Deploy GigaVUE V Series Nodes using GigaVUE-FM

After creating a monitoring domain in GigaVUE-FM for VMware NSX-T, which establishes a connection between VMware NSX-T manager and GigaVUE-FM, GigaVUE-FM launches the VMware NSX-T Fabric Deployment page. Refer to Create Monitoring Domain for VMware NSX-T section for more detailed information on how to a create monitoring domain in GigaVUE-FM for VMware NSX-T.

Deploy GigaVUE V Series Node from GigaVUE‑FM

  1. After creating a monitoring domain, you are navigated to the VMware Fabric Launch Configuration page.
  2. You can also open VMware Fabric Launch Configuration page from the Monitoring Domain page. To launch the VMware Fabric Launch Configuration from the Monitoring Domain, go to Inventory > VIRTUAL > VMware NSX-T (V Series). Click Actions > Deploy Fabric. The VMware Fabric Launch Configuration page appears.

  3. Select or enter the following details in the VMware Fabric Launch Configuration page:

    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 GigaVUE V Series Nodes

    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.

    Datastore

    		Network datastore shared among all NSX-T hosts.
    Name Server

    The server that stores the mapping between the domain names and the IP address. The maximum number of name servers that can be entered is three. Enter the valid IPv4 address, separated by comma.

    Management
    Network Management network for V Series nodes
    IP Type Select the management network IP type as Static or DHCP

    IP Pool

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

    		Select the IP Pool
    MTU

    The Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) is the maximum size of each packet that can be transferred as a single entity in a network connection. Enter value between 1280 to 9000.

    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

    IP Pool

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

    		Select the IP Pool
    MTU

    The Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) is the maximum size of each packet that can be transferred as a single entity in a network connection. Enter value between 1280 to 9000.

    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 in VMware NSX-T Manager. Refer to Create a Service Segment in VMware NSX-T for more detailed instructions on how to create service segment in VMware NSX-T.

    Deployment Type

    Type of GigaVUE 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 Deploy 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
  4. 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 GigaVUE V Series Node, and a quick view of the Fabric Launch Configuration appears on the Monitoring Domain page.

Note:  The deployed GigaVUE V Series Node name is created automatically by VMware NSX-T. Do not change the name of the GigaVUE V Series Node in the vCenter.