Setup guide

Installing vShield Edge, vShield App,

vShield Endpoint, and vShield Data

Security 4

After the vShield Manager is installed, you can obtain licenses to activate the vShield App, vShield Endpoint,

vShield Edge, and vShield Data Security components. The vShield Manager OVA package includes the drivers

and files required to install these add-on components. A vShield App license allows you to use the vShield

Endpoint component as well.

This chapter includes the following topics:

“Running vShield Licensed Components in Evaluation Mode,” on page 23

“Preparing Your Virtual Infrastructure for vShield App, vShield Edge, vShield Endpoint, and vShield

Data Security,” on page 23

“Installing vShield Endpoint,” on page 27

“Installing vShield Data Security,” on page 28

Running vShield Licensed Components in Evaluation Mode

Before purchasing and activating licenses for vShield Edge, vShield App, an vShield Endpoint, you can install

and run evaluation modes of the software. When run in evaluation mode, intended for demonstration and

evaluation purposes, your vShield Edge, vShield App, and vShield Endpoint are completely operational

immediately after installation, do not require any licensing configuration, and provide full functionality for 60

days from the time you first activate them.

When run in evaluation mode, vShield components can support a maximum allowed number of instances.

After the 60-day trial period expires, unless you obtain licenses for your software, you cannot use vShield. For

example, you cannot power on vShield App or vShield Edge virtual appliances or protect your virtual

machines.

To continue using the vShield App and vShield Edge functionality without interruptions or to restore the

features that become unavailable after the 60-day trial, you need to obtain and install license files that activate

the features appropriate for the vShield component you purchased.

Preparing Your Virtual Infrastructure for vShield App, vShield Edge,

vShield Endpoint, and vShield Data Security

Before you install add-on components, you must prepare your ESX host and vNetwork environments. You

install vShield App, vShield Endpoint, and the vShield Data Security feature on ESX hosts. You install vShield

Edge on a port group, vNetwork Distributed Switch (vDS) port group, or a Cisco

Nexus 1000V.

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