You use the NSX Manager user interface (UI) to install and configure the NSX Intelligence appliance.
Before you can begin to use the NSX Intelligence features, you must install and configure the NSX Intelligence appliance to integrate the NSX Intelligence services and plugins with NSX Manager.
Prerequisites
- Verify that the minimum NSX Intelligence system requirements are met for the appliance size that you want to install. See Preparing for NSX Intelligence Installation.
- You must have an Enterprise Administrator role to install, configure, and use NSX Intelligence.
- Locate the NSX Intelligence installer bundle file on the VMware download portal and download it locally. See Download and Unpack the NSX Intelligence Installer Bundle.
- Ensure that the local web server that contains the NSX Intelligence installer bundle file is using the default port 80 for HTTP.
- Determine the size of the NSX Intelligence appliance to configure. Small size is for lab or proof-of-concept deployment, or small-scale production environment. Large size is for a large-scale production environment.
- Synchronize time between an NTP server, the compute cluster on which the NSX Intelligence appliance is to be deployed, and with the NSX Manager server.
- Obtain the IP addresses for the management subnet, gateway, DNS server, and NTP server that are required to configure the NSX Intelligence appliance.
Procedure
What to do next
Begin using the NSX Intelligence features. See "Getting Started with NSX Intelligence" in Using VMware NSX Intelligence.