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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
9084 TCP vSphere Update Manager Web Server
Port
The HTTP port used by ESXi hosts to
access host patch files from vSphere
Update Manager server.
Appliance deployments
of vCenter Server
No
9087 TCP vSphere Update Manager Web SSL Port
The HTTPS port used by vSphere
Update Manager client plug-in to upload
host upgrade files to vSphere Update
Manager server.
Appliance deployments
of vCenter Server
No
9123 TCP Migration Assistant port
Only when you run the Migration
Assistant on the source Windows
installation. The Migration Assistant lets
you migrate Windows installations of
vCenter Server and
Platform Services Controller to
appliances.
Windows installations
and appliance
deployments of
n
vCenter Server
n
Platform Services
Controller
During migration only.
n
Source
vCenter Server 6.0
or 6.5 to target
vCenter Server
Appliance 6.5
n
Source vCenter
Single Sign-On 6.0
to target
Platform Services
Controller appliance
6.5
n
Source
Platform Services
Controller 6.0 to
target
Platform Services
Controller appliance
6.5
9443 TCP vSphere Web Client HTTPS Windows installations
and appliance
deployments of
vCenter Server
No
To configure the vCenter Server system to use a different port to receive vSphere Web Client data, see
the vCenter Server and Host Management documentation.
For more information about firewall configuration, see the vSphere Security documentation.
DNS Requirements for vCenter Server and
Platform Services Controller on Windows
You install or upgrade vCenter Server, like any other network server, on a host machine with a fixed IP
address and well-known DNS name, so that clients can reliably access the service.
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