Implementing the Intelligent Network Visibility for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution includes deploying VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle, preparing your VMware Cloud Foundation instance, deploying the VMware Aria Operations for Networks, and configuring data sources inside the VMware Cloud Foundation instance.

To implement and configure the network analysis tool, alternative methods exist:
Table 2. Validated Solution Implementation Options
Method Description
Implementation by using PowerShell automation End-to-end automated implementation by using PowerShell. See Automated PowerShell Implementation of Intelligent Network Visibility.
Implementation by using component user interfaces End-to-end manual implementation by using components' user interfaces. See User Interface Implementation of Intelligent Network Visibility.

For information on the Intelligent Network Visibility design, see Detailed Design for Intelligent Network Visibility for VMware Cloud Foundation.

Prerequisites

To complete the implementation of the Intelligent Network Visibility for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution, verify that your system fulfills the following prerequisites.

Table 1. Prerequisites for Implementation of Intelligent Network Visibility for VMware Cloud Foundation

Category

Prerequisite

Environment

Software

  • Download the VMware Aria Operations for Networks platform .ova from the Broadcom Support portal and make sure its available on the machine that you use to access the vSphere Client.

  • Download the VMware Aria Operations for Networks collector .ova from the Broadcom Support portal and make sure its available on the machine that you use to access the vSphere Client.

License

  • Verify that you obtain the VMware Aria Suite or VMware Aria Operations for Networks license with a quantity that fulfills the requirements of this design.

Active Directory

  • Verify that Active Directory Domain Controllers are available in the environment.
  • Verify that the required service accounts are created in Active Directory.
  • Verify that the required security groups are created in Active Directory.

Certificate Authority

  • Verify that a Microsoft Certificate Authority is available for the environment.

  • Install the PowerShell Module for VMware Validated Solutions together with the supporting modules to request an SSL certificate from your Microsoft Certificate Authority.

  • Verify that you have OpenSSL 3.0 or later installed on the system that will run the PowerShell module. The OpenSSL Wiki has a list of third-party pre-compiled binaries for Microsoft Windows.

    openssl --version