Configure GigaVUE Fabric Components using Third Party Orchestration on NSX-T Federation Environment

This section provides step-by-step instructions on how to deploy the fabric components for VMware NSX-T federated environment.

GigaVUE Cloud Suite for VMware uses service insertion as the traffic acquisition method. However, service insertion is not supported for VMware NSX-T federated environment. The traffic from the workload virtual machines can be acquired using UCT-V. The traffic acquired from the workload VMs is sent to the GigaVUE V Series Nodes for processing.

GigaVUE-FM and the fabric components are deployed on the VMware NSX-T local segments or between the stretch segments across multiple sites. The fabric components are deployed using third party orchestration.

Prerequisites:

  • Create service segments in VMware NSX-T Manager and attach it to UCT-V and GigaVUE V Series Nodes. Refer to Create a Service Segment in VMware NSX-T for more detailed information on how to create service segments in VMware NSX-T.

  • User and Password provided in the registration data must be configured in the User Management page. Refer to Configure Role-Based Access for Third Party Orchestration for more detailed information. Enter the UserName and Password created in the Add Users Section.

  • Upload OVF file and VMDK files on vCenter based on the below table:

    File Name

    		 Form Factor

    Comments

    Supported Ports

    vseries-node-file1.ovf

    Small (2vCPU, 4GB Memory, and 8GB Disk space)

    Use these files when deploying GigaVUE V Series Node via VMware vCenter.

    Mgmt Port, Tool Port, and 8 Network Ports

    vseries-node-file2.ovf

    Medium (4vCPU, 8GB Memory, and 8GB Disk space)

    vseries-node-file3.ovf

    Large (8vCPU, 16GB Memory, and 8GB Disk space)

    vseries-node-file4.ovf

    Small (2vCPU, 4GB Memory, and 8GB Disk space)

    Use these when deploying GigaVUE V Series Node via VMware NSX-T Manager.

    Mgmt Port , Data Port, and Tool Port

    vseries-node-file5.ovf

    Medium (4vCPU, 8GB Memory, and 8GB Disk space)

    vseries-node-file6.ovf

    Large (8vCPU, 16GB Memory, and 8GB Disk space)

    vseries-node-file7.ovf

    Small (2vCPU, 4GB Memory, and 8GB Disk space)

    Use these files when deploying GigaVUE V Series Node via VMware ESXi without vCenter.

    Mgmt Port, Tool Port, and 8 Network Ports

    vseries-node-file8.ovf

    Medium (4vCPU, 8GB Memory, and 8GB Disk space)

    vseries-node-file9.ovf

    Large (8vCPU, 16GB Memory, and 8GB Disk space)

    vseries-node-file12.ovf

    Larger (8vCPU, 16GB Memory, and 80GB Disk space)

    Use these files when deploying GigaVUE V Series Node via VMware vCenter and if you wish to configure AMX application.

    Mgmt Port , Data Port, and Tool Port

    vseries-node-file15.ovf

    Larger (8vCPU, 16GB Memory, and 80GB Disk space)

    Use these files when deploying GigaVUE V Series Node via VMware ESXi without vCenter and if you wish to configure AMX application

    Mgmt Port , Data Port, and Tool Port

    vseries-node-file16.ovf

     

    minipc - Virtual Small Form Factor

    Mgmt Port, Tool Port, and 2 Network Ports

Refer to the following topics for more details on how to register the fabric components with GigaVUE-FM after deploying the fabric components using VMware vCenter on the host server:

Register UCT-V Controller

Deploy UCT-V Controller through VMware vCenter on the host server.

To register UCT-V Controller after launching a Virtual Machine using a configuration file, follow the steps given below:

  1. Log in to the UCT-V Controller.
  2. Create a local configuration file (/etc/gigamon-cloud.conf) and enter the following user data.
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    Registration:
        groupName: <Monitoring Domain Name>
        subGroupName: <Connection Name>
        user: <Username>
        password: <Password>
        remoteIP: <IP address of the GigaVUE-FM>
        sourceIP: <IP address of UCT-V Controller> (Optional Field)
        remotePort: 443
  3. Restart the UCT-V Controller service.
    $ sudo service uctv-cntlr restart

Assign Static IP address for UCT-V Controller

By default, the UCT-V Controller gets assigned an IP address using DHCP. If you wish to assign a static IP address, follow the steps below:

  1. Navigate to /etc/netplan/ directory.
  2. Create a new .yaml file. (Other than the default 50-cloud-init.yaml file)
  3. Update the file as shown in the following sample:
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    network:
            version: 2
            renderer: networkd
            ethernets:
                    ens3:
                            addresses:
                                    - <IP address>
                            gateway: <IP address>
                    ens4:
                            addresses:
                                    - <IP address>
                            gateway: <IP address>
                    ens5:
                            addresses:
                                    - <IP address>
                            gateway: <IP address>
  4. Save the file.
  5. Restart theUCT-V Controller service.

    $ sudo service uctv-cntlr restart

The deployed UCT-V Controller registers with the GigaVUE-FM. After successful registration the UCT-V Controller sends heartbeat messages to GigaVUE-FM every 30 seconds. If one heartbeat is missing ,the fabric component status appears as 'Unhealthy'. If more than five heartbeats fail to reach GigaVUE-FM, GigaVUE‑FM tries to reach the UCT-V Controller and if that fails as well then GigaVUE‑FM unregisters the UCT-V Controller and it will be removed from GigaVUE‑FM.

Register UCT-V

Note:  You can configure more than one UCT-V Controller for a UCT-V, so that if one UCT-V Controller goes down, the UCT-V registration will happen through another Controller that is active.

To register UCT-V after launching a Virtual Machine using a configuration file, follow the steps given below:

  1. Install the UCT-V in the Linux or Windows platform. For detailed instructions, refer to Linux UCT-V Installation and Windows UCT-V Installation.

  2. Log in to the UCT-V.
  3. Create a local configuration file and enter the following user data.

    • /etc/gigamon-cloud.conf is the local configuration file in Linux platform.
    • C:\ProgramData\uctv\gigamon-cloud.conf is the local configuration file in Windows platform.
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    Registration:
        groupName: <Monitoring Domain Name>
        subGroupName: <Connection Name>
        user: <Username>
        password: <Password>
        remoteIP: <IP address of the UCT-V Controller 1>, <IP address of the UCT-V Controller 2>
        sourceIP: <IP address of UCT-V> (Optional Field)
        remotePort: 8891
    • User and Password must be configured in the User Management page. Refer to Configure Role-Based Access for Third Party Orchestration for more detailed information. Enter the UserName and Password created in the Add Users Section.
    • If you are using multiple interface in UCT-V and UCT-V Controller is not connected to the primary interface, then add the following to the above registration data:
      localInterface:<Interface to which UCT-V Controller is connected>
  4. Restart the UCT-V service.

    Note:  Before restarting the UCT-V service, update the /etc/uctv/uctv.conf file with network interface information to tap traffic and outgoing interface of tapped traffic.

    • Linux platform: 
      $ sudo service uctv restart
    • Windows platform: Restart from the Task Manager.

Register GigaVUE V Series Node

Refer to Configure GigaVUE Fabric Components using VMware ESXi topic for step-by-step instructions on how to deploy GigaVUE V Series Node on VMware ESXi host.

The deployed GigaVUE V Series Node registers with the GigaVUE-FM. After successful registration the GigaVUE V Series Node sends heartbeat messages to GigaVUE-FM every 30 seconds. If one heartbeat is missing, the fabric component status appears as 'Unhealthy'. If more than five heartbeats fail to reach GigaVUE-FM, GigaVUE‑FM tries to reach the GigaVUE V Series Node and if that fails as well then GigaVUE‑FM unregisters the GigaVUE V Series Node and it will be removed from GigaVUE‑FM.