Deploying The Virtual Appliances - VMware VCENTER APPLICATION DISCOVERY MANAGER 6.1.1 Administration Manual

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g Set the Network Label, for example, ADM span port and click Next.
h Verify 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.
b Click Edit and select Security tab.
c Select Promiscuous Mode, and then select Accept from the list box.
d Click 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.
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Software‐based Cisco Nexus switches are supported.
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This procedure is relevant only for vSphere 4 and not for ESX 3.5.
To create a port group in the dvSwitch
1 Log in to the vCenter server with vCenter client.
2 Click Configuration and then select Networking from the Inventory tab.
3 Select Distributed vSwitch.
4 On the Configuration tab, select New Port Group.
5 Configure support for all VLANs by entering the details on the Create Distributed Virtual Port Group
window as shown in Table
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Table 2-2. VLAN Support
Parameter
Name
Number of ports
VLAN type
VLAN ID
6 Click Next to finish and return to the dvSwitch Network Configuration screen.
7 Select the ADM span port group and click Properties.
8 Click 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:
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Aggregator
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Database
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Active Discovery UNIX
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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.
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Value Specified
A name for port group (ADM span port). The name must be same as in vSwitch procedure.
One for each ESX in data center
VLAN Trunking
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