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1.21 VMCH-80-000210

Information

Virtual machines (VMs) must remove unneeded CD/DVD devices.

GROUP ID: V-258723RULE ID: SV-258723r959010

Ensure no device is connected to a virtual machine if it is not required. For example, floppy, serial, and parallel ports are rarely used for virtual machines in a data center environment, and CD/DVD drives are usually connected only temporarily during software installation.

Solution

For each virtual machine do the following:

From the vSphere Client, right-click the Virtual Machine and go to "Edit Settings".

Select the CD/DVD drive and uncheck "Connected" and "Connect at power on" and remove any attached ISOs.

or

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

Get-VM "VM Name" | Get-CDDrive | Set-CDDrive -NoMedia

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23620

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|III, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-258723r959010_rule, STIG-ID|VMCH-80-000210, Vuln-ID|V-258723

Plugin: VMware

Control ID: d7baf5da9220f4c2da3415b9ae3687a7aff975796d48d803f874513b2714b4d6