Deploy GigaVUE V Series Nodes using VMware NSX-T Manager

You can deploy your GigaVUE V Series Nodes using VMware NSX-T Manager. The GigaVUE V Series Nodes register themselves with GigaVUE-FM using the information provided by the user in the NSX-T Manager. Once the nodes are registered with GigaVUE-FM, you can configure Monitoring Session and related services in GigaVUE-FM.

Refer to the following sections for details:

Getting Started

To register your GigaVUE V Series Nodes using VMware NSX-T Manager, follow the steps given below:

  1. Create a Monitoring Domain in GigaVUE-FM. Refer to Create Monitoring Domain for VMware NSX-T for detailed instructions.
  2. In the VMware Configuration page, select No for the Use FM to Launch Fabric field as you wish to deploy GigaVUE V Series Nodes using VMware NSX-T Manager.







    Note:  When creating the Monitoring Domain for deploying GigaVUE V Series Nodes, you can use the VMware NSX-T username and password that has at least "NETX Partner Admin" role assigned to it.

    After creating your monitoring domain, you can use VMware NSX-T manager to deploy your GigaVUE V Series Nodes. When creating multiple Monitoring Domain with the same NSX-T Manager, a unique service name is associated with it. You can view the service name of each Monitoring Domain in the Monitoring Domain page.

Deploying GigaVUE V Series Nodes in VMware NSX-T Manager

  1. In the Service Deployment page of the VMware NSX-T manager, select Deployment. Then, select the service name of the Monitoring Domain from the Partner Service drop-down in which you wish to deploy the GigaVUE V Series Nodes. For detailed information, refer to Deploy a Partner Service topic in VMware Documentation.
  2. After selecting the Deployment template and Deployment Specification, click Configure Attributes. The Configure Attributes page appears.
  3. In the Configure Attributes page, enter the Service VM Host Name and Admin user password details. If you wish to use custom certificate for GigaVUE V Series Node, then enter the SSL Private Key and the SSL Certificate. For more details on Custom Certificate refer to Install Custom Certificate topic for more detailed information on Custom Certificates.
  4. Once the GigaVUE V Series Node is successfully deployed, the deployed node is registered with GigaVUE-FM after the run time status of the node is displayed as UP in VMware NSX-T manager.

The GigaVUE V Series Node deployed in your VMware NSX-T manager appears on the Monitoring Domain page of GigaVUE-FM. In GigaVUE-FM the Status of the node is displayed as Launching and once the node is successfully registered the Status is changed to Ok.

  • IPv6 address is not supported for gateway of the tunnel interface when nodes are deployed through the VMware NSX-T manager.
  • When you deploy nodes using VMware NSX-T manager, ensure all your GigaVUE V Series Nodes are of the same version. GigaVUE-FM does not support GigaVUE V Series Nodes with different version in the Monitoring Domain.
  • The deployed GigaVUE V Series Node name is created automatically by VMware NSX-T. Do not change the name of the GigaVUE V Series Node in the vCenter.

Delete GigaVUE V Series Nodes and Monitoring Domain

Note:  When you deploy your V Series Nodes using VMware NSX-T manager, you cannot directly delete your GigaVUE V Series Node in GigaVUE-FM. In this case, the Delete button in GigaVUE-FM is disabled, so the Service Deployment in NSX-T Manager must be deleted first.

To delete a GigaVUE V Series Node deployed using VMware NSX-T Manager, follow the steps given below:

  1. Delete the Policy and Service Chain in the VMware NSX-T manager.
  2. Then, delete the Monitoring Session in GigaVUE-FM.
  3. Delete the node in VMware NSX-T manager. Then, the node will be unregistered from the Monitoring Domain in GigaVUE-FM.
  4. Finally, delete the Monitoring Domain in GigaVUE-FM.