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
• Deploying GigaVUE V Series Nodes in VMware NSX-T Manager
• Delete GigaVUE V Series Nodes and Monitoring Domain
• Increase or Decrease GigaVUE V Series Nodes using VMware NSX-T Manager

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.

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.