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The vCenter Server must disable or restrict the connectivity between vSAN Health Check and public Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) by use of an external proxy server.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-258948 VCSA-80-000281 SV-258948r961863_rule Medium
Description
The vSAN Health Check is able to download the HCL from VMware to check compliance against the underlying vSAN Cluster hosts. To ensure the vCenter server is not directly downloading content from the internet, this functionality must be disabled. If this feature is necessary, an external proxy server must be configured.
STIG Date
VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Security Technical Implementation Guide 2024-07-11

Details

Check Text ( C-62688r934500_chk )
If no clusters are enabled for vSAN, this is not applicable.

From the vSphere Client, go to Host and Clusters.

Select the vCenter Server >> Configure >> vSAN >> Internet Connectivity.

If the HCL internet download is not required, verify "Status" is "Disabled".

If the "Status" is "Enabled", this is a finding.

If the HCL internet download is required, verify "Status" is "Enabled" and a proxy host is configured.

If "Status" is "Enabled" and a proxy is not configured, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-62597r934501_fix)
From the vSphere Client, go to Host and Clusters.

Select the vCenter Server >> Configure >> vSAN >> Internet Connectivity.

Click "Edit".

If the HCL internet download is not required, ensure that "Status" is "Disabled".

If the HCL internet download is required, ensure that "Status" is "Enabled" and that a proxy host is appropriately configured.