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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
6502 TCP Auto Deploy management
Important You can change this port
number during the vCenter Server
installations on Windows.
Windows installations
and appliance
deployments of
vCenter Server
No
7080,
12721
TCP Secure Token Service
Note Internal ports
Windows installations
and appliance
deployments of
Platform Services
Controller
No
7081 TCP VMware Platform Services Controller
Web Client
Note Internal port
Windows installations
and appliance
deployments of
Platform Services
Controller
No
8200,
8201,
8300,
8301
TCP Appliance management
Note Internal ports
Appliance deployments
of
n
vCenter Server
n
Platform Services
Controller
No
8084 TCP vSphere Update Manager SOAP port
The port used by vSphere Update
Manager client plug-in to connect to the
vSphere Update Manager SOAP server.
Appliance deployments
of vCenter Server
No
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
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