Deploy GigaVUE V Series Nodes using VMware NSX-T Manager

You can deploy your GigaVUE V Series Nodes using VMware NSX-T Manager. The GigaVUE V Series Nodes register themselves with GigaVUE‑FM using the information provided by the user in the NSX-T Manager. When the nodes are registered with GigaVUE‑FM, you can configure Monitoring Session and related services in GigaVUE‑FM.

Refer to the following sections for details:

Getting Started

To register your GigaVUE V Series Nodes using VMware NSX-T Manager,

  1. In GigaVUE-FM, create a Monitoring Domain.
    For details, refer to Create Monitoring Domain for VMware NSX-T.
  2. In the VMware Configuration page, select No for the Use FM to Launch Fabric field.


    Note:  When creating the Monitoring Domain for deploying GigaVUE V Series Nodes, you can use the VMware NSX-T username and password with at least the NETX Partner Admin role assigned to it.

    After creating a Monitoring Domain, use a VMware NSX-T user account to deploy the GigaVUE V Series Nodes with at least the NETX Partner Admin role assigned. When creating multiple domains with the same NSX-T Manager, GigaVUE‑FM assigns a unique service name to every Monitoring Domain.

    You can view these names on the Monitoring Domain page.

Deploying GigaVUE V Series Nodes in VMware NSX-T Manager

To deploy the node,

  1. In VMware NSX-T Manager, go to the Service Deployment page and select Deployment.
  2. From the Partner Service drop-down, select the service name corresponding to your Monitoring Domain.
    For detailed information, refer to Deploy a Partner Service topic in the VMware documentation.
  3. Select the Deployment template and Deployment Specification, and click Configure Attributes.
  4. In the Configure Attributes page, enter the
    • Service VM Host Name
    • Admin user password
    • (Optional) SSL Private Key and the SSL Certificate to use a custom certificate.

For details, refer to the Secure Communication topic.

After deployment,

  • NSX-T Manager displays the runtime status of node as UP.

  • GigaVUE‑FM updates the node status to Launching. After successful registration, the status changes to OK.

  • The deployed node appears on the Monitoring Domain page in GigaVUE‑FM.

Note:  VMware NSX-T automatically generates the V Series Node name. Do not rename the node in vCenter.

Compatibility and Limitations

  • All GigaVUE V Series Nodes in a Monitoring Domain must run the same version. GigaVUE‑FM does not support mixed versions.

  • IPv6 is not supported for the gateway of the tunnel interface when deploying nodes through NSX-T Manager.

  • Avoid renaming or manually managing the V Series Node from vCenter to prevent deployment issues.

Delete GigaVUE V Series Nodes and Monitoring Domain

Note:  When you deploy V Series nodes using VMware NSX-T manager, GigaVUE‑FM disables the Delete button for those nodes. You must first remove the Service Deployment in NSX-T Manager.

To delete a GigaVUE V Series Node deployed using VMware NSX-T Manager,

  1. In NSX-T Manager, delete the associated Policy and Service Chain.

  2. In GigaVUE‑FM, delete the related Monitoring Session.

  3. In NSX-T Manager, delete the V Series Node.
    GigaVUE‑FM automatically unregisters it from the Monitoring Domain.

  4. In GigaVUE‑FM, delete the Monitoring Domain.