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Ports and Protocols for VMM
Updated: January 15, 2013
Applies To: System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 - Virtual Machine Manager
When you install the VMM management server in System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager (VMM), you can assign some of the ports that it will use for communications and file transfers between the VMM components. While it is a best security practice to change the default ports, not all of the ports can be changed through VMM. The default settings for the ports are listed in the following table.
| Connection type | Protocol | Default port | Where to change port setting | ||
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SFTP file transfer from VMware ESX Server 3.0 and VMware ESX Server 3.5 hosts |
SFTP |
22 |
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VMM management server to P2V source agent (control channel) |
DCOM |
135 |
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VMM management server to Load Balancer |
HTTP/HTTPS |
80/443 |
Load balancer configuration provider |
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VMM management server to WSUS server (data channel) |
HTTP/HTTPS |
80/8530 (non-SSL), 443/8531 (with SSL) |
These ports are the IIS port binding with WSUS. They cannot be changed from VMM. |
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VMM management server to WSUS server (control channel) |
HTTP/HTTPS |
80/8530 (non-SSL), 443/8531 (with SSL) |
These ports are the IIS port binding with WSUS. They cannot be changed from VMM. |
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BITS port for VMM transfers (data channel) |
BITS |
443 |
During VMM setup |
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VMM library server to hosts file transfer |
BITS |
443 (Maximum value: 32768) |
During VMM setup |
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VMM host-to-host file transfer |
BITS |
443 (Maximum value: 32768) |
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VMM Self-Service Portal to VMM Self-Service Portal web server
|
HTTPS |
443 |
During VMM setup |
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VMware Web Services communication |
HTTPS |
443 |
VMM console |
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SFTP file transfer from VMM management server to VMware ESX Server 3i hosts |
HTTPS |
443 |
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OOB Connection - SMASH over WS-Man |
HTTPS |
443 |
On BMC |
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VMM management server to in-guest agent (VMM to virtual machine data channel) |
HTTPS (using BITS) |
443 |
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VMM management server to VMM agent on Windows Server–based host (data channel for file transfers) |
HTTPS (using BITS) |
443 (Maximum value: 32768) |
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OOB Connection IPMI |
IPMI |
623 |
On BMC |
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VMM management server to remote Microsoft SQL Server database |
TDS |
1433 |
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Console connections (RDP) to virtual machines through Hyper-V hosts (VMConnect) |
RDP |
2179 |
VMM console |
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VMM management server to Citrix XenServer host (customization data channel) |
iSCSI |
3260 |
On XenServer in transfer VM |
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Remote Desktop to virtual machines |
RDP |
3389 |
On the virtual machine |
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VMM management server to VMM agent on Windows Server–based host (control channel) |
WS-Management |
5985 |
During VMM setup |
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VMM management server to in-guest agent (VMM to virtual machine control channel) |
WS-Management |
5985 |
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VMM management server to VMM agent on Windows Server–based host (control channel - SSL) |
WS-Management |
5986 |
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VMM management server to XenServer host (control channel) |
HTTPS |
5989 |
On XenServer host in: /opt/cimserver/cimserver_planned.conf |
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VMM console to VMM management server |
WCF |
8100 |
During VMM setup |
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VMM Self-Service Portal web server to VMM management server
|
WCF |
8100 |
During VMM setup |
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VMM console to VMM management server (HTTPS) |
WCF |
8101 |
During VMM setup |
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Windows PE agent to VMM management server (control channel) |
WCF |
8101 |
During VMM setup |
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VMM console to VMM management server (NET.TCP) |
WCF |
8102 |
During VMM setup |
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WDS provider to VMM management server |
WCF |
8102 |
During VMM setup |
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VMM console to VMM management server (HTTP) |
WCF |
8103 |
During VMM setup |
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Windows PE agent to VMM management server (time sync) |
WCF |
8103 |
During VMM setup |
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VMM management server to Storage Management Service |
WMI |
Local call |
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VMM management server to Cluster PowerShell interface |
PowerShell |
n/a |
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Storage Management Service to SMI-S Provider |
CIM-XML |
Provider-specific port |
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VMM management server to P2V source agent (data channel) |
BITS |
User-Defined |
P2V cmdlet option |
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