NSX Intelligence uses certain TCP and UDP ports to communicate with other components and products. These ports must be open on both the physical and host hypervisor firewalls.
Important: To get remote access to the
NSX Intelligence node, you must enable SSH on that node.
| Source | Target | Port | Protocol | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSX Intelligence | DNS Servers | 53 | TCP | DNS |
| NSX Intelligence | DNS Servers | 53 | UDP | DNS |
| NSX Intelligence | Management SCP Servers | 22 | TCP | SSH (upload support bundle, backups, etc.) |
| NSX Intelligence | NTP Servers | 123 | UDP | NTP |
| NSX Intelligence | vCenter Server/NSX Unified Appliance | 443 | TCP | NSX Intelligence to a compute manager (vCenter Server) communication and NSX Unified Appliance, when configured. |
| NSX Intelligence | NSX Unified Appliance/NSX Transport Nodes | 9092 | TCP | NSX Intelligence outgoing communication to NSX Unified Appliance or Transport Nodes |
| NTP Servers | NSX Intelligence | 123 | UDP | NTP |
| Management Clients | NSX Intelligence | 22 | TCP | SSH (Disabled by default) |
| Management Clients/ NSX Unified Appliance | NSX Intelligence | 443 | TCP | NSX API server |
| NSX Unified Appliance/Transport Nodes | NSX Intelligence | 9092 | TCP | Incoming messages from NSX Unified Appliance or Transport Nodes to NSX Intelligence Appliance |
