Installation Guide

Getting Started
• System requirements.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
• Downloading the distribution...........................................................................................................................................................................9
ExtremeAnalytics Virtual Sensor enables data center operators to get deep application-level visibility and performance measurements for
VM-to-VM trac within a host or across hosts. For security use cases, Virtual Sensor enables smart packet captures and unsampled
IPFIX for IPv4 and IPv6 trac.
Virtual Sensor can run on a VM with VMware ESXi as hypervisor host managed by vCenter.
System requirements
The table below shows the system requirements for Virtual Sensor OVA image:
TABLE 1 System requirements
Entity VS100 - Small deployment VS250 - Medium deployment
vCPU 1 2
RAM 512 MB 2 GB
vNIC 5 5
HDD 16 GB 16 GB
Driver VMXNET3 VMXNET3
Hypervisor VMware ESXi 6.0/6.5/6.7 VMware ESXi 6.0/6.5/6.7
OS Release version: CentOS release 7.2
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Kernel version: 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64
Release version: CentOS release 7.2
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Kernel version: 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64
Downloading the distribution
Perform the following steps to download the distribution for Virtual Sensor 1.0.0 from the Extreme Networks website:
1. Go to the Extreme Portal website and log in with your username and password.
2. If you are visiting Extreme Portal for the rst time, click Register Now instead and follow the prompts to register.
You may need to enter the access code/serial number you received in your order conrmation e-mail to view and download all
les.
3. On the main page, click Products and then click ExtremeAnalytics.
4. On the ExtremeAnalytics page, click ExtremeAnalytics Virtual Sensor.
A list of products is displayed.
5. Go to:
• Software / Release Notes -> Software & Downloads -> 1.0.0 for Virtual Sensor installation les.
• Software / Release Notes -> Release Notes for Virtual Sensor Release Notes.
• Documentation -> 1.0.0 for Virtual Sensor documentation.
6. Click a le to download.
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