Perform Initial Configuration

Before powering on GigaVUE-FM, you can optionally perform the following:

• Add Additional vNIC
• Increase the Memory
• Add vCPUs

Add Additional vNIC

Gigamon allows you to configure GigaVUE-FM with two network interfaces—eth0 and eth1. The network interface eth0 can be configured to connect to a network used to manage Gigamon devices. The other network interface eth1 can be configured to connect to a network hosting different servers like SMTP server, Archive server, and so on.

To add an additional vNIC:

1.   Right-click the GigaVUE-FM instance and select Edit Settings... Refer to Figure 162: vSphere Client: Edit Settings.

Figure 162: vSphere Client: Edit Settings

2. In the Hardware tab, click Add.
3. In the Add Hardware dialog box, select Ethernet Adapter and then click Next. Refer to Figure 163: vSphere Client: Selecting Ethernet Adapter.

Figure 163: vSphere Client: Selecting Ethernet Adapter

4. In the Adapter Type drop-down list, select an appropriate adapter type. Refer to Figure 164: vSphere Client: Selecting Device Type.

Figure 164: vSphere Client: Selecting Device Type

5. In the Named network with specified label drop-down list, select an appropriate network and click Next.

The Network adapter 2 is added to GigaVUE-FM.

Increase the Memory

Based on the requirement, you can increase the memory of the GigaVUE-FM instance.

To increase the memory:

1.   Right-click the GigaVUE-FM instance and select Edit Settings... Refer to Figure 165: vSphere Client: Edit Settings.

Figure 165: vSphere Client: Edit Settings

2. In the Hardware tab, select Memory.
3. In Memory Configuration, increase the size of the memory as per your requirement. Refer to the recommended size for your guest OS in the dialog box. Refer to Figure 166: vSphere Client: Increasing Memory.

Figure 166: vSphere Client: Increasing Memory

4. Click OK.

Add vCPUs

Based on the requirement, you can add additional vCPUs to the GigaVUE-FM instance.

1.   Right-click the GigaVUE-FM instance and select Edit Settings...
2. In the Hardware tab, select CPUs. Refer to Figure 167: vSphere Client: Adding vCPUs.

Figure 167: vSphere Client: Adding vCPUs

3. In the Number of virtual sockets field, enter the appropriate number of sockets.
4. In the Number of cores per socket field, enter the appropriate number of cores per socket.
5. Click OK.

Following are the steps to perform the initial configuration of GigaVUE-FM after installing on VMware ESXi:

1.   Log in to vCenter in the vSphere Client.
2. Ensure that the UTC time for GigaVUE-FM is configured correctly. Refer to the vSphere documentation for instructions on how to set the time.
3. If you checked the Power on after deployment box at the end of the GigaVUE-FM deployment in the previous procedure, then the GigaVUE-FM instance starts automatically in vSphere Client.

If you did not check the box, you can power GigaVUE-FM on now by right-clicking the GigaVUE-FM instance (refer to Figure 168: GigaVUE-FM in vSphere Client) in the vSphere Client by selecting Power, and then Power On.

A GigaVUE-FM console displays a login prompt.

 

Figure 168: GigaVUE-FM in vSphere Client

1Log in as admin with password admin123A!

For a new installation of GigaVUE-FM, a password is required.

 

Figure 169: Jump Start Configuration Starts Automatically

2The jump start configuration for GigaVUE-FM starts automatically.

 

Figure 170: Jumpstart Wizard for GigaVUE-FM

4. Provide a unique hostname for GigaVUE-FM. Note that the hostname may contain letters, numbers, periods (.), and hyphens (-), but may not begin with a hyphen. No other special characters are permitted. The hostname will display as part of the command line prompt after configuration jump-start completes.
5. To enable DHCP on eth0 interface, type yes and press enter.
6. Enter the primary IP address and the mask length, and then press enter.
7. Enter the default gateway and press enter.
8. Enter the primary DNS server address and press enter. Refer to Figure 171: Jump-Start Wizard for Network Interface Configuration.

Figure 171: Jump-Start Wizard for Network Interface Configuration

9. (optional) To enable DHCP on eth1 interface, type yes and press enter. Follow steps 7 to 10 to enable DHCP on eth1 interface.
10. Provide an appropriate password for your environment. (Type a password and press Enter, or just press Enter to leave the password unchanged.)

Note:  GigaVUE-FM requires a password.

11. For configuration options:
a. Additional Domain Name Server IP Addresses? - the address of any additional name servers required. These must be provided as a set of IP addresses with spaces as shown in the Figure 172: Jumpstart Wizard for Additional Domain Name Server IP Addresses.
b. Additional DNS Domains? - Multiple DNS domains can be defined in the jump start configuration with spaces in between as shown in Figure 172: Jumpstart Wizard for Additional Domain Name Server IP Addresses.
c. Enable NTP? [no] - the default is set to “yes”, the following options are available:

NTP Server IP Address? - enter the NTP server address

NTP Server Version? - enter the NTP version number of the NTP server

 

Figure 172: Jumpstart Wizard for Additional Domain Name Server IP Addresses

3The console displays the summary of the chosen selections with instructions on how to make changes, as needed.

 

Figure 173: Summary of the Selections from Jumpstart Menu

4Press Enter to save your choices and exit the wizard.

The initial configuration is saved and GigaVUE-FM is up and running. GigaVUE-FM is now accessible using a web browser, using IP address specified in the jumpstart steps. Also the first time GigaVUE-FM starts, a EULA is presented. Accept the EULA to continue and see a dashboard similar to the one shown in Figure 174: Instance of GigaVUE-FM from Web Client.

 

Figure 174: Instance of GigaVUE-FM from Web Client