Before You Install

This section describes the hardware requirements and the limitations for installing GigaVUE‑FM in a KVM environment. Before you begin, ensure that the GigaVUE‑FM time is set correctly to ensure accuracy of the trending data that is captured.

Limitations

You can install GigaVUE‑FM in a KVM environment, but you cannot access GigaVUE‑FM through CLI in a KVM environment using SSH. In KVM, you can only access the GigaVUE‑FM CLI using the VNC console.

System Requirements

This section describes the hardware and virtual computing requirements for  GigaVUE‑FM.

Linux Server Hardware Requirements

The following table describes the minimum requirements for the hardware on which KVM runs GigaVUE‑FM.

 

Minimum Hardware Requirements

Hypervisor

KVM

Supported (tested on previous versions of GigaVUE‑FM)

■   v2.0.0

CPU

One or more 64-bit x86 CPUs with virtualization assist (Intel-VT or AMD-V) enabled.

Note: To run GigaVUE‑FM, hardware support for virtualization must be enabled. Make sure that the BIOS option for virtualization support is not disabled. For more information, see your BIOS documentation.

RAM

At least 16GB.

Disk Space

At least 84GB shared (FC, iSCSI, NFS, or FCoE) or locally attached storage (PATA, SATA, SCSI).

Note:  Increase the disk space depending on the configuration load requirements for the given GigaVUE-FM instance.

Network

At least one 1Gb NIC.

The following table lists the virtual computing resources that the Linux Server must provide for each GigaVUE‑FM instance.

Minimum Virtual Computing Requirements

Memory

Minimum 8GB memory

Virtual CPU

2 vCPU

Virtual Storage for Guest

84GB

System Disk - 40GB
Swap Disk - 4GB
Data Disk - 40GB

Virtual Network Interfaces

One vNIC