6.0.2

Table 2‑6. Ports Required for Communication Between Components
Port Protocol Description Required for
Used for Node-to-
Node
Communication
22 TCP/UDP System port for SSHD.
I This port must be open
during the upgrade of the appliance.
The upgrade process establishes an
SSH connection to transfer the data
from the existing to the new
appliance.
Appliance
deployments of
n
vCenter Server
n
Platform Services
Controller
No
80 TCP vCenter Server requires port 80 for
direct HTTP connections. Port 80
redirects requests to HTTPS port 443.
This redirection is useful if you
accidentally use hp://server instead
of hps://server.
WS-Management (also requires port
443 to be open).
If you use a Microsoft SQL database
that is stored on the same virtual
machine or physical server as the
vCenter Server, port 80 is used by the
SQL Reporting Service. When you
install or upgrade vCenter Server, the
installer prompts you to change the
HTTP port for vCenter Server.
Change the vCenter Server HTTP
port to a custom value to ensure a
successful installation or upgrade.
I You can change this port
number during the vCenter Server
and Platform Services Controller
installations on Windows.
Windows
installations and
appliance
deployments of
n
vCenter Server
n
Platform Services
Controller
No
88 TCP Active Directory server. Windows
installations and
appliance
deployments of
Platform Services
Controller
No
389 TCP/UDP This port must be open on the local
and all remote instances of
vCenter Server. This is the LDAP port
number for the Directory Services for
the vCenter Server group. If another
service is running on this port, it
might be preferable to remove it or
change its port to a dierent port. You
can run the LDAP service on any port
from 1025 through 65535.
If this instance is serving as the
Microsoft Windows Active Directory,
change the port number from 389 to
an available port from 1025 through
65535.
Windows
installations and
appliance
deployments of
Platform Services
Controller
n
vCenter Server to
Platform Services
Controller
n
Platform Services
Controller to
Platform Services
Controller
vSphere Upgrade
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