Create Monitoring Domain for VMware NSX-T

This chapter describes how to create a Monitoring Domain for deploying GigaVUE V Series Nodes in the VMware NSX-T environment through GigaVUE-FM. You must establish a connection between GigaVUE‑FM and the VMware NSX-T Manager. Creating a Monitoring Domain in GigaVUE-FM allows you to establish a connection between your VMware NSX-T environment and GigaVUE-FM.

Points to Note:

  • You can create multiple Monitoring Domains using a single VMware NSX-T Manager. However, each Monitoring Domain must have unique VMware vCenters associated with it.
  • When editing a Monitoring Domain that has GigaVUE V Series Nodes deployed, the Use External Image and Use FM to Launch Fabric toggle buttons are disabled. However, for a Monitoring Domain that does not have any GigaVUE V Series Nodes deployed, the Use External Image toggle button is enabled.
  • Whenever you change the NSX-T user password in VMware NSX-T manager, you should update that in GigaVUE-FM by editing the Monitoring Domain. Otherwise, the NSX-T connection status will be in an authentication failure state.

Prerequisites:

  • If you wish to use the Use External Image option, before creating a Monitoring Domain ensure all the contents of the OVA file are extracted into VMDK and OVF files and placed in the directory that represents the Image URL.
  • If you wish to use GigaVUE-FM as your image server, save the OVA files in the dedicated directory before creating a Monitoring Domain. Refer to Upload GigaVUE V Series Node Image into GigaVUE-FMfor more detailed instructions on uploading the OVA files to GigaVUE-FM.

To create a Monitoring Domain in GigaVUE-FM for VMware NSX-T:

  1. Go to Inventory > VIRTUAL > VMware NSX-T (V Series), and then click Monitoring Domain. The Monitoring Domain page appears.
  2. On the Monitoring Domain page, click 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 Hostname of the vCenter.

    Username Username of the vCenter user.
    Password vCenter password that is used to connect to the vCenter.
    NSX-T Manager IP address or Hostname of your VMware NSX-T.
    NSX-T Username Username of your NSX-T account.
    NSX-T Password

    Password of your NSX-T account.
    FM Username Username of your GigaVUE-FM account.
    FM Password Password of your GigaVUE-FM account.
    Use External Image This toggle button allows you to choose between an external or internal image. If you wish to use the Use External Image option, you can use an external server (http or https server) to place all the OVF files and provide the URL of the web server. Otherwise, you can upload the OVA files to GigaVUE-FM and use it as an internal image server.
    1. Yes: Select this option to use an external image. To use an external image, enter the web server URL of the directory where VMDK and OVF files are available. The Web Server URL must be in the following format: http(s)://<server-IP:port>/<path to where the OVF files are saved> and the port can be any valid number. The default port number is 80.
    2. No: Select this option to use an internal image. To use an internal image, select the uploaded OVA files from the Select an image drop-down list.
    Use FM to Launch Fabric

    Enable this toggle button if you wish to deploy GigaVUE V Series Nodes using GigaVUE-FM.

    Note:  If you disable this option, then you must deploy GigaVUE V Series Nodes using VMware NSX-T manager. Refer to Deploy GigaVUE V Series Nodes using VMware NSX-T Manager section for more detailed information.
  4. Click Save.

The newly created Monitoring Domain appears in the list view of the Monitoring Domain page. The Status column displays the overall connection status for both VMware vCenter and VMware NSX-T Manager. To view the individual connection statuses for each, hover over the connection status.

When creating multiple Monitoring Domains with the same NSX-T Manager, each Monitoring Domain is associated with a unique service name. You can view the service name of each Monitoring Domain on the Monitoring Domain page.

To edit a Monitoring Domain, select the Monitoring Domain and click Actions. From the drop-down list, select Edit, the VMware configuration page appears.

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