When designing the VMM implementation, you need to plan which ports you are going to use for communication and file transfers between the VMM components. Based on the chosen ports, you also need to configure the host firewall and external firewalls to enable these ports.
Take note of the following ports to create firewall exceptions. Depending on your environment, you will need to configure the following exceptions on the host firewall as well as on your external firewall (for example, if you have a DMZ in place).
The following table lists the default port settings and the place to change, if it is possible:
|
Connection from and to |
Protocol |
Default port |
To change the port settings |
|---|---|---|---|
|
SFTP file transfer from VMware ESX Server 3.0 to VMware ESX Server 3.5 hosts |
SFTP |
22 |
Cannot be changed. |
|
The VMM management server to the P2V source agent (control channel) | ... |