Operational posture: download vs. prebuilt artifact
Since the witness is usually at a different physical location, you will likely need to configure static routes on your ESXi hosts to allow the vSAN traffic VMkernel ports to reach the witness VMkernel port across different subnets. High-Level Deployment Workflow download vsan witness appliance
A: Yes, but it requires a dedicated physical server and consumes a vSphere license. The virtual Witness Appliance is the preferred method for most environments due to cost and simplicity. Operational posture: download vs