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Tim Franklin posted Apr 08, 2026 04:26 PM

Recently deployed VCSA version 8.0.3.00400 that manages two brand new Dell hosts. 

I have two subnets, Server on 192.168.102.x and Workstations on 192.168.104.x.

From my server subnet I can access the management URL via IP address or DNS record. Great.

From my Workstations subnet I can ping but I cannot access my VCSA. I can however access the VAMI site as well as my hosts. I can also telnet with port 443. 

They all sit behind a Meraki firewall that manages the DHCP and subnets for both these VLANs. There are no firewall deny rules. 

The person that installed my VCSA appliance says this is likely a firewall issue. I opened a ticket with Meraki who did a packet trace with no errors. They say its an application issue.

Any ideas on what could be wrong? Everything seems to work apart from my management URL for the VCSA.

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snapfriend

Hello

Please refer below VMware vCenter guide which is lengthy but useful for your scenario. You can go through with ports information in given article and find the solution. You mentioned that in same subnet you can access everything but In same subnet or VLAN, firewall won't come in picture. It will always work as expected and mentioned by you. 

https://www.vmware.com/docs/vsphere-vcenter-802-installation-guide

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Tim Franklin

Thank you snapfriend for your guidance. I have gone through this document and ensure that the install parameters are correct. I did not find any issues apart from time, which was resolved.

I am still unable to access the vCenter page from the Workstation network. I can access the hosts, the vCenter VAMI but not the vCenter itself. I can also telnet using port 443 to the vCenter successful. Everything is behind a Meraki firewall, which by default does not block any ports.

Any other suggestions to get this working?