vSphere Plugin: Local vSphere Client Plugin Network Requirements (Legacy)

• If a proxy is required to route to an external network, Pure1 connectivity is not supported with the Local Plugin (Plugin versions 4.5.2 and lower).

• No network access is required from ESXi

Authentication of the plugin with Pure1 is recommended but not required. Authenticating Pure1 with the vSphere plugin allow for further insights and provisioning assistance, as well as mass-FlashArray authentication and, likely, in the future more features. So for these reasons, authentication is recommended.