Prerequisites for Integrating V Series Nodes with ESXi

The following are the prerequisites for integrating V Series nodes with ESXi:

• VMware vCenter ESXi Standard version must be
  1. 6.7 u3 or later 6.7.x versions (or)
  2. 7.0 or later 7.0.x versions.
• ESXi hosts must have the minimum vCPU and memory resources for hosting the GigaVUE V Series Nodes. Refer to Prerequisites for Integrating V Series Nodes with ESXi for more information.
• To support internationalized characters in the VMware vCenter environment, ensure that the vCenter character encoding is set to UTF-8.
• GigaVUE V Series Node device OVA image file. The GigaVUE  V Series Node OVA image files can be downloaded from Gigamon Customer Portal.
• For healthy monitoring, all the target VMs must have VMware guest tools or Open VM tools installed when IP based filtering is used.
• Port 8889 must be available for GigaVUE-FM to access GigaVUE V Series Nodes.
• TCP Port 443 must be open between the GigaVUE‑FM instance and the ESXi host to upload the OVA files.

Refer to the following topics for more detailed information:

• Recommended Form Factor (Instance Types)
• Network Firewall Requirements
• Required VMware Virtual Center Privileges
• Default Login Credentials