Configure GigaVUE Fabric Components in GigaVUE-FM

Establishing a connection between GigaVUE‑FM and your Prism environment is mandatory before you configure GigaVUE® V Series Node and GigaVUE V Series Proxy. After a connection is established, you can use GigaVUE‑FM to specify a launch configuration for the GigaVUE® V Series Nodes.

Nutanix Fabric Launch Configuration

GigaVUE‑FM launches the fabric images (GigaVUE V Series Proxy and GigaVUE® V Series Node) based on the configuration available in the Nutanix Fabric Launch Configuration page.

GigaVUE V Series Proxy manages multiple GigaVUE® V Series Node and orchestrates the flow of traffic from GigaVUE V Series Nodes to the monitoring tools.

To configure the Nutanix Fabric Images in GigaVUE‑FM,

  1. Create a Monitoring Domainin GigaVUE‑FM.

    The Nutanix Fabric Launch Configuration page appears.

  2. On the Nutanix Fabric Launch Configuration page, enter or select the following information.

    Field

    Description

    Cluster

    Select the cluster to deploy the GigaVUE V Series Proxy and GigaVUE V Series Node.

    Enable Custom Certificates

    Enable this option to validate the custom certificate during SSL Communication. GigaVUE‑FM validates the Custom certificate with the trust store. If the certificate is not available in Trust Store, communication does not happen, and a handshake error occurs.

    Note:  If the certificate expires after the successful deployment of the fabric components, then the fabric components moves to failed state.

    Certificate

    Select the custom certificate from the drop-down menu. You can also upload the custom certificate for GigaVUE V Series Nodes, GigaVUE V Series Proxy, and UCT-V Controllers.
    Configure a V Series Proxy (Optional) Select this option to configure a V Series Proxy.
    GigaVUE® V Series Node
    • Hosts: Select a node or multiple nodes from the selected Cluster.
    • Version: Select a GigaVUE® V Series Node image file. Refer to Upload Fabric Images for more information.
    • Manangement Subnet: The subnets registered in Prism Central are listed. Select a management subnet as specified in the Prerequisites (Nutanix).
    • Data Subnets: Select the subnet(s) based on the required VMs and vNICs. Click Add Subnet to add additional Subnets.
    • Memory Size (GB): Enter the memory size of the vCPU(s)
    • Disk Size (GB): Enter the image size of the GigaVUE® V Series Node.
    • Number of vCPUs: Enter the number of vCPUs required.
    • Cloud-init User Data (Optional): Enter cloud-init user data (YAML, JSON, or Shell script)

    Note:  GigaVUE V Series Nodes do not support assigning a Static IP address. You must enable DHCP for the management subnet and tunnel subnet.

  3. Perform one of the following:
    • Select Save & Configure Next Cluster to configure the next Cluster.
    • Select Save & Exit to initiate the deployment of the selected fabric images.

You can view the status of the deployment on the Tasks page of Prism Central.

To view the fabric launch configuration specification of a fabric component, select a V Series node. A quick view of the Fabric Launch Configuration appears on the Monitoring Domain page.