VMware vCloud Networking and Security Upgrade to VMware NSX : Migration Considerations
   
Migration Considerations
4.1 Port Requirements
NSX for vSphere requires additional ports to be opened between various components of the service provider’s solution. This is due to the new control plane mechanism as well as the management plane message bus.
Figure 6. VMware NSX Communication Requirements
 
Table 1. Required Network Ports
Source
Target
Port
Protocol
Notes
ESXi Host
VMware NSX Manager™
5671
TCP
New requirement (RabbitMQ)
ESXi Host
VMware NSX Controller™
1234
TCP
New requirement (User World Agent)
NSX Manager
NSX Controller
443
TCP
New requirement
NSX Controller
NSX Controller
2878, 2888, 3888,7777, 30865
TCP
New requirement
NSX Manager
VMware vCenter Server®
443, 902
TCP
Same as vShield Manager
vCenter Server
NSX Manager
80
TCP
Same as vShield Manager
NSX Manager
ESXi Host
443, 902
TCP
Same as vShield Manager
NSX Manager
ESXi Host
8301, 8302
UDP
New requirement (DVS Sync)
ESXi Host
NSX Manager
8301, 8302
UDP
New requirement (DVS Sync)
ESXi Host
vCenter Server
80
TCP
Same as vShield Manager
vCenter Server
ESXi Host
80
TCP
Same as vShield Manager
Note Additional ports are needed for NTP (TCP 123), DNS (TCP 53), and Syslog (TCP 514).