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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
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 5.5
or 6.5 to target
vCenter Server
Appliance 6.5
n
Source vCenter
Single Sign-On 5.5
to target
Platform Services
Controller appliance
6.5
n
Source
Platform Services
Controller 5.5 to
target
Platform Services
Controller appliance
6.5
9443 TCP vSphere Web Client HTTPS Windows installations
and appliance
deployments of
vCenter Server
No
11711 TCP vCenter Single Sign-On LDAP
For backward compatibility with vSphere
5.5 only.
Windows installations
and appliance
deployments of
Platform Services
Controller
During upgrade from
vSphere 5.5 only.
vCenter Single Sign-On
5.5 to
Platform Services
Controller 6.5
11712 TCP vCenter Single Sign-On LDAPS
For backward compatibility with vSphere
5.5 only.
Windows installations
and appliance
deployments of
Platform Services
Controller
During upgrade from
vSphere 5.5 only.
vCenter Single Sign-On
5.5 to
Platform Services
Controller 6.5
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.
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