.
Figure2‐1illustratestheLabManagercomponentsandports.
Figure 2-1. Detailed View of Lab Manager Components and Ports
Duringtheinstallationprocess,ensurethatportconflictsdonotexist.Todetermine
portsinuse,typenetstatfromthecommandline.Usethenetstat-oncommandto
determine
theprogramidentifier(PID)fortheapplicationanduseTaskManagerto
finditsname.
virtual
machine
storage
(SAN)
MSDE program
files
default
media
storage
additional media
storage (NFS)
IIS with
ASP.NET
SOAP API
deployed
virtual machines
Managed Server
(expanded)
Managed Server
Lab Manager
Web console
client
SOAP API
client
Managed Server
Lab Manager Server
Lab
Manager
Server
backend
network
TCP 5212
TCP 2049
TCP 902,
903
TCP 443
TCP 443
TCP 139, 445
UDP 137, 138
Managed
Server
agent
virtual
engine
(ESX Server)
VM VM VM