security port settings

[vmwareluverz]

virtual center server->esx hosts 902

vi client ->virtual center 443

vi client ->esx hosts 443

web access ->virtual center 443

esx hosts ->esx hosts 902

management vlan->service console (security zone)

vm networks ->nic teaming->vlan

nfs->nic teaming->vlan for NFS storage

backup network ->vlan for backup networks

vmotion ->vlan->security zone

dmz->vlan ->security zone

can someone help me what specific security ports for these communications and types of networking setup i have as listed in vlan? correct my ports if i'm wrong.

[azn2kew]

Here is a quick diagram of ESX communication from Mike Laverick's book you can download it at www.vi3book.com for details. Make sure to create a redundant networks for infrastructure other than that your ports are good. You should also have port 27000 & 27010 for license server and SQL/Oracle listeners depend for database access.

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[azn2kew]

BTW, you can get more details on www.vmware-land.com for bunch of listed links that helps with your designs overall. and search for best practices on vmware.com site for great documents.

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[dmaster · Accepted solution]

hi vmwarerulerz.

this is also a nice one..

this is a picture from esx 3.0.x

some mnor changes occured with the change to esx 3.5

VMware HA now uses port range 2000-2250

And the vi client goes now over port 443