Step 1: Create Users in VMware vCenter and GigaVUE-FM

For VMware NSX-V and GigaVUE-FM to communicate, a Gigamon-FM user must be created in VMware and an NSX-V user must be created in Gigamon-FM. Also, a GigaVUE-FM user must be created in VMware vCenter for GigaVUE-FM to perform vCenter inventory functions. For VMware NSX-V and GigaVUE FM to communicate, users with the proper permissions must be created in both GigaVUE-FM and VMware NSX-V.

Note:  GigaVUE-FM connects to NSX-V Manager that supports TLSv1.0, TLSv1.1, and TLSv1.2.

This section provides the steps for creating an GigaVUE-FM user in vCenter and creating an NSX-V callback user in GigaVUE-FM.

Create GigaVUE-FM User in NSX-V vCenter

For GigaVUE-FM to communicate with VMware NSX-V, you must first create a user with an NSX-V Administrator role in vCenter. This user will be a GigaVUE-FM user that VMware NSX-V uses to communicate with GigaVUE-FM.

To add an NSX-V Administrator role for a user, do the following:

1.   Create a user in vCenter using the standard procedure for creating vCenter users.
2. To add the NSX-V Administrator role to the user from the vCenter Web Client, do the following:
a. Select Networking & Security.
Figure 1 VMware vSphere Home Page
b. Select Networking & Security Inventory > NSX-V managers.
Figure 2 Networking & Security Page
c. Select an NSX-V Manager.
Figure 3 NSX-V Managers Page
d. Select Manage > Users > Add.
e. Specify the user created in step 1, for example, fm@vsphere.local, and then click Next.
f. Select the NSX-V Administrator role.
g. Click Finish.

Create VMware NSX-V user in GigaVUE-FM

For VMware NSX-V to be able to communicate with GigaVUE-FM, you need to create a callback user in GigaVUE-FM who has the admin role. To create the callback user, do the following:

1.   On the right side of the top navigation bar, Click .
2. On the left navigation pane, select Authentication > FM Users.
3. Click Add.
4. On the FM Users page, specify the following for the new user:
• In the Name field, enter the name of the call back user. For example, you can use NSX-V Manger Callback as the user name to help you associate this user with the NSX-V Manger.
• In the Username field, enter a username for the user. For example, you can use nsxv to help you remember that this user is associated with NSX-V.
• In the Password field, enter the password for the user specified in the Name and Username fields.
• In the Role field, enter the user’s role. Enter fm_admin in this field.

The FM Users NSX-V page should look like the example shown in the following figure when you are done.

5. Click Save.