VMware ESXi System Requirements

Refer to the GigaVUE-VM Release Notes for the hardware requirements on which VMware ESXi runs GigaVUE-VM.

To support internationalized characters in the VMware vCenter environment ensure that the vCenter character encoding is set to UTF-8.

Note:  TCP port 443 must be open from the GigaVUE‑FM instance to host in the vCenter and upload the OVA image files.

Privileges Required for VMware Virtual Center

Some minimum privileges are required for the GigaVUE‑FM user in the Virtual Center. You can assign privileges to Virtual Center users by selecting Administration > Access Control > Roles, and then use the Edit Role dialog box in vCenter. Roles should be applied at the vSphere Virtual Center level and not the DataCenter or Host levels.

The following table lists the minimum required permissions for GigaVUE‑FM to manage the virtual center.

Category	Required Privilege	Purpose
Host	Configuration ■   Network Configuration	VSS Map
	Inventory ■   Modify Cluster	Pin GigaVUE-VM to the host in cluster configurations. This prevents automatic migration.
Datastore	■   Allocate space	GigaVUE-VM Deployment
Distributed Switch	■   VSPAN Operation	VDS Map
Network	■   Assign network	GigaVUE-VM Deployment/VSS Map
Resource	■   Assign virtual machine to resource pool	GigaVUE-VM Deployment
vApp	■   Import ■   vApp instance configuration	GigaVUE-VM Deployment
Virtual machine	Configuration ■   Add new disk ■   Modify device settings	GigaVUE-VM Deployment GigaVUE-VM Deployment/VSS Map
	Interaction ■   Device connection ■   Power on ■   Power Off	GigaVUE-VM Deployment GigaVUE-VM Deployment GigaVUE-VM Deployment
	Inventory ■   Create from existing ■   Remove	GigaVUE-VM Deployment GigaVUE-VM Deployment
	Provisioning ■   Clone virtual machine	GigaVUE-VM Deployment