Configure GigaVUE V Series Nodes for VMware ESXi

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

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. Expand the Common Configuration drop-down wizard and update the following details to apply the configuration to all the selected hosts.

    You can also expand the individual hosts and modify the configurations that were applied in the Common Configuration.

    Common Configuration

    Datastore

    Network datastore shared among all ESXi hosts.

    V Series Node Name Prefix

    Enter the prefix for the V Series Node name.

    V Series Node Name Suffix

    Enter the suffix for the V Series Node name.

    Management
    Network

    Management network for V Series nodes.

    IP Type

    Select the management network IP type as Static or DHCP.

    Gateway IP

    Note:  This field appears only when the Management IP type is Static.

    Gateway IP address of the Management Network.

    Netmask Length

    Note:  This field appears only when the Management IP type is Static.

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

    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

    Note:  This field appears only when the Tunnel IP type is Static.

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

    Use IPv6

    Note:  This field appears only when the Tunnel IP type is DHCP.

    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 a handshake error occurs.

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

    Custom SSL 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. 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.