Supportability
This section details the supported versions and hardware requirements for deployment.
Supported Versions
GigaVUE-FM Copilot is available in version 6.12.01 of GigaVUE‑FM and subsequent release. It references documentation from versions 6.12 and above.
Supported Platforms
GigaVUE-FM Copilot supports the following platforms:
| VMware ESXi |
| AWS |
VMware ESXi Hardware Requirements
The following table describes the hardware requirements for VMware ESXi to run GigaVUE-FM Copilot.
|
VMware Hypervisor |
vSphere ESXi: v8.xx and above. Refer to Supported Hypervisors for VMware for more detailed information. |
|
CPU |
4 vCPUs |
|
RAM |
32GB |
|
Disk Space |
250GB shared (FC, iSCSI, NFS, or FCoE) or locally attached storage (PATA, SATA, SCSI) |
|
Network |
At least one 1Gb NIC |
|
GPU |
GPU with pass though mode is required and minimum one Nvidia L40S GPU is required. |
Open Ports Access Requirements
Note: To ensure the GigaVUE-FM Copilot feature functions correctly, you must establish network connectivity between GigaVUE‑FM and GigaVUE-FM Copilot by opening the required firewall ports listed below.
The following table describes the open ports access requirements.
| Direction |
Protocol |
Port Number |
Service |
Source CIDR |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Inbound |
TCP |
22 |
SSH |
Administrator Subnet |
Allows CLI access to user-initiated management and diagnostics. |
|
Inbound |
TCP |
443 |
HTTPS |
GigaVUE‑FM |
Allows GigaVUE-FM to reach GigaVUE-FM Copilot for configuration and health check. |
|
Outbound |
TCP |
443 |
HTTPS |
GigaVUE-FM Copilot |
Allows GigaVUE-FM Copilot to reach GigaVUE-FM only to provide contextual information for the queries. |
Unsupported Features
GigaVUE-FM Copilot does not currently support the following features:
| Configuration creation/modifications to GigaVUE‑FM or managed devices |
| Automated validation of GigaVUE‑FM configuration against documentation-based insights derived from a user query |
| Use of operational data sources such as audit logs, licensing data, GigaVUE‑FM system logs, device logs, and selected GigaVUE‑FM system or admin settings |
| Subscriber Intelligence, Flex Inline, Tunnel Unification, Map templates, Map Rules, UCT-C configurations, Fabric Health Analytics (FHA), Fabric Maps, Certificates functionalities or features are not supported. |
| For Application Intelligence traffic related questions, only configuration and health queries for Application Intelligence are supported. |
