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Ports used by VMware

Ports used by VMware

The following table shows the ports that are used by VMware®. The ports in VMware traffic are disclosed in IBM Cloud® for VMware Solutions deployment and Day 2 operations.

Table 1. Ports used by VMware
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
Infrastructure VMs		 88 TCP and UDP
ESXi host Private primary subnet Windows Active Directory Private primary subnet
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
Infrastructure VMs		 53 UDP
vCenter Server Infrastructure VMs Windows Active Directory Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs		 389 TCP and UDP
vCenter Server Infrastructure VMs Windows Active Directory Private primary subnet
Infrastructure VMs		 445 TCP
vCenter Server Infrastructure VMs Windows Active Directory Private primary subnet
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
Infrastructure VMs		 53 UDP

For more information, see TCP and UDP ports required to access VMware components.