TCP and UDP Ports Used by vSphere ESXi, KVM Hosts, and Bare Metal Server

vSphere ESXi, KVM hosts, and bare metal server when used as transport nodes need certain TCP and UDP ports available.

Table 1. TCP and UDP Ports Used by vSphere ESXi and KVM Hosts

Source	Target	Port	Protocol	Description
NSX Manager	vSphere ESXi host	443	TCP	Management and provisioning connection
NSX Manager	KVM host	443	TCP	Management and provisioning connection
vSphere ESXi host	NSX Manager	5671	TCP	AMPQ Communication channel to NSX Manager
vSphere ESXi host	NSX Controller	1235	TCP	Control Plane - LCP to CCP communication
KVM host	NSX Manager	5671	TCP	AMPQ Communication channel to NSX Manager
KVM host	NSX Controller	1235	TCP	Control Plane - LCP to CCP communication
vSphere ESXi host	NSX Manager	8080	TCP	Install and upgrade HTTP repository
KVM host	NSX Manager	8080	TCP	Install and upgrade HTTP repository
GENEVE Termination End Point (TEP)	GENEVE Termination End Point (TEP)	6081	UDP	Transport network
NSX-T Data Center transport node	NSX-T Data Center transport node	3784, 3785	UDP	BFD Session between TEPs, in the datapath using TEP interface