Configure GigaVUE V Series Nodes for VMware NSX-T

This section provides step-by-step information on how to deploy GigaVUE V Series Nodes.

GigaVUE V Series Nodes can be deployed on VMware NSX-T in two ways. You can either directly use VMware NSX-T manager to deploy your V Series nodes or use GigaVUE-FM to deploy your V Series nodes.

Refer to the following section for more detailed information:

Deploy GigaVUE V Series Nodes using GigaVUE-FM

After establishing a connection between GigaVUE‑FM and VMware NSX-T, GigaVUE-FM launches the configuration for the GigaVUE V Series Node.

Refer to the following sections for details:

Deploy GigaVUE V Series Node from GigaVUE‑FM

  1. In the VMware NSX-T Fabric Deployment page, enter or select the following details.

  2. Field

    Description

    Deployment Name

    		Name of the deployment (NSX-T service deployment)
    Datacenter vCenter Data Center with the NSX-T hosts to be provisioned with V Series nodes

    Cluster

    		Cluster where you want to deploy V Series nodes

    Datastore

    		Network datastore shared among all NSX-T hosts.
    Management
    Network Management network for V Series nodes
    IP Type Select the management network IP type as Static or DHCP

    Tunnel Network

    Network Tunnel Network for the V Series nodes
    IP Type Select the tunnel network IP address type as Static or DHCP
    Gateway IP Gateway IP address of the Tunnel Network
    Netmask Length Tunnel network's subnet mask value in CIDR format. Eg. 21 for /21

    User Password: (gigamon)

    		SSH Password for the built-in user, 'gigamon' on the V Series node

    Confirm Password

    		Confirm the SSH Password of the V Series node
    Form Factor Instance size of the V Series node. (eg: Small, Medium or Large)

    Service Attachment

    		Service segment created on NSX-T

    Deployment Type

    Type of V series node deployment. It can be either Clustered or Host-Based deployment type.

    Note:  Select the deployment type as Clustered if you wish to increase or decrease the number of nodes in a cluster using GigaVUE‑FM. Refer Increase or Decrease GigaVUE V Series Nodes using GigaVUE‑FM for more detailed information.

    Deployment Count (for Clustered deployment type)

    		 Number of GigaVUE V Series Nodes (Service Instances) to deploy
  3. Click Deploy. After the V series node is deployed in vCenter, it appears on the Monitoring Domain page under the deployment name of the selected Monitoring Domain. You can select a specific service deployment by clicking on the deployment name on the Monitoring Domain page.

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

Increase or Decrease GigaVUE V Series Nodes using GigaVUE‑FM

Note:  Increasing or Decreasing the number of nodes in a cluster is only applicable when using Clustered based deployment.

You can add more nodes or remove nodes from an existing monitoring domain using GigaVUE‑FM.

Add V Series Nodes to Existing Monitoring Domain

To increase the number of V Series Node in an existing monitoring domain follow the steps given below:

  1. On the Monitoring domain page, select the monitoring domain to which you wish to add more V Series Nodes.
  2. Click on the Actions button and select Deploy Fabric.
  3. The VMware Fabric Deployment page opens. Enter the details as mentioned in Deploy GigaVUE V Series Node from GigaVUE‑FM 
    • The Deployment type must be Clustered to have multiple deployment on the same cluster.
    • A cluster can have only one Host Based Deployment, however there can be multiple clustered deployment on the same cluster.
  4. Enter the number of V Series Nodes you wish to add in the Deployment Count column.
  5. Click Deploy.

    The newly added V Series Nodes will be displayed under the existing monitoring domain with the new Deployment Name.

Decrease V Series Nodes from Existing Monitoring Domain

To decrease the number of nodes in an existing monitoring domain follow the steps given below:

  1. On the Monitoring domain page, select the Deployment from which you wish to remove the V Series Nodes or select the entire monitoring domain to remove all the deployments from the monitoring domain.

    Note:  You can select the Deployment either by using the check-box on the left side or by clicking on the deployment name

  2. Click on the Actions button and select Delete Deployment.
  3. All the V Series Nodes under that deployment will be deleted.

    The number of V Series Nodes in the monitoring domain will be decreased by the number of nodes in the deployment that were deleted.

Example use-case for Increase or Decrease V Series Nodes using GigaVUE‑FM

This feature can be used in a scenario where you are migrating from GigaVUE-VM visibility solution to GigaVUE V Series visibility solution, you can simply add the V Series node to the existing monitoring domain instead of undeploying and redeploying the monitoring domain every time you wish to add more V Series nodes to the monitoring domain.

Deploy GigaVUE V Series Nodes using VMware NSX-T Manager

You can deploy your 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. Once the nodes are registered with GigaVUE-FM, you can configure monitoring sessions and related services in GigaVUE-FM.

Refer to the following sections for details:

Getting Started

To register your V Series Nodes using VMware NSX-T manager, follow the steps given below:

  1. Create a monitoring domain in GigaVUE-FM. Refer to Create Monitoring Domain for VMware NSX-T for detailed instructions.
  2. In the VMware Configuration page, select No for the Use FM to Launch Fabric field as you wish to deploy V Series Nodes using VMware NSX-T manager.



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

  3. After creating your monitoring domain, you can use VMware NSX-T manager to deploy your nodes.

Deploying GigaVUE V Series Nodes in VMware NSX-T Manager

  1. In the Service Deployment page of the VMware NSX-T manager, select Deployment. Then select GigaVUE Cloud Suite from the Partner Service drop-down. For detailed information, refer to Deploy a Partner Service topic in VMware Documentation.
  2. After selecting the Deployment template and Deployment Specification, click Configure Attributes. The Configure Attributes page appears.
  3. In the Configure Attributes page, enter the Service VM Host Name and Admin user password details. If you wish to use custom certificate for GigaVUE V Series Node, then enter the SSL Private Key and the SSL Certificate. For more details on Custom Certificate refer to Install Custom Certificate topic for more detailed information on Custom Certificates.
  4. Once the V Series Node is successfully deployed, the deployed node is registered with GigaVUE-FM after the run time status of the node is displayed as UP in VMware NSX-T manager.

The GigaVUE V Series Node deployed in your VMware NSX-T manager appears on the Monitoring Domain page of GigaVUE-FM. In GigaVUE-FM the Status of the node is displayed as Launching and once the node is successfully registered the Status is changed to Ok.

  • IPv6 address is not supported for gateway of the tunnel interface when nodes are deployed through the VMware NSX-T manager.
  • When you deploy nodes using VMware NSX-T manager, ensure all your V Series Nodes are of same version. GigaVUE-FM does not support V Series Nodes with different version in the Monitoring Domain.

Delete GigaVUE V Series Nodes and Monitoring Domain

Note:  When you deploy your V Series Nodes using VMware NSX-T manager, you cannot directly delete your V Series Node in GigaVUE-FM. In this case, the Delete button in GigaVUE-FM is disabled, so the Service Deployment in NSX-T Manager must be deleted first.

To delete a GigaVUE V Series node deployed using VMware NSX-T Manager, follow the steps given below:

  1. Delete the Policy and Service Chain in the VMware NSX-T manager.
  2. Then, delete the Monitoring Session in GigaVUE-FM.
  3. Delete the node in VMware NSX-T manager. Then, the node will be unregistered from the Monitoring Domain in GigaVUE-FM.
  4. Finally, delete the Monitoring Domain in GigaVUE-FM.

Increase or Decrease GigaVUE V Series Nodes using VMware NSX-T Manager

You can now add more nodes or remove nodes from an existing monitoring domain using VMware NSX-T Manager.

Add V Series Nodes to Existing Monitoring Domain

To increase the number of V Series Node in an existing monitoring domain using VMware NSX-T Manager follow the steps given below:

  1. On the Service Deployment page of the VMware NSX-T manager, select Deployment. This page lists the service deployments that are already deployed.
  2. Then, click Deploy Service button. For more details on how to deploy a service refer Deploy a Partner Service.
  3. Enter the same details as given for the service mapped to the existing monitoring domain in GigaVUE‑FM to which you wish to add more nodes.
  4. In the Clustered Deployment Count, enter the number of nodes you wish to add to the existing monitoring domain.
  5. Click Save.

Once the Service deployment is successful and the nodes are deployed, you can view the nodes on the monitoring domain page of GigaVUE‑FM.

Example - Consider a scenario where the monitoring domain in GigaVUE-FM has two V Series Nodes. To increase the number of nodes in this monitoring domain, go to VMware NSX-T Manager and create a new service using the steps mentioned above. Then, the number of V Series Nodes in the monitoring domain in GigaVUE‑FM goes up by the number you have mentioned in Clustered Deployment Count column in the VMware NSX-T.

Decrease V Series Nodes from Existing Monitoring Domain

To decrease the number of nodes in an existing monitoring domain using VMware NSX-T follow the steps given below:

  1. On the Service Deployment page of the VMware NSX-T manager, select Deployment.
  2. The service deployment page lists the service deployments that are already deployed. .
  3. Select the service deployment that you want to delete. The V Series nodes that are part of that service deployment will be deleted from the host. These V Series nodes will also be removed from the monitoring domain in the GigaVUE‑FM. This way the number of service VMs (V Series nodes) can be decreased in a monitoring domain

Example - Consider a scenario where the monitoring domain in GigaVUE-FM has five V Series Nodes. To reduce the number of nodes in this monitoring domain, go to VMware NSX-T Manager and delete a service deployment using the steps mentioned above. Then, the number of V Series Nodes in the monitoring domain in GigaVUE‑FM goes down by the number you have mentioned in Clustered Deployment Count column of the service you have deleted.