vCenter Server Configurations

Remote plug-ins can operate in linked mode configurations of vCenter Server as well as in single vCenter Server instances. These illustrations show the components and communication paths of both kinds of configuration.

The following illustration shows a single vCenter Server communicating with a web browser.

This diagram shows the various communication paths between processes running in the vCenter Server and processes running in the browser. — Figure 1. vCenter Server and Web Browser Communicatiions

In a linked mode configuration, the vsphere-ui service handles delegation of requests to the linked vCenter Server instances, using the same protocols that it uses when communicating with its own services..