Fabric Management

GigaVUE-FM—also called GigaVUE‑FM fabric manager—provides overall management for small or large Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline deployments. This section describes how to set up and use GigaVUE-FM, and reviews a broad range of management and configuration options.

Learn about:

• how GigaVUE‑FM presents a centralized fabric management platform (GigaVUE-FM, GigaVUE Nodes and Clusters)
• how the Core Intelligence provided by GigaVUE‑OS and managed through GigaVUE‑FM can be used to optimize your network traffic flow (Traffic Filtering )
• how to configure GigaSMART® operations to provide network visibility and increase the efficiency of network monitoring, security, and performance tools. (GigaSMART®)
• how to identify and monitor application usage and filter traffic accordingly (Application Intelligence)
• how the Gigamon Visibility and Analytics Fabric is made possible through GigaVUE‑FM (Fabric Maps)
• how to view the reporting options that GigaVUE‑FM offers for the whole fabric (Dashboard)
• how to deploy GigaVUE Cloud Suite solutions (Virtual and Cloud Environments)

Note:  Refer to the GigaVUE-FM Installation and Upgrade Guide to get GigaVUE-FM installed and running in your network environment. Then, turn to later chapters for information on using product features.

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