6.5.1

Table 4‑1. Ports Required for Communication Between Components (Continued)
Port Protocol Description Required for
Used for Node-to-Node
Communication
2020 TCP/UDP Authentication framework management
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
Platform Services
Controller
n
Platform Services
Controller to
vCenter Server
5480 TCP Appliance Management Interface
Open endpoint serving all HTTPS,
XMLRPS and JSON-RPC requests over
HTTPS.
Appliance deployments
of
n
vCenter Server
n
Platform Services
Controller
No
6500 TCP/UDP ESXi Dump Collector port
Important You can change this port
number during the vCenter Server
installations on Windows.
Windows installations
and appliance
deployments of
vCenter Server
No
6501 TCP Auto Deploy service
Important You can change this port
number during the vCenter Server
installations on Windows.
Windows installations
and appliance
deployments of
vCenter Server
No
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
vSphere Security
VMware, Inc. 123