screen grab below. You are running ESX classic, not ESXi, correct?
root@ESX4~# service --status-all
crond (pid 2391) is running...
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 36M packets, 14G bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
Chain FORWARD (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 8193K packets, 4019M bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
Neither incoming nor outgoing blocked by default
Enabled services: CIMSLP ntpClient aam VCB CIMHttpsServer sshClient vpxHeartbeats ftpClient CIMHttpServer snmpd faultTolerance sshServer
Opened ports:
Syslog : port 514 udp.out
sim-cert : port 280 tcp.out
hpim : port 2381 tcp.in
Added Iprules:
Firewall is stopped.
Table: filter
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
num target prot opt source destination
Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)
num target prot opt source destination
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
num target prot opt source destination
krb524d is stopped
mcstransd is stopped
vmware-hostd (pid 2467) is running...
netconsole module not loaded
netplugd is stopped
Configured devices:
lo vswif0
Currently active devices:
lo vmnic0 vmnic1 vmnic2 vmnic3 vmnic4 vmnic5 vswif0
rpc.mountd is stopped
nfsd is stopped
rpc.statd is stopped
nscd is stopped
ntpd (pid 2245) is running...
portmap is stopped
Process accounting is disabled.
rdisc is stopped
rpc.idmapd (pid 2065) is running...
sfcbd is running
running
slpd is running
snmpd is stopped
snmptrapd is stopped
sshd (pid 3852 2200) is running...
syslogd (pid 2017) is running...
klogd (pid 2020) is running...
Usage: (halt|reboot|start) {start}
Usage: vmware {start|stop|status}
vmware-aam is running [ OK ]
Usage: vmware-autostart {start|stop|restart}
none
VMware VMkernel authorization daemon is running (pid 2408).
vmware-vpxa is running
webAccess is stopped
winbindd is stopped
openwsmand is running
xinetd (pid 2221) is running...
ypbind is stopped