Registered · Cross-platform

5480 VMware VAMI

TCP Unofficial
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

vCenter/appliance management interface.

When / why

VMware appliance setup/management.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Unofficial Not assigned by IANA, but standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Not applicable for this transport.
SCTP Not applicable for this transport.
DCCP Not applicable for this transport.

Port range

Registered (1024–49151). Assigned by IANA on request; usable without elevated privileges on most systems.

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Firewall rules for port 5480

Copy-ready inbound rules for the active transports. Replace every <source> placeholder with the specific host, subnet, or CIDR that should reach this port.

ufw

sudo ufw allow proto tcp from <source> to any port 5480

Allow TCP 5480 (VMware VAMI). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

firewalld

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="5480" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 5480 (VMware VAMI) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 5480 accept

Allow TCP 5480 (VMware VAMI). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 5480 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 5480 (VMware VAMI). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-vmwarevami-5480 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 5480

Inbound rule for 5480 (VMware VAMI). Set <source> to a CIDR; lower priority number = higher precedence.

AWS Security Group

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id <sg-id> --ip-permissions IpProtocol=tcp,FromPort=5480,ToPort=5480,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 5480 (VMware VAMI). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-vmwarevami-5480 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:5480 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 5480 (VMware VAMI). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow VMware VAMI 5480/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=5480 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 5480 (VMware VAMI). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow VMware VAMI 5480/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 5480 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 5480 (VMware VAMI). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

Rules are generated only for transports marked active for this port. They default to an inbound allow with an explicit source placeholder — never any. Review direction, scope, and rule precedence before applying in production.