Hi brentonv,
I've used v7.1.3 (fresh install and updated to) with VMware-server-1.0.2-39867.i386.rpm and smeserver-vmware-server-0.0.1-4.el4.sme.noarch.rpm.
The link to the latter file seems to have disappeared, but as stuntshell points out you'll find it in:
http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/7.1/smedev/i386/RPMS/
What port 902 concerns, it's also a bit of a mistery to me. I've installed VMware-server more than a couple times on several distros and sometimes when you invoke vmware-config.pl the script reports that port 902 is already in use, but presents you with an alternate i.e. port 903 or 904.
If you don't pick that up and later try to connect with the console from another computer using port 902 it will give:
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it
Why it reports that port 902 is in use i have no idea. But important is that you follow the script and see what it tells you.
Thats what the VMware Server Console concerns.
The other problem I pointed out concerns the Web Management Console, which you use with a standard web browser as:
http://serveraddress:8222
For that you need to install:
VMware-mui-1.0.2-39867.tar.gz
When I rebooted the server, the web management console didn't start anymore. The solution that I found was to create a symbolic link so it would start on the next reboot:
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd.vmware /etc/rc7.d/S19httpd.vmware
Hopes this takes a bit of the confusion away