The VxRail cluster must be able to connect to specific applications in your data center. DNS is required, and NTP is optional. Open the necessary ports to enable connectivity to the external syslog server, and for LDAP and SMTP.
Table 14. Required data center application access open ports
Description | Source Devices | Destination Devices | Protocol | Ports |
DNS | VxRail Manager Dell iDRAC | DNS Servers | UDP | 53 |
NTP Client | Host ESXi Management Interface Dell iDRAC VMware vCenter Servers VxRail Manager | NTP Servers | UDP | 123 |
SYSLOG | Host ESXi Management Interface vRealize Log Insight | Syslog Server | TCP | 514 |
LDAP | VMware vCenter Servers PSC | LDAP Server | TCP | 389, 636 |
SMTP | SRS Gateway VMs vRealize Log Insight | SMTP Servers | TCP | 25 |