Configure Port Groups/Port-Profiles

GigaVUE-VM nodes use Port Groups (vSphere Standard Switch and vSphere Distributed Switch) for management, network, and tunneling traffic, as follows:

  • One port group/port-profile for management communications with the GigaVUE-VM node.
  • One port group/port-profile for network monitoring of traffic crossing the virtual switch.
  • One port group/port-profile for the starting point of the GigaSMART tunnel used to forward virtual network traffic to the Gigamon Visibility Fabric nodes.

Before deploying GigaVUE-VM in a vSphere environment that uses the native standard switch implementation, you need to use the vSphere Client to configure port groups for management, tunneling, and network traffic. You select these port groups during deployment of the GigaVUE-VM node, so they must be configured before deploying the OVA file.

Note:  It is important that the port group assigned to the GVM network ports are not uplinked.

The following table shows the GigaVUE-VM traffic and corresponding virtual switches used for port group/port-profile creation. Yes indicates that you can create a port group/port-profile for the GigaVUE-VM traffic, while No indicates no action is required.

GigaVUE-VM

vSS vDS

Management

Yes

Yes

Tunnel

Yes

Yes

Network

No

Yes

Refer to the following sections for information on setting up Port Groups/Port-Profiles:

■   Configure Port Group/Port-Profile for GigaVUE-VM Management
■   Configure Port Group/Port-Profile for GigaVUE-VM Tunnel
■   Configure Port Group/Port-Profile for GigaVUE-VM Network

Configure Port Group/Port-Profile for GigaVUE-VM Management

You can configure a port group/port-profile for GigaVUE-VM Management traffic using:

■   vSphere Standard Switch
■   vSphere Distributed Switch

In general, the Management port group must be connected to a dedicated out-of-band network to ensure access. See Best Practices for vSphere Integration.

For convenience, it is suggested that you use, PG_GVM_Management for the Management port group name to help you deploy multiple nodes using the GigaVUE-VM Bulk Deploy feature.

Configure Port Group/Port-Profile for GigaVUE-VM Tunnel

You can configure a port group/port-profile for GigaVUE-VM Tunnel traffic using:

■   vSphere Standard Switch
■   vSphere Distributed Switch

In general, for optimal performance, you must maintain the IP interface on a dedicated VMNIC rather than sharing the same VMNIC as the Management or Network Ports. See Best Practices for vSphere Integration.

For convenience, it is suggested that you use, dvPG_GVM_Tunnel for the Tunnel port group name to help you deploy multiple nodes using the GigaVUE-VM Bulk Deploy feature.

Configure Port Group/Port-Profile for GigaVUE-VM Network

You can configure a port group/port-profile for GigaVUE-VM Network traffic using vSphere Distributed Switch