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Severity

Version

V1 · R2

CurrentPublished Fri Jul 22 2016

Undocumented VLANs are configured on ESX Server in VST mode.

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Undocumented VLANs are configured on ESX Server in VST mode.

Description

Discussion Text

When defining a physical switch port for trunk mode, care must be taken to ensure only specified VLANs are configured. It is considered best practice to restrict only those VLANs required on the VLAN trunk link.

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Objective

V-15822

Rule

SV-16761r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

ESX0310

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

1. Request from the IAO/SA the documentation that details the VLANs configured on the  physical switch port to the ESX Server.  
2. Request a copy of the external switch port configurations to verify the documented VLANs  match the configured VLANs. 
If there are undocumented VLANs configured on the external switch ports, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Document all trunk VLANs between ESX Server and external switches.

STIG check 93 of 630 in the VMware ESX 3 Server STIG checklist

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