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VMware vCenter - Defect ID: a564431dd87b

An external gateway firewall might block vSphere Pod traffic to clusterIPs

VMware vCenter - Defect ID: a564431dd87b

An external gateway firewall might block vSphere Pod traffic to clusterIPs

Last updated on May 7th, 2026

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Bug Details

Status: Known
Impact Category: vCenter Server and vSphere Client Issues
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Description

Disclaimer

A custom bug ID has been generated as the vendor did not provide one: a564431dd87b

Overview

When you deploy Supervisor Services on vSphere Pods with Supervisors configured with the VDS stack, traffic from the vSphere Pod to ClusterIPs goes through the external gateway and a custom firewall can block it.

Workaround

For more information, see vSphere Pod Traffic to ClusterIP Time-outs .

Knowledge Base URLs

https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?legacyId=97170

Bug URLs

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0/release-notes/vcenter-server-update-and-patch-release-notes/vsphere-vcenter-server-803-release-notes.html https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0/release-notes/vcenter-server-update-and-patch-release-notes/vsphere-vcenter-server-80u3a-release-notes.html https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0/release-notes/vcenter-server-update-and-patch-release-notes/vsphere-vcenter-server-80u3b-release-notes.html https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0/release-notes/vcenter-server-update-and-patch-release-notes/vsphere-vcenter-server-80u3c-release-notes.html https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0/release-notes/vcenter-server-update-and-patch-release-notes/vsphere-vcenter-server-80u3d-release-notes.html https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0/release-notes/vcenter-server-update-and-patch-release-notes/vsphere-vcenter-server-80u3e-release-notes.html https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0/release-notes/vcenter-server-update-and-patch-release-notes/vsphere-vcenter-server-80u3g-release-notes.html https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0/release-notes/vcenter-server-update-and-patch-release-notes/vsphere-vcenter-server-80u3h-release-notes.html https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0/release-notes/vcenter-server-update-and-patch-release-notes/vsphere-vcenter-server-80u3i-release-notes.html

Change history

2025-11-05 changed to Known

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VMware vCenter - Defect ID: a564431dd87b

An external gateway firewall might block vSphere Pod traffic to clusterIPs

VMware vCenter - Defect ID: a564431dd87b

An external gateway firewall might block vSphere Pod traffic to clusterIPs

Last updated on May 7th, 2026

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