Step 2: Deploy V Series nodes on VMware ESXi

This chapter describes how to create a monitoring domain for deploying V Series node in VMware ESXi hosts. You must establish a connection between GigaVUE-FM and your vCenter environment before you can perform the configuration steps for V Series node. After a connection is established, GigaVUE-FM launches the configuration for the V Series node.

Refer to the following sections for details:

Connect to VMware vCenter

To configure VMware vCenter in GigaVUE-FM:

  1. In GigaVUE-FM, on the top navigation bar, select Cloud.
  2. On the left navigation pane, select VMware > Monitoring Domain. The Monitoring Domain page appears.
  3. On the Monitoring Domain page, click New. The VMware Configuration page appears.

  4. In the VMware Configuration page, enter or select the following details:

    Field

    Description
    Monitoring Domain Name of the monitoring domain
    Connection Alias Name of the connection
    Virtual Center IP address of the vCenter
    Username Username of the vCenter user with admin role privilege
    Password vCenter Password used to connect to the vCenter
    Setup NSX-T Enable to Setup NSX-T and the fields of NSX-T appears.
  5. Click Save. The VMware Fabric Launch Configuration page appears.

VMware Fabric Launch Configuration

  1. After VMware Configuration in GigaVUE-FM, you are navigated to the VMware Fabric Launch Configuration page.

  2. On the VMware Fabric Launch Configuration page, enter or select the required information for the fields.

    Field

    Description

    DatacentervCenter Data Center with the ESXi hosts to be provisioned with V Series nodes

    Cluster

    		Cluster where you want to deploy V Series nodes

    Hosts

    		ESXi hosts for V Series deployment
    V Series Node Image

    Web Server URL of the directory where V Series node ova files are available.

    Note:  Before VMware Configuration, the V Series ova files must be extracted as OVF files and placed in the same directory.

    Form FactorInstance size of the V Series node. Refer Prerequisites for Integrating V Series Nodes with ESXi for more information.
  3. Click Deploy. Once the V series node is deployed in vCenter, it appears in the Monitoring Domain page under fabric tab of the selected Monitoring Domain.