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Lab Manager Installation and Upgrade Guide
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Configuring Firewall Settings
Lab Managercommunicatesbetweenitsserversandclientsthroughnetworkports.
ESXsoftwaresetsupdefaultports.SeetheVMwareInfrastructure3documentationat
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vi_pages/vi_pubs_35.html.
ForinformationaboutconfiguringcommunicationbetweenVirtualCenter
components,seetheVMwareInfrastructure3QuickStartGuide.
Toensuresuccessfulcommunication,makesuretheportslistedin
Table 2‐2arenot
blockedbyafirewall.
Duringtheinstallationprocess,ensurethatportconflictsdonotexist.Todetermine
portsinuse,runthenetstat-bcommandfromthecommandline.
Table 2-2. Lab Manager Network Port Requirements
Systems Network Ports
ClientbrowsertoaccessLab ManagerServersystem TCPport443
ClientbrowsertoaccessESXhosts TCPports902and
903
Lab ManagerServersystemandESXhoststoaccessSMB
share(importandexportoperationsonly)
TCPports139and
445,UDPports137
and138
ESXhoststoaccessNFSmediadatastoresor
NFSvirtual
machinedatastores
TCPport2049
Lab ManagerServersystemtoaccessLab Manageragent
onESXhosts
TCPport5212
Lab ManagerServersystemtoaccessESXhostagenton
ESXhosts
TCPport443
Lab ManagerServersystemtoaccesstheVirtualCenter
Serversystem
TCPport443
Lab ManagerServersystemtocommunicatewithvirtual
routeron
someESXhosts(forfencedconfigurations)
TCPport514
Lab Manager ServersystemtoaccessLDAPServer TCPport389for
LDAP,TCPport636
forLDAPS