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V-256347

CAT III (Low)

The vCenter Server must disable the distributed virtual switch health check.

Rule ID

SV-256347r885652_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R3

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

Network health check is disabled by default. Once enabled, the health check packets contain information on host#, vds#, and port#, which an attacker would find useful. It is recommended that network health check be used for troubleshooting and turned off when troubleshooting is finished.

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If distributed switches are not used, this is not applicable.

From the vSphere Client, go to "Networking".

Select a distributed switch >> Configure >> Settings >> Health Check.

View the health check pane and verify the "VLAN and MTU" and "Teaming and failover" checks are "Disabled".

or

From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the vCenter server, run the following commands:

$vds = Get-VDSwitch
$vds.ExtensionData.Config.HealthCheckConfig

If the health check feature is enabled on distributed switches and is not on temporarily for troubleshooting purposes, this is a finding.

Fix Text

From the vSphere Client, go to "Networking".

Select a distributed switch >> Configure >> Settings >> Health Check.

Click "Edit".

Disable the "VLAN and MTU" and "Teaming and failover" checks.

Click "OK".

or

From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the vCenter server, run the following command:

Get-View -ViewType DistributedVirtualSwitch | ?{($_.config.HealthCheckConfig | ?{$_.enable -notmatch "False"})}| %{$_.UpdateDVSHealthCheckConfig(@((New-Object Vmware.Vim.VMwareDVSVlanMtuHealthCheckConfig -property @{enable=0}),(New-Object Vmware.Vim.VMwareDVSTeamingHealthCheckConfig -property @{enable=0})))}