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Table 2‑4. Ports Required for Communication Between Components (Continued)
Port Protocol Description Required for
Used for Node-to-
Node
Communication
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
443 TCP The default port that the
vCenter Server system uses to listen
for connections from the
vSphere Web Client. To enable the
vCenter Server system to receive data
from the vSphere Web Client, open
port 443 in the rewall.
The vCenter Server system also uses
port 443 to monitor data transfer from
SDK clients.
This port is also used for the
following services:
n
WS-Management (also requires
port 80 to be open)
n
Third-party network
management client connections to
vCenter Server
n
Third-party network
management clients access to
hosts
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
n
vCenter Server to
vCenter Server
n
vCenter Server to
Platform Services
Controller
n
Platform Services
Controller to
vCenter Server
514 UDP vSphere Syslog Collector port for
vCenter Server on Windows and
vSphere Syslog Service port for
vCenter Server Appliance
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
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