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Table 4‑3. Ports Required for Communication Between Components (Continued)
Port Protocol Description Required for
Used for Node-to-Node
Communication
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
514 TCP/UDP vSphere Syslog Collector port for
vCenter Server on Windows and vSphere
Syslog Service 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
636 TCP vCenter Single Sign-On LDAPS
For backward compatibility with vSphere
6.0 only.
Windows installations
and appliance
deployments of
Platform Services
Controller
During upgrade from
vSphere 6.0 only.
vCenter Server 6.0 to
Platform Services
Controller 6.5
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