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VMCH-06-000028 - The system must disconnect unauthorized floppy devices.

Information

Ensure that 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 datacenter environment, and CD/DVD drives are usually connected only temporarily during software installation.

Solution

The VM must be powered off in order to remove a floppy drive.

From the vSphere Client select the Virtual Machine right click and go to Edit Settings. Select the floppy drive and click remove then OK.

or

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

Get-VM 'VM Name' | Get-FloppyDrive | Remove-FloppyDrive

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMware_vSphere_6-0_Virtual_Machine_V1R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Group-ID|V-64093, Rule-ID|SV-78583r1_rule, STIG-ID|VMCH-06-000028, Vuln-ID|V-64093

Plugin: VMware

Control ID: 5c4c8881c62db41f0afda2b17a5025973eda606f61716cfdc9b201199ad2237a