Create Monitoring Domain for VMware ESXi

This chapter describes how to create a monitoring domain for deploying GigaVUE V Series Nodes in VMware vCenter environment through GigaVUE-FM. You must establish a connection between GigaVUE-FM and VMware vCenter. Creating a monitoring domain in GigaVUE-FM allows you to establish a connection between vCenter and GigaVUE-FM.

To create a monitoring domain in GigaVUE-FM for VMware vCenter,

  1. Go to Inventory > VIRTUAL > VMware vCenter (V Series), and select Monitoring Domain. The Monitoring Domain page appears.
  2. On the Monitoring Domain page, select New. The VMware Configuration page appears.

  3. In the VMware Configuration page, enter or select the following details:

    Field

    Description
    Monitoring Domain Name of the monitoring domain
    Connection Alias Name of the connection
    Virtual Center IP address or FQDN of the vCenter
    Username Username of the vCenter user with minimum privileges as described in
    Password vCenter password used to connect to the vCenter Prerequisites for Integrating V Series Nodes with ESXi section.
    Traffic Acquisition Method

    Select a Tapping Method.

    Platform Tapping: Platform tapping is performed in two ways.

    • VSS: Used when a workload Virtual Machine is connected to a Virtual Standard Switch network. GigaVUE‑FM creates a promiscuous network on the VSS switch for tapping traffic.

    • VDS: Used when a workload Virtual Machine is connected to a Virtual Distributed Switch portgroup. Port Mirroring is created on the VDS switch by GigaVUE‑FM for tapping the traffic

    Customer Orchestrated Source: If you select Customer Orchestrated Source as the tapping method, you can use a tunnel or raw endpoint where traffic is directly tunneled to GigaVUE V Series Nodes.

    Select the Traffic Acquisition Method as Customer Orchestrated Source if you want to deploy an AMX application in the Monitoring Session for this Monitoring Domain.
  4. Select Save. The VMware Fabric Launch Configuration page appears.For details on how to deploy GigaVUE V Series Nodes in the VMware Fabric Launch Configuration page, refer to Configure GigaVUE V Series Nodes for VMware ESXi.

The Monitoring Domain created in this section is listed in the Monitoring Domain page.

You can use the following buttons in this page to perform the following actions in the Monitoring domain page:

Buttons

Description
Edit Use to edit a monitoring domain.
Deploy Fabric Use to deploy GigaVUE V Series Nodes.
Upgrade Fabric Use to upgrade GigaVUE V Series Nodes. For more information, refer to Upgrade GigaVUE V Series Node in GigaVUE-FM for ESXi.
Delete Monitoring Domain Use to delete a monitoring domain.
Delete Fabric Nodes Use to delete a GigaVUE V Series Node.
Connect / Disconnect

Disconnect: This option appears when the monitoring domain is connected. Use it to stop communication between GigaVUE‑FM and the VMware vCenter.

Connect: This option appears when the monitoring domain is disconnected. Use it to start communication between GigaVUE‑FM and the VMware vCenter.
Rediscover

The changes made in vCenter for the GigaVUE V Series Node are reflected in GigaVUE‑FM . For details, refer to Rediscover.
Power On You can select an individual GigaVUE V Series Node and power it on. The status of the GigaVUE V Series Node is changed to Ok.
Power Off You can select an individual GigaVUE V SeriesSeries Node and power it off. If GigaVUE‑FM turns off the GigaVUE V Series  Node, it is not considered part of Cloud Health Monitoring, does not try to turn it on. The status of the GigaVUE V Series Node is changed to Down.
Reboot You can select an individual GigaVUE V Series Node and reboot it.