Network Ports for Site Recovery Manager

The operation of Site Recovery Manager requires certain ports to be open.

The components that make up a Site Recovery Manager deployment, namely vCenter Server, vSphere Web Client, Site Recovery Manager Server, the vSphere Replication appliance, and vSphere Replication servers, require different ports to be open. You must ensure that all the required network ports are open for Site Recovery Manager to function correctly.

vCenter Server and ESXi Server network port requirements for Site Recovery Manager 8.5

Site Recovery Manager requires certain ports to be open on vCenter Server, Platform Services Controller, and on ESXi Server.

Default Port	Protocol or Description	Source	Target	Description
443	HTTPS	Site Recovery Manager	vCenter Server	Default SSL Web port.
443	HTTPS	Site Recovery Manager	Platform Services Controller (PSC)	Traffic from Site Recovery Manager Server to local and remote Platform Services Controller.
443	HTTPS	Site Recovery Manager on the recovery site	Recovery site ESXi host.	Traffic from the Site Recovery Manager Server on the recovery site to ESXi hosts when recovering or testing virtual machines with configured IP customization, or callout commands on recovered virtual machines.
902	TCP and UDP	Site Recovery Manager Server on the recovery site.	Recovery site ESXi host.	Traffic from the Site Recovery Manager Server on the recovery site to ESXi hosts when recovering or testing virtual machines with IP customization, with configured callout commands on recovered virtual machines, or that use raw disk mapping (RDM). All NFC traffic for updating or patching the VMX files of virtual machines that are replicated using vSphere Replication use this port.

Site Recovery Manager Server 8.5 network ports

The Site Recovery Manager Server instances on the protected and recovery sites require certain ports to be open.

Default Port	Protocol or Description	Source	Target	Endpoints or Consumers
443	HTTPS	Site Recovery Manager HTML 5 user interface	Site Recovery Manager	Default port for the Site Recovery Manager HTML 5 user interface.
443	HTTPS	Site Recovery Manager HTML 5 user interface	Local and remote vCenter Server or all vCenter Server instances in Enhanced Linked Mode on which there is a registered Site Recovery Manager. For more information about Enhanced Linked Mode, see vCenter Enhanced Linked Mode for vCenter Server Appliance in the vCenter Server Installation and Setup documentation.	Default port for the Site Recovery Manager HTML 5 user interface. when you open it from the Site Recovery Manager appliance.
443	HTTPS	Site Recovery Manager HTML 5 user interface	Local and remote Platform Services Controller (PSC) or all Platform Services Controller instances in Enhanced Linked Mode on which there is a registered Site Recovery Manager.	Default port for the Site Recovery Manager HTML 5 user interface. when you open it from the Site Recovery Manager appliance.
443	HTTPS	Site Recovery Manager	vCenter Server	Default SSL Web Port for incoming TCP traffic.
443	HTTPS	Site Recovery Manager	Platform Services Controller	Traffic from Site Recovery Manager Server to local and remote Platform Services Controller.
443	HTTPS	Site Recovery Manager on the recovery site	Recovery site ESXi host.	Traffic from the Site Recovery Manager Server on the recovery site to ESXi hosts when recovering or testing virtual machines with configured IP customization, or callout commands on recovered virtual machines.
443	HTTPS	vSphere Web Client	Site Recovery Manager Appliance	All management traffic to Site Recovery Manager Server goes to this port. This includes traffic by external API clients for task automation and HTTPS interface for downloading the UI plug-in and icons. This port must be accessible from the vCenter Server proxy system. Used by vSphere Web Client to download the Site Recovery Manager client plug-in.
443	TCP	Site Recovery Manager Appliance	https://vcsa.vmware.com	Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) for Site Recovery Manager
902	TCP and UDP	Site Recovery Manager Server on the recovery site.	Recovery site ESXi host.	Traffic from the Site Recovery Manager Server on the recovery site to ESXi hosts when recovering or testing virtual machines with IP customization, with configured callout commands on recovered virtual machines, or that use raw disk mapping (RDM). All NFC traffic for updating or patching the VMX files of virtual machines that are replicated using vSphere Replication use this port.
5480	HTTPS	Web Browser	Site Recovery Manager Appliance	Site Recovery Manager Appliance Management Interface

Site Pairing Port Requirements

Port	Protocol	Source	Target	Description
443	HTTPS	vCenter Server	Site Recovery Manager Server	vCenter Server and target Site Recovery Manager Appliance communication.
443	HTTPS	Site Recovery Manager Server	Site Recovery Manager Server on target site	Bi-directional communication between Site Recovery Manager servers.
443	HTTPS	Site Recovery Manager	Platform Services Controller and vCenter Server	Site Recovery Manager to vCenter Server communication - local and remote.

Network ports that must be open on Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication Protected and Recovery sites

Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication require that the protected and recovery sites can communicate.

Port	Protocol or Description	Source	Target	Endpoints or Consumers
31031	Initial replication traffic	ESXi host	vSphere Replication appliance on the recovery site	From the ESXi host at the protected site to the vSphere Replication appliance at the recovery site
32032	TCP	ESXi host on the source site	vSphere Replication server at the target site	Initial and outgoing replication traffic from the ESXi host at the source site to the vSphere Replication appliance or vSphere Replication server at the target site for replication traffic with network encryption.
8043	HTTPS	Site Recovery Manager	vSphere Replication appliance on the recovery and protected sites	Management traffic between Site Recovery Manager instances and vSphere Replication appliances.