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7 Under Network Interfaces, enter the following information.
Option Description
External
Port Group
Select the external port group in the vDS. This port group homes a physical
NIC and connects to the external network.
IP Address
Type the IP address of the external port group.
Subnet Mask
Type the IP subnet mask associated with the specified external IP address.
Default Gateway
Type the IP address of the default network gateway.
Internal
Port Group
This is the selected internal port group.
IP Address
Type the IP address of the internal port group.
Subnet Mask
Type the IP subnet mask associated with the specified internal IP address.
8 Under Edge deployment resource selection, enter the following information.
Option Description
Resource Pool
Select the resource pool where the vShield Edge should be deployed if you
are installing vShield Edge on a dvPort Group that spans multiple resource
pools. If the selected port group is on a single resource pool, the Resource
Pool IP is automatically filled in.
Host
Select the ESX host on which the datastore resides if you are installing vShield
Edge on a dvPort Group that spans multiple hosts. If the selected port group
is on a single host, the host is host IP is automatically filled in..
Datastore
Select the datastore on which to store the vShield Edge virtual machine files.
9 Click Install.
After installation is complete, configure services and firewall rules to protect the virtual machines in the
secured port group. To configure a vShield Edge, see the vShield Administration Guide.
CAUTION Do not modify vShield Edge virtual machines through the vCenter client since this may break
communication between the vShield Edge and vShield Manager. To remove a vShield Edge virtual
machine, uninstall vShield Edge from the vShield Manager
Installing vShield Endpoint
The installation instructions that follow assume that you have the following system:
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A datacenter with supported versions of vCenter Server and ESXi installed on each host in the cluster. For
information on the required versions, see Chapter 2, “Preparing for Installation,” on page 13.
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vShield Manager 5.0 installed and running.
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Anti-virus solution management server installed and running.
vShield Endpoint Installation Workflow
After you prepare the ESX host for vShield Endpoint installation, install vShield Endpoint in these stages:
1 Deploy and configure a security virtual machine (SVM) to each ESX host according to the instructions
from the anti-virus solution provider.
2 Install VMware Tools 8.6.0 released with ESXi 5.0 Patch 1 on all virtual machines to be protected.
Chapter 4 Installing vShield Edge, vShield App, vShield Endpoint, and vShield Data Security
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