Esxi firewall rule "nsxSnicHostSHA" added to the esxi host
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Esxi firewall rule "nsxSnicHostSHA" added to the esxi host

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Article ID: 412568

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

  • Esxi firewall rule "nsxSnicHostSHA" gets detected in vulnerability scanning tool.

Environment

Vmware vSphere Esxi 8.0

Cause

  • ESXi firewall rule "nsxSnicHostSHA" was introduced on version 8.0 P05.
  • The rule gets enabled by NSX-T on the ESXi host even without a SmartNIC/DPU installed.

Resolution

The issue will be resolved in future NSX-T release.

Additional Information

The rule is to set up/open grpc connection between SmartNIC and host for monitoring and troubleshooting.

 

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