Deploy Nodes using

After you create a monitoring domain in for ,  establishes a connection with the manager and launches the Fabric Deployment page. 

For details, refer to Create Monitoring Domain for [%=prodVar.prod-VM-NSX-T%].

Deploy Nodes from

Launch the VMware Fabric Launch Configuration page and deploy. 

To deploy,

  1. Launch the VMware Fabric Launch Configuration page using one of the following options:

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

    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 Nodes

    Enable Custom Certificates

    Enable this option to validate the custom certificate during SSL Communication. 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.

    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 Nodes, Proxy, and s. For details, 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. You can enter a maximum of three name servers. 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

    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 you can transfer 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

    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 you can transfer 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 Manager. For details, refer to Create a Service Segment in [%=prodVar.prod-VM-NSX-T%].

    Deployment Type

    Type of Node deployment. The options available are either Clustered or Host-Based deployment type.

    Select the deployment type as Clustered if you wish to increase or decrease the number of nodes in a cluster using . For details, refer to Increase or Decrease V Series Nodes using GigaVUE‑FM.

    Deployment Count (for Clustered deployment type)

    		 Number of  Nodes (Service Instances) to deploy
  3. Select Deploy.
After deployment, the Node appears on the Monitoring Domain page under the Deployment Name on the selected Monitoring Domain. You can select the deployment name on the Monitoring Domain page to select the corresponding service deployment.

To view the fabric launch configuration specification of a fabric node, select a Node. A quick view of the Fabric Launch Configuration appears on the Monitoring Domain page.

automatically creates the name of deployed Node. Do not change the name of the Node in the vCenter.