Configure GigaVUE V Series Nodes for VMware ESXi

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

To deploy GigaVUE V Series Nodes using GigaVUE-FM, follow the steps given below:

  1. After VMware Configuration in GigaVUE-FM, you are navigated to the VMware Fabric Launch Configuration page.

  2. You can also open VMware Fabric Launch Configuration page from the monitoring domain. To launch the VMware Fabric Launch Configuration from the Monitoring Domain, click Actions and then select Deploy Fabric from the drop-down. The VMware Fabric Launch Configuration page appears.

  3. On the VMware Fabric Launch Configuration page, enter or select the following details:

    Field

    Description

    DatacentervCenter Data Center with the ESXi hosts to be provisioned with V Series nodes

    Cluster

    		Cluster where you want to deploy V Series nodes

    Hosts

    Select the ESXi hosts for V Series deployment.

    Select Import Host Info from file or Add Host Info Manually.

    Import Host Info from file:

    To import host details from a .csv file:

    1. Download the .csv template file.
    2. Enter the required values in the Excel sheet and save the file.
    3. Click Browse and select the .csv file saved in the previous step.

    Add Host Info Manually:

    Select the ESXi hosts for V Series deployment.

    The Common Configuration drop-down wizard appears. Select the Datastores or Datastore Clusters and enter the required values. Click Apply to all to apply the selected values to all the selected hosts.

    Select the IP type as Static if you wish to deploy a node using a Static IP address.

    Note:  The Tunnel Gateway IP field is optional.


    Common Configuration

    Datastore

    Network datastore shared among all ESXi hosts.

    V Series Node Name Prefix

    Enter the prefix for V Series Node name.

    V Series Node Name Suffix

    Enter the suffix for V Series Node name.

    Management
    Network

    Management network for V Series nodes.

    IP Type

    Select the management network IP type as Static or DHCP.

    Tunnel
    Network

    Tunnel Network for the V Series nodes.

    IP Type

    Select the tunnel network IP address type as Static or DHCP.

    Gateway IP (optional)

    Gateway IP address of the Tunnel Network.

    Netmask Length

    Tunnel network's subnet mask value in CIDR format. Eg. 21 for /21.

    Use IPv6

    Enable to use IPv6.

    V Series Node Image

    Select the OVA file uploaded in the Upload GigaVUE V Series Node Image into GigaVUE-FM, from the drop-down menu.

    You can also add OVA files when launching the fabric. To add OVA files:

    1. Click on the Add button.
    2. The Upload Image dialog box opens. In the Upload Image dialog box, click Browse to select the gigamon-gigavue-vseries-node-x.x.x-0-xxxxxx.ova file.
    3. Click Upload to Server to upload the selected OVA image file to GigaVUE-FM server.
    Form FactorInstance size of the V Series node. Refer Prerequisites for Integrating V Series Nodes with ESXi for more information.

    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 an 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 G-vTAP Controllers. For more detailed information, refer to Install Custom Certificate.

  4. Click Deploy. After the V series node is deployed in vCenter, it appears on the Monitoring Domain page under Fabric tab of the selected Monitoring Domain.

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.