Prerequisites for Integrating GigaVUE V Series Nodes with vCenter

This section describes the requirements and prerequisites for configuring the vCenter. Refer to the following section for details.

Network Firewall Requirements for ESXi
Recommended Instance Types for ESXi
Required VMware Virtual Center Privileges

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Network Firewall Requirements for ESXi

Following are the Network Firewall Requirements for GigaVUE V Series Node deployment.

Source	Destination	Source Port	Destination Port	Protocol	Service	Purpose
GigaVUE-FM	ESXi hosts	Any (1024-65535)	443	TCP	https	Allows GigaVUE‑FM to communicate with vCenter and all ESXi hosts to import the V Series OVA files. OVA files require access to the host IP/URL for bulk deployment
	vCenter
GigaVUE-FM	GigaVUE V Series Nodes	Any (1024-65535)	8889	TCP	Custom API	Allows GigaVUE‑FM to communicate with GigaVUE V Series Node
GigaVUE-FM	GigaVUE V Series Nodes	Any (1024-65535)	5671	TCP	Custom TCP	Allows GigaVUE-FM to receive the traffic health updates with GigaVUE V Series Node
Administrator	GigaVUE-FM	Any (1024-65535)	443	TCP	https	Management connection to GigaVUE‑FM
			22		ssh
Administrator	GigaVUE V Series Nodes	Not Applicable	22		ssh	Troubleshooting GigaVUE V Series Nodes.
Remote Source	GigaVUE V Series Nodes	Custom Port(VXLAN and UDPGRE),N/A for GRE	4789	UDP	VXLAN	Allows to UDPGRE Tunnel to communicate and tunnel traffic to GigaVUE V Series Nodes (Applicable for Tunnel Ingress option only)
			N/A	IP 47	GRE
			4754	UDP	UDPGRE
GigaVUE V Series Nodes	Tool/ GiagVUE HC Series instance	Custom Port(VXLAN),N/A for GRE	4789	UDP	VXLAN	Allows GigaVUE V Series Node to communicate and tunnel traffic to the Tool
			Not Applicable	IP 47	GRE
GigaVUE V Series Nodes	Tool/ GigaVUE HC Series instance	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	ICMP	Echo Request	Allows GigaVUE V Series Node to health check tunnel destination traffic (Optional)
					Echo Response
GigaVUE V Series Nodes	GigaVUE-FM	Any (1024-65535)	Any (1024-65535)	TCP	Custom TCP	Allows GigaVUE V Series Nodes to communicate the traffic health updates with GigaVUE‑FM

Recommended Instance Types for ESXi

The instance size of the V Series is configured on the OVF file and packaged as part of the OVA image file. The following table lists the available instance types and sizes based on memory and the number of vCPUs for a single V Series node. Instances sizes can be different for V Series nodes in different ESXi hosts and the default size is Small.

Type

Memory

vCPU

Disk space

vNIC

Small

4GB

2 vCPU

8GB

1 Management interface,

1 Tunnel interface, and

8 vTAP interfaces

Medium

8GB

4 vCPU

Large

16GB

8 vCPU

Note: Refer to Support, Sales, or Professional Services for deployment optimization.

Required VMware Virtual Center Privileges

This section lists the minimum privileges required for the GigaVUE‑FM user in Virtual Center. You assign privileges to Virtual Center users by selecting Administration from the left navigation pane. Then select Roles under the Access Control. Roles should be applied at the vSphere Virtual Center level and not the Data Center or Host levels.

The following table lists the minimum required permissions for GigaVUE‑FM to manage the virtual center user with roles specified above.