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Chapter 2 Installation Requirements and Recommendations
 TheLab ManagerserverandESX/ESXihostsneedaccesstothemediastoragebutarenotrequiredto
resideonthesamesubnet.
 ESX/ESXihostsneedaccesstoNFSvirtualmachinestorage.
Configuring Domains and Permissions
BecausetheLab ManagerserverandESX/ESXihostsmustmountsharesforvirtualmachineimportand
exportoperations,thesesystemsrequirematchingDNSandDNSsuffixinformation.
Configuring Firewall Settings
Lab Managercommunicatesbetweenitsserversandclientsthroughnetworkports.ESX/ESXisoftwaresetsup
defaultports.Formoreinformation,seethevSphere4.0documentation.
ForinformationaboutconfiguringcommunicationbetweenvCentercomponents,seethevSphere4.0Quick
StartGuide.
Toensuresuccessfulcommunication,makesurethat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.
Gathering Network Information for Installation
Beforeyoubegintheinstallation,gatherthefollowinginformationaboutyournetworkifyouplanonusing
staticIPaddressing:
 BlockofunusedIPaddresses
 IPaddressfortheprimaryand(optional)secondaryDNSserver
 Subnetmask
 IPaddressforthenetworkgateway
 Lab ManagerserverDNSsuffix
Table 2-2. Lab Manager Network Port Requirements
Systems Network Ports
ClientbrowsertoaccessLab Managerserver TCPport443
ClientbrowsertoaccessESX/ESXihosts TCPports902and903
Lab ManagerserverandESX/ESXihoststoaccessSMBshare(importandexport
operationsonly)
TCPports139and445,UDP
ports137and138
ESX/ESXihoststoaccessNFSmediadatastoresorNFS
virtualmachinedatastores TCPport2049
Lab ManagerservertoaccessLab ManageragentonESX/ESXihosts TCPport5212
Lab ManagerservertoaccessESX/ESXihostagentonESX/ESXihosts TCPport443
Lab ManagerservertoaccessthevCenterServersystem TCPport443
Lab ManagerservertocommunicatewithvirtualrouteronsomeESX/ESXihosts(for
fencedconfigurations)
TCP
port514
Lab Manager servertoaccessLDAPServer TCPport389forLDAP,TCP
port636forLDAPS