Reference Guide

Managed Nodes (ESXi)
Table 5. Supported Protocols and Ports on Managed Nodes
Port Number Protocols Port Type Maximum
Encryption
Level
Direction Destination Usage Description
162, 11620 SNMP UDP None Out ESXi to OMIVV
appliance
Hardware
Events
Asynchronous
SNMP traps
sent from
ESXi. This port
has to open
from ESXi.
443 WSMAN TCP 128-bit In OMIVV appliance
to ESXi(OMSA)
iDRAC/OMSA
communicatio
n
Used to
provide
information to
the
management
station. This
port has to
open from
ESXi.
443 HTTPS TCP 128-bit In OMIVV appliance
to ESXi
HTTPS server Used to
provide
information to
the
management
station. This
port has to
open from
ESXi.
8080 HTTP TCP 128-bit Out ESXi to OMIVV
appliance
HTTP server;
downloads the
OMSA VIB and
xes non-
compliant
vSphere hosts.
Helps ESXi to
download the
OMSA/driver
VIB.
Managed Nodes (iDRAC or CMC or Management Module)
Table 6. Supported Protocols and Ports on Managed Nodes
Port Number Protocols Port Type Maximum
Encryption
Level
Direction Destination Usage Description
443 WSMAN/
HTTPS,
REST/HTTPS
TCP 128-bit In OMIVV appliance
to iDRAC or CMC
or Management
Module
iDRAC
communicatio
n
Used to
provide
information to
the
management
station and
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