Minimum Compute Requirements
Requirements for V Series 2
In OpenStack, flavors set the vCPU, memory, and storage requirements for an image. Gigamon recommends that you create a flavor on your choice that matches or exceeds the minimum recommended requirements listed in the following table.
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Compute Instances |
vCPU |
Memory |
Disk Space |
Description |
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G-vTAP Agent |
2 vCPU |
4GB |
N/A |
Available as rpm or debian package. Instances can have a single vNIC or dual vNICs configured for monitoring the traffic. |
|
G-vTAP Controller |
1 vCPU |
4GB |
8GB |
Based on the number of agents being monitored, multiple controllers will be required to scale out horizontally. |
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V Series Node |
2 vCPU |
3.75GB |
20GB |
NIC 1: Monitored Network IP; Can be used as Tunnel IP NIC 2: Tunnel IP (optional) NIC 3: Management IP |
|
V Series Proxy |
1 vCPU |
4GB |
8GB |
Based on the number of GigaVUE V Series nodes being monitored, multiple controllers will be required to scale out horizontally |
|
GigaVUE‑FM |
4 vCPU |
8GB |
40GB |
GigaVUE‑FM must be able to access the controller instance for relaying the commands. Use a flavor with a root disk of minimum 40GB and an ephemeral disk of minimum 41GB. |
The instance size of the V Series is configured and packaged as part of the qcow2 image file.
Requirements for V Series 1
In OpenStack, flavors set the vCPU, memory, and storage requirements for an image. Gigamon recommends that you create a flavor that matches or exceeds the minimum recommended requirements listed in the following table.
|
Compute Instances |
vCPU |
Memory |
Disk Space |
Description |
|
G-vTAP Agent |
2 vCPU |
4GB |
N/A |
Available as rpm or debian package. Instances can have a single vNIC or dual vNICs configured for monitoring the traffic. |
|
G-vTAP OVS Agent |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Available as rpm or debian package. |
|
G-vTAP Controller |
1 vCPU |
4GB |
8GB |
Based on the number of agents being monitored, multiple controllers will be required to scale out horizontally. |
|
V Series Node |
2 vCPU |
3.75GB |
20GB |
NIC 1: Monitored Network IP; Can be used as Tunnel IP NIC 2: Tunnel IP (optional) NIC 3: Management IP |
|
V Series Controller |
1 vCPU |
4GB |
8GB |
Based on the number of GigaVUE V Series nodes being monitored, multiple controllers will be required to scale out horizontally |
|
GigaVUE‑FM |
2 vCPU |
16GB |
2x 40GB |
GigaVUE‑FM must be able to access the controller instance for relaying the commands. Use a flavor with a root disk and an ephemeral disk each of minimum 40GB. |
