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name: vmwaresolutions-vmwaresol_ports-vmwareuses
title: Ports used by VMware components
description: As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
last-updated: 2026-02-20
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> ## Documentation Index
> The table of contents for this documentation set is at https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?format=markdown
> The index for all IBM Cloud docs is at: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# Ports used by VMware components
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As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
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The following table shows the ports that are used by VMware® by Broadcom components. For more information about the ports that are used for VMware Solutions deployment and Day 2 operations, see [Ports that are used for deployment and Day 2 operations](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-vmwaresol_ports-deploy-day2ops&format=markdown).

| Source | Subnet | Target | Subnet | Port | Protocol |
| :------ | :------ | :------ | :------ | :---- | :-------- |
| VMware ESXi™ host | Private primary subnet | VMware vCenter Server® | Infrastructure VMs | 902 | TCP and UDP |
| ESXi host | Private primary subnet | vCenter Server | Infrastructure VMs | 443 | TCP |
| ESXi host | Private primary subnet | NSX® Manager | Infrastructure VMs | 5671 | TCP |
| ESXi host | Private primary subnet | NSX Manager | Infrastructure VMs | 1234 and 1235 | TCP and UDP |
| ESXi host | Private primary subnet | NSX controllers | Infrastructure VMs | 1234 and 1235 | TCP |
| ESXi host | Private primary subnet | Windows® Active Directory™ | Private primary subnet \n Infrastructure VMs | 88 | TCP and UDP |
| ESXi host | Private primary subnet | Windows Active Directory | Private primary subnet \n Infrastructure VMs | 445 | TCP |
| vCenter Server | Infrastructure VMs | ESXi host | Private primary subnet | 902 | TCP and UDP |
| vCenter Server | Infrastructure VMs | ESXi host | Private primary subnet | 443 | TCP |
| vCenter Server | Infrastructure VMs | ESXi host | Private primary subnet | 9080 | TCP |
| vCenter Server | Infrastructure VMs | Windows Active Directory | Private primary subnet \n Infrastructure VMs | 53 | UDP |
| vCenter Server | Infrastructure VMs | Windows Active Directory | Private primary subnet \n Infrastructure VMs | 389 | TCP and UDP |
| vCenter Server | Infrastructure VMs | Windows Active Directory | Private primary subnet \n Infrastructure VMs | 445 | TCP |
| vCenter Server | Infrastructure VMs | Windows Active Directory | Private primary subnet \n Infrastructure VMs | 88 | TCP and UDP |
| NSX Manager | Infrastructure VMs | ESXi host | Private primary subnet | 443 | TCP |
| NSX Manager | Infrastructure VMs | Windows Active Directory | Private primary subnet \n Infrastructure VMs | 53 | UDP |
| UM Appliance without proxy | Infrastructure VMs | `eapi.broadcom.com` | | 443 | HTTPS |
| UM Appliance with proxy. Ensure that you [enable service endpoints in your account](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-vrf-service-endpoint&format=markdown#service-endpoint) | Infrastructure VMs | `proxy.vmware.cloud.ibm.com` | | 3128 | HTTPS |
{: caption="Ports used by VMware" caption-side="bottom"}

For more information, see [VMware Ports and Protocols](https://ports.broadcom.com/view){: external}.

## Related links
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* [Ports for services](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-vmwaresol_ports-services&format=markdown)