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Table 2‑3. Ports Required for Communication Between Components (Continued)
Port Protocol Description Required for
Used for Node-to-Node
Communication
902 TCP/UDP The default port that the vCenter Server
system uses to send data to managed
hosts. Managed hosts also send a
regular heartbeat over UDP port 902 to
the vCenter Server system. This port
must not be blocked by firewalls between
the server and the hosts or between
hosts.
Port 902 must not be blocked between
the VMware Host Client and the hosts.
The VMware Host Client uses this port to
display virtual machine consoles
Important You can change this port
number during the vCenter Server
installations on Windows.
Windows installations
and appliance
deployments of
vCenter Server
No
1514 TCP vSphere Syslog Collector TLS port for
vCenter Server on Windows and vSphere
Syslog Service TLS port for
vCenter Server Appliance
Important 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
2012 TCP Control interface RPC for vCenter Single
Sign-On
Windows installations
and appliance
deployments of
Platform Services
Controller
n
vCenter Server to
Platform Services
Controller
n
Platform Services
Controller to
vCenter Server
n
Platform Services
Controller to
Platform Services
Controller
2014 TCP RPC port for all VMCA (VMware
Certificate Authority) APIs
Important You can change this port
number during the
Platform Services Controller installations
on Windows.
Windows installations
and appliance
deployments of
Platform Services
Controller
n
vCenter Server to
Platform Services
Controller
n
Platform Services
Controller to
vCenter Server
2015 TCP DNS management Windows installations
and appliance
deployments of
Platform Services
Controller
Platform Services
Controller to
Platform Services
Controller
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