SOFTWARE INSTALLATION GUIDE ExtremeAnalytics Virtual Sensor 1.0.
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Preface • • • • Conventions............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Documentation and Training............................................................................................................................................................................6 Getting Help.................................................................
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Getting Started • • System requirements.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Downloading the distribution...........................................................................................................................................................................
Downloading the distribution 7. 10 Save the file to a local directory on your system. ExtremeAnalytics Virtual Sensor 1.0.
Virtual Sensor installation • • • Prerequisites........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Virtual Sensor installation using XMC and XMC Connect................................................................................................................14 Virtual Sensor installation using vSphere Web Client........................................
Prerequisites TABLE 2 vCenter Global Permissions (continued) Privilege name Permissions Host All – Local operations › › › Create virtual machine Delete virtual machine Reconfigurevirtual machine Network – All Assign network vAPP – – All Import View OVF environment Configure vCenter vSphere login with an administrative role with the following permissions in the cluster the Virtual Sensor is monitoring: TABLE 3 vCenter Global Permissions Privilege name Permissions Distributed Switch All – V
Prerequisites TABLE 3 vCenter Global Permissions (continued) Privilege name Permissions Network All – Assign network Tasks – – All Create task Update task vAPP – – All Import View OVF environment Virtual machine – Change Configuration – › Add new disk › Advanced configuration Edit Inventory – › Create new › Remove Interaction › › • All Power off Power on DHCP and DNS servers (required for ZTP+) Configure the DHCP and DNS servers on your network for discovery of the new Virtual Sensor d
Virtual Sensor installation using XMC and XMC Connect NOTE For full instructions on configuring DHCP, NPS, and DNS services, refer to ExtremeCloud Appliance Deployment Guide located in the Extreme Networks documentation portal: https://extremenetworks.com/documentation/extremecloud-appliance. Virtual Sensor installation using XMC and XMC Connect Virtual Sensor can be installed using XMC and XMC Connect.
Virtual Sensor installation using vSphere Web Client Virtual Sensor installation using vSphere Web Client This section provides information about the Virtual Sensor deployment architecture and steps for installing Virtual Sensor using vSphere Web Client.
Virtual Sensor installation using vSphere Web Client • Virtual Sensor supports metadata export in IPFIX format based on the configuration. Installing Virtual Sensor using vSphere Web Client NOTE Ensure that all the prerequisites are met, as outlined in the section Prerequisites on page 11. Perform the following steps to install Virtual Sensor using vSphere Web Client on a vCenter-managed ESXi: 1.
Virtual Sensor installation using vSphere Web Client 4. Install OVA image a) On the Navigator pane, right-click the ESXi on which you want to install Virtual Sensor OVA image and click Deploy OVF Template. FIGURE 2 Deploy OVF Template Deploy OVF Template window appears. b) Click Browse to browse to select the Virtual Sensor OVA image you downloaded in Step 1 and click Open. ExtremeAnalytics Virtual Sensor 1.0.
Virtual Sensor installation using vSphere Web Client FIGURE 3 OVA image c) Enter a name and the location for your virtual machine. d) Select the destination compute resource. e) Review the details for the selection so far and click Next. f) Click Next. The Select storage page appears. g) Click a datastore from the list of accessible datastores and click Next. The Select networks page appears.
Virtual Sensor installation using vSphere Web Client FIGURE 4 Select networks TABLE 6 Select networks i) Source Network Destination Network EgressNetwork For sending packets post-processing. Select your management network as the Destination Network. MgmtNetwork Select your management network as the Destination Network. TestIntfNetwork For sending a test pcap to the Rx interface. FlowExportNetwork For exporting IPFIX metadata. Select your management network as the Destination Network.
Virtual Sensor installation using vSphere Web Client TABLE 7 Customize template (continued) Property Description The length of the hostname can be up to 64 characters. It can contain alphanumeric characters and hyphens. NOTE Hostname cannot start or end with a hyphen. Domain Name DNS IP Address This is the DNS server IP address. This is mandatory. NTP IP Address NTP server IP address. NTP Timezone Network Time Protocol (NTP) time zone. For example, America/New_York.
Virtual Sensor installation using vSphere Web Client FIGURE 5 Customize template ExtremeAnalytics Virtual Sensor 1.0.
Virtual Sensor installation using vSphere Web Client j) Click Next. The Ready to complete page appears. k) On the Ready to complete page, review the configuration settings for the virtual machine. l) Click Finish. The virtual machine appears in the inventory. m) After the VM has powered on, log on to the Virtual Sensor VM with the following credentials: • localhost login: root • Password: password If you have provided the XMC IP address, Virtual Sensor tries to connect to XMC using ZTP+.
Virtual Sensor installation using vSphere Web Client Creating a Port Mirroring session to monitor traffic Port mirror configuration is done at the Distributed Switch level. A port mirror session is created by identifying the traffic source that needs to be monitored and the traffic destination where the traffic will be mirrored to. The traffic source can be any port with ingress, egress or all traffic selected. The traffic destination can be any virtual machine or vmknic.
Virtual Sensor installation using vSphere Web Client 2. Click New. Add Port Mirroring Session window appears. Ensure that Distributed Port Mirroring is selected. FIGURE 7 Add Port Mirroring Session Click Next. 24 ExtremeAnalytics Virtual Sensor 1.0.
Virtual Sensor installation using vSphere Web Client 3. In the Edit properties section: • Enter a meaningful name in the Name field • Change Status to Enabled. Leave all the other fields unchanged. FIGURE 8 Edit properties Click Next. ExtremeAnalytics Virtual Sensor 1.0.
Virtual Sensor installation using vSphere Web Client 4. In the Select sources section, click the Add icon to select ports to be monitored. Select Ports window appears. Select the relevant ports and click OK. Optionally, change the mirror to either Ingress or Egress, or leave it as Ingress/Egress. FIGURE 9 Select Ports The selected ports appear in the list. 26 ExtremeAnalytics Virtual Sensor 1.0.
Virtual Sensor installation using vSphere Web Client FIGURE 10 Select source ports Click Next. ExtremeAnalytics Virtual Sensor 1.0.
Virtual Sensor installation using vSphere Web Client 5. In the Select destinations section, click the Add icon to select a destination port. Select the ingress interface of the Virtual Sensor. Make sure to match the MAC address, as the testintf interface will also be in the same port group. FIGURE 11 Select destination ports 6. 28 Click Finish. ExtremeAnalytics Virtual Sensor 1.0.
Post-installation configuration This chapter provides information about the steps to be performed in XMC to discover and display the device. Perform the following steps: 1. Login to XMC and verify that the Virtual Sensor device is displayed in the Discovered tab. 2. Right-click the device and click Configure Devices. 3. a) In the Device tab, set the Administration Profile. For more information, see the section Device. b) Click the ZTP+ Device Settings tab to configure the ZTP+ settings.
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Troubleshooting This chapter provides guidelines for diagnosing and troubleshooting issues with ExtremeAnalytics Virtual Sensor installation. Cloud-connector process in loop If the cloud-connector process fails to resolve the IP address and is stuck in an endless loop, perform the following steps: 1. Login to the Virtual Sensor VM and check the cloud-connector log file, located at /tmp/cloud.log. 2.