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If you have an HPE Server, - STOP!<br />
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Did you use the HPE OEM edition from HP to install, or did you just download from VMware the vanilla version!??<br />
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(not that this will fix the port forward issue, but going forward, you might as well have the correct OS - ESXi on your server!)<br />
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This is not really anything to do with VMware vSphere ESXi.<br />
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It's a networking question, you normally port forward on your Network Router to the Fixed IP of the computer.<br />
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(that's a loud and noisy power-hungry server for Plex!)<br />
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So which router do you have and maybe we can provide some assistance.
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I've added this question to the networking and routers to gain the attention of EE Network/Router Experts,
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I love my DL380, and I find it very quiet TBH if you have the Fans on low. I use this for all my study and my small business. I used VMware-ESXi-6.7.0-Update3-<wbr />15160138-H<wbr />PE-Gen9plu<wbr />s-670.U3.1<wbr />0.5.0.48-D<wbr />ec2019 I couldn't use HP Intelligent Provisioning as it didn't see my generic SD card! &nbsp;I built the machine using the iLO and the ISO above. <br />
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I have resolved the issue now, it was a schoolboy error. I had port forwarded .129 instead of .29 on my Meraki security device.
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Dear All <br />
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I'm very new to VM Spher 6.7, I have have managed to install this on my DL380 GEN 9, I have built a Windows 10 machine that will be used for plex, &nbsp;but I'm unable to port forward 32400 <br />
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I don't know what else to put here at this stage and am looking for assistance.<br />
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Andrew Hancock<br />
Topic Advisor - Added Zones - Networking, Routers.
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Dear All 

I'm very new to VM Spher 6.7, I have have managed to install this on my DL380 GEN 9, I have built a Windows 10 machine that will be used for plex,  but I'm unable to port forward 32400 

I don't know what else to put here at this stage and am looking for assistance.

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Andrew Hancock
Topic Advisor - Added Zones - Networking, Routers.

VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7U3b

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Virtualization

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Windows 10

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Routers

vSphere

Networking is the process of connecting computing devices, peripherals and terminals together through a system that uses wiring, cabling or radio waves that enable their users to communicate, share information and interact over distances. Often associated are issues regarding operating systems, hardware and equipment, cloud and virtual networking, protocols, architecture, storage and management.

Networking

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.