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Application Discovery Manager Administration Guide
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gSettheNetworkLabel,forexample,ADMspanportandclickNext.
hVerifythattheportgroupislisted,andclickFinish.
2 ChangethePromiscuousModetoAccept.ThisvalueissettoRejectbydefault.
a Selecttheportgroupthatyoucreated;forexample,ADMspanport.
bClickEditandselectSecuritytab.
c SelectPromiscuousMode,andthenselectAcceptfromthelistbox.
dClickOKandthenClose.
Configuring dvSwitch for Passive Collector
IfavirtualmachineisdirectlyconnectedtothenetworkandnotthroughthevSwitch,thephysicalCollector
observesthetraffic,whilethevSwitchdoesnot.ThisistermedasVMDirectPath.
 Software‐basedCiscoNexusswitchesaresupported.
 ThisprocedureisrelevantonlyforvSphere4andnotforESX3.5.
To create a port group in the dvSwitch
1LogintothevCenterserverwithvCenterclient.
2ClickConfigurationandthenselectNetworkingfromtheInventorytab.
3 SelectDistributedvSwitch.
4OntheConfigurationtab,selectNewPortGroup.
5ConfiguresupportforallVLANsbyenteringthedetailsontheCreateDistributedVirtualPortGroup
windowasshowninTable 2‐2.
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6ClickNexttofinishandreturntothedvSwitchNetworkConfigurationscreen.
7 SelecttheADMspanportgroupandclickProperties.
8ClicktheSecuritytabontheADMspanportPropertieswindow.
9 SelectPromiscuousMode,andthenselectAcceptfromthelistbox.
10 ClickOKandthenClose.
Deploying the Virtual Appliances
TheADMvirtualappliancecontainsandrunsoneormoreofthefollowingcomponents:
 Aggregator
 ActiveDiscoveryUNIX
 PassiveDiscovery
“SystemArchitecture”onpage 9describestheappliancearchitecture.
PerformthefollowingproceduresbyusingaWindowsmachinewithremoteaccesstotheESXserver.
Table 2-2. VLAN Support
Parameter Value Specified
Name Anameforportgroup(ADMspanport).ThenamemustbesameasinvSwitchprocedure.
Numberofports OneforeachESXindatacenter
VLANtype VLANTrunking
VLANID 0‐4094