You must prepare the deployment environment so that it meets the minimum system requirements required for installing NSX Intelligence.

The following table details the NSX Intelligence deployment, platform, and installation requirements.
Requirements Description
Supported deployment method OVF deployed using NSX Manager on the VMware vCenter Server™ that has been added as a compute manager.
Important: The NSX Intelligence appliance can only be installed using NSX Manager and is not supported when the OVF is installed independently.
Supported Platform ESXi hosts managed by vCenter Server
IP address An NSX Intelligence appliance must have a static IP address. You cannot change the IP address after installation.
NSX Intelligence Appliance Password
  • At least 12 characters
  • At least one lower-case letter
  • At least one upper-case letter
  • At least one digit
  • At least one special character
  • At least five different characters
  • No dictionary words
  • No palindromes
  • More than four monotonic character sequences are not allowed.
VMware Tools The NSX Intelligence VM running on an ESXi host has VMTools installed. Do not remove VMTools.
System
  • Verify that the system requirements are met. See NSX Intelligence System Requirements.
  • Verify that the required ports are open. See TCP and UDP Ports Used by NSX Intelligence.
  • Obtain the information for the IP address for the management subnet and gateway, DNS server IP address, and NTP server IP address for the NSX Intelligence appliance to use.
  • Verify that an SSD-based datastore is configured and accessible to the NSX Intelligence appliance.