Create Users in VMware vCenter, VMware NSX-T, and GigaVUE‑FM

For VMware NSX-T and GigaVUE‑FM to communicate, you need to create a user in VMware NSX-T Manager, VMware vCenter, and GigaVUE‑FM.

Note:  GigaVUE‑FM connects to NSX-T Manager that supports TLSv1.0, TLSv1.1, and TLSv1.2.

Refer to the following topics for instructions on how to create users:

Create User in VMware vCenter

For GigaVUE‑FM to communicate with vCenter, you need to create a user with the minimum required privileges in VMware vCenter.

For details, refer to Required VMware Virtual Center Privilege.

Create User in NSX-T manager

For GigaVUE‑FM to communicate with NSX-T, you need to create a user with the minimum required role in NSX-T manager.

To create a user in VMware NSX-T,

  1. In NSX-T, navigate to System > Settings > User Management and select the User Role Assignment tab.
  2. On the User Role Assignment tab, select ADD.
  3. Select the Roles based on the GigaVUE V Series Node deployment type as mentioned in Required Roles in VMware NSX-T
  4. Select Save

A GigaVUE‑FM user is created in NSX-T.

Create user in GigaVUE‑FM

For VMware NSX-T Manager to communicate with GigaVUE‑FM, you need to create a user admin role in GigaVUE‑FM.

For details, refer to Add Users.

Tips: You can follow these tips to easily identify the user created for VMware NSX-T.

  • In the Name field, enter the name of the call back user. For example, you can use NSX-T Manager Callback as the user name to help you associate this user with the NSX-T Manager.
  • In the Username field, enter a username for the user. For example, you can use nsxv to help you remember that the user is associated with NSX-T.

The username and password created for vCenter, NSX-T Manager, and GigaVUE-FM in this section is used when creating Monitoring Domain in GigaVUE-FM. For details, refer to Create Monitoring Domain for VMware NSX-T.