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Table 3‑3. Ports Required for Communication Between Components (Continued)
Port Protocol Description Required for
Used for Node-to-Node
Communication
88 TCP Active Directory server. This port must be
open for host to join Active Directory. If
you use native Active Directory, the port
must be open on both vCenter Server
and Platform Services Controller.
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 different 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 firewall.
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
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
n
vCenter Server to
vCenter Server
n
vCenter Server to
Platform Services
Controller
n
Platform Services
Controller to
vCenter Server
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