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Required ports for configuring an external firewall to allow ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server traffic (1005189)

This article provides information related to configuring an external firewall to allow ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server traffic.

Note: Log in to your firewall and configure it to allow traffic using these ports.

These ports are mandatory:

22 - SSH
53 - DNS
80 - HTTP
902 - vCenter Server / VMware Infrastructure Client - UDP for ESX/ESXi Heartbeat
903 - Remote Console
443 - Web Access
27000, 27010 - License Server (Valid for ESX/ESXi 3.x hosts only)

These ports are optional:

08/15/2012 - Updated for 5.x

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