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Required Ports for the vCenter Server Appliance

The VMware vCenter Server system must be able to send data to every managed host and receive data from
every vSphere Web Client. For migration and provisioning activities between managed hosts, the source
and destination hosts must be able to receive data from each other.
For information about ports required for vCenter Server on Windows, see
Server," on page 23.
VMware uses designated ports for communication. Additionally, the managed hosts monitor designated
ports for data from the vCenter Server system. The vCenter Server Appliance is preconfigured to use the
ports listed in Table
firewall between two managed hosts and you want to perform source or target activities, such as migration
or cloning, you must configure a means for the managed hosts to receive data.
Table 2‑13. Ports Required for the vCenter Server Appliance
Port
80
443
902
8080
8443
10080
10443
10109
514
1514
6500
6501
6502
9090
9443
5480
5489
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To have the vCenter Server system use a different port to receive vSphere Web Client data, see the vCenter
Server and Host Management documentation.
For a discussion of firewall configuration, see the vSphere Security documentation.
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2-13. For custom firewalls, you must manually open the required ports. If you have a
Description
vCenter Server requires port 80 for direct HTTP connections. Port 80 redirects requests to HTTPS
port 443. This redirection is useful if you accidentally use http://server instead of https://server.
The vCenter Server system uses port 443 to monitor data transfer from SDK clients.
The default port that the vCenter Server system uses to send data to managed hosts. Managed hosts
also send a regular heartbeat over UDP port 902 to the vCenter Server system. This port must not be
blocked by firewalls between the server and the hosts or between hosts.
Web Services HTTP. Used for the VMware VirtualCenter Management Web Services.
Web Services HTTPS. Used for the VMware VirtualCenter Management Web Services.
vCenter Inventory Service HTTP
vCenter Inventory Service HTTPS
vCenter Inventory Service database
vSphere Syslog Collector server
vSphere Syslog Collector server (SSL)
Network coredump server (UDP)
Auto Deploy service
Auto Deploy management
vSphere Web Client HTTP
vSphere Web Client HTTPS
vCenter Server Appliance Web user interface HTTPS
vCenter Server Appliance Web user interface CIM service
System port for SSHD
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