vSphere Client over SSH Tunnel

ports 443, 902 and 903 forwarded to the Service Console IP on the host.

--BEGIN OF VMWARE SECRECY--

vshpere would NOT accept either localhost or 127.0.0.X in the login prompt !

you need to add a line to the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file:

127.0.0.1 esxserver

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             TCP and UDP Ports required to access vCenter Server, ESX hosts, and other network components