Prerequisites for Integrating V Series Nodes with VMware vCenter

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

• Refer to Supported Hypervisors for VMware for supported VMware vCenter, VMware ESXi and VMware NSX-T versions.
• ESXi hosts must have the minimum vCPU and memory resources for hosting the GigaVUE V Series Nodes. Refer to Recommended Form Factor for VMware vCenter (Instance Types) 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.
• All the target VMs must have VMware guest tools or Open VM tools if you use IP based filtering.
• 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 Network Firewall Requirements for more detailed information on ports that must be opened for configuring GigaVUE Cloud Suite for VMware vCenter.

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