Using vRealize Network Insight
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Adding a Data Source in vRealize Network Insight
Supported Products and Versions
Encryption Algorithms and Ciphers
Supported VMware Managers
Add vCenter Server
Add VMware NSX Manager
Add VMware NSX-T Manager
Add VMware HCX
Supported Wide Area Networks
Add VMware SD-WAN
Add Cisco ASR/ISR for SD-WAN Assessment
Supported VMware Cloud on AWS Accounts
Preparing vRealize Network Insight to add VMware Cloud (VMC)
Setting up vRealize Network Insight Collector for VMware Cloud (VMC)
Create VMware Cloud (VMC) Firewall Rules for vRealize Network Insight
Add a VMware Cloud (VMC) vCenter
Add a VMware Cloud (VMC) NSX Manager
Supported Azure VMware Solution
Supported Public Cloud Accounts
Add Amazon Web Services
Add a Primary AWS Account
Create a Primary and Linked Account Policy
Create a Role in AWS
Create a User in the Primary AWS Account
Configure Firewall for AWS API Access
Add a Standard AWS Data Source
Create a User in the Primary AWS Account
Create a Standard Account Policy
AWS: Geo-Blocking Support
Add Azure Subscription
Enable NSG Flow Log
Supported Containers
Add Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition
Add Kubernetes
Add OpenShift
Supported Firewalls
Add Palo Alto Networks Panorama
Add Check Point Management Server
Add Cisco ASA
Add a Fortinet FortiManager
Supported Converged Infrastructures
Supported Routers and Switches
Add a Cisco Catalyst
Add a Cisco Nexus Switch
Add Arista Switch SSH
Add a Brocade Switch
Add Juniper Switches
Add a Dell Switch
Enabling Telemetry on Dell OS10 Switches
Add Huawei 6800/7800/8800 Series
Add HPE 5940/10508 Switch
Add Mellanox Switch
Add a New Generic Router or Switch
Edit a Generic Router or Switch
Supported Other Data Sources
Add Cisco ACI
Supported Physical Flow Collectors
Add a Physical Flow Collector for NetFlow and sFlow
Supported Log Servers
Add vRealize Log Insight
Supported DNS Data Providers
Add Infoblox
Supported Load Balancers
Add F5 BIG-IP
Supported CMDBs
Add a ServiceNow Account
Default CMDB Configuration File
Customizing the CMDB Configuration
An Example of Discovering Applications Without Workload Relations
An Example of Discovering Single Level Applications
Migrate Data Sources to a Different Collector
Delete a Data Source from vRealize Network Insight
Configuring vRealize Network Insight Settings
Create a Support Bundle
Enabling the Support Tunnel
Viewing System Health
Understanding Capacity for Collector and Platform Load
View Platform Capacity
Resolving Platform Capacity Problems
Managing your Disk Utilization
View the Platform and Collector Details
Configure Data Retention Interval
Configuring IP Properties and Subnets
Import the DNS mapping file
Configure Mapping Between Subnet and a VLAN
Configure East-West IPs
Configure North-South IPs
Configuring Alerts and Notifications
View and Edit Alert Definitions
Edit Alert Definitions: Problems
Perform a Bulk Edit on an Alert
Disable an Alert
Alert Limitations
Create a Search-based Alert
Edit Search-based Alerts
View Platform Health Alerts
Alerts List
NSX-T Events
Kubernetes Events
Configure Mail Server
Configure SNMP Trap Destination
Delete an SNMP Trap Destination
Configuring Identity and Access management
Configure User Management
Adding Local Users
Assign Roles to LDAP Users
Configure Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Import Users from VMware Identity Manager
Configure VMware Identity Manager
Obtain the Certificate Thumbprint from the VMware Identity Manager Host
Configuring Logs
View and Export Audit Logs
View the Audit Logs
Setup Syslog Configuration
Configuring Web Proxies
vRealize Network Insight Licenses
Comparing Feature Based on License Edition
Add and Change License
Configure Auto-Refresh Interval
Configure User Session Timeout
Add Google Maps API Key
Configure Security Certificate Validation
Accept a Data Source Certificate Manually
Accept vIDM and LDAP Certificate Manually
Join or Leave the Customer Experience Improvement Program
Creating and Expanding Clusters
Create Clusters
Expand Clusters
About Backing up and Restoring of Deployment Data
Backup and Restore
Direct Connect Support in vRealize Network Insight
Viewing VMC Direct Connect Details
Viewing Flows over Direct Connect
Direct Connect Search Queries
vRealize Operations Manager Integration
Configuring Flows in vRealize Network Insight
Enabling IPFIX Configuration
IPFIX Configuration on VDS and DVPG
Enabling IPFIX Configuration on VDS and DVPG
VMware NSX IPFIX Configuration
Enabling VMware NSX-V IPFIX
Enabling VMware NSX-T DFW IPFIX
Flow Support for Physical Servers
Configuring a NetFlow Collector in a Physical Device
Cisco 4500
Cisco Nexus 1000v
Cisco Nexus 9000
Enriching Flows and IP Endpoints
Search for Physical to Physical Flows
View Blocked and Protected Flows
Network Address Translation (NAT)
NAT Flow Support - Examples
VMware Cloud (VMC) Flows
Create VPC Flow Log
Sending Flow Records from F5 To vRealize Network Insight Collectors
Create a pool of IPFIX Collectors
Create an IPFIX Log Destination
Create a Log Publisher
Create iRules
iRules for TCP and UDP protocol
Add the iRule To a Virtual Server
Create a Route Entry
Viewing Kubernetes and Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition Scoping and Flow Information
Working with Network Map
Use Advanced Path Search
Add/Delete a Group
Troubleshooting Network Map Related Errors
Working with Intents
Viewing Intent Details
Define an Intent
Supported Intent Types
Viewing Entity Details
Viewing vRealize Network Insight System (NI-System) Details
Viewing Platform VM details
Viewing Collector VM Details
Viewing VMware vCenter Data Source Details
Viewing PCI Compliance Details
Export as PDF
Viewing Kubernetes Details
Viewing Load Balancer Details
Viewing VM Details
Viewing Edge Device Details
Viewing NSX Manager Details
Viewing VMware NSX-T Manager Details
Viewing NSX-T Management Node Details
Viewing NSX-T Transport Details
Viewing Virtual Server Details
Viewing Pool Members Details
Viewing Microsoft Azure Details
Viewing VeloCloud Enterprise Details
Viewing Edge Details
Viewing SD-WAN and Edge SD-WAN Application Details
Viewing SD-WAN Assessment Details
Generate Assessment Report
Viewing VeloCloud Link Application Details
Viewing VeloCloud Business Policy Details
Viewing Internet Service Provider Details
Viewing VMC SDDC Details
Viewing Arista Hardware Gateway and Arista Hardware Gateway Binding Details
Viewing Cisco Nexus Device Details
Viewing Micro-Segmentation Details
Viewing Application Details
Viewing Entity Topology
Virtual Machine Topology
Host Topology
VXLAN Topology
VLAN Topology
NSX Manager Topology
Viewing Audit Information of NSX objects in vRealize Network Insight
Working with Pins
Pins
Types of Pins
Metrics Pins
Entity List View Pins
Alert View List Pins
Pinboards
Sharing and Collaboration of Pinboards
To Set A Pinboard as the Home Page
To Duplicate a Pinboard
Load Balancer support in vRealize Network Insight
F5 as a Load Balancer
Viewing Load Balancer Details
Viewing Virtual Server Details
Viewing Pool Members Details
Sample Search Queries Related to Load Balancer
NSX-V as a Load Balancer
Viewing Network Details
Path Topology
AWS VM-VM Path
NSX-T
NSX-V Edge Trunk Interface VM-VM Path
NAT support in vRealize Network Insight
VMware SD-WAN VM-VM path
Arista Hardware VTEP VM-VM Path
VMware Cloud (VMC): VM-VM Path
Cisco ACI VM-VM Path
HPE VM-VM Path
Mellanox VM-VM Path
Support for the Cisco BGP-EVPN Mode
Support for the Juniper EVPN CRB
Support for Equal-Cost Multi-Path (ECMP) Route
Support for the L2 Bridges
Viewing BGP Neighbours Details
Path to Internet
Supported Firewall Rules
Cross vCenter NSX
Palo Alto Networks
Cisco ASA Firewall
Check Point Firewall
Security Groups
Policy-Based VPN
NSX Distributed Firewall Inactive Rules
Fortinet Firewall
Working with Micro-Segmentation
Analyzing the Application
Analyze Flow to Perform Security Planning
Viewing Micro-Segmentation And Flow Data in Wheel View
View Micro-segmentation And Flow Data in Grid View
Create an Application Manually
Creating Tiers for Physical IPs
Application Discovery
Add Discovered Applications
Merge Discovered Applications
VMware Cloud (VMC): Planning and Micro-Segmentation
Working with Analytics
Viewing Flow Insight Details
Access Flow Insight page
Analytics - Outlier Detection
How to Detect the Outlier VMs
Analytics: Static and Dynamic Thresholds
Configure Thresholds and Alerts
View the Threshold Configuration Page
Viewing Recommended Firewall Rules
Exporting Rules
NSX DFW Universal Artifacts
Save the Configuration for CSV Export as Property Template
Export and Apply Kubernetes Network Policies
Supported Firewall Rules
Cross vCenter NSX
Palo Alto Networks
Cisco ASA Firewall
Check Point Firewall
Security Groups
Policy-Based VPN
NSX Distributed Firewall Inactive Rules
Fortinet Firewall
Working with Search Queries
Save and Delete Search Queries
Search Queries
Azure Search Queries
Cisco ACI Entities
Fortinet Search Queries
Enriching Flows with the Infoblox DNS Data
Common Search Queries for Kubernetes Entities
Sample Search Queries Related to Load Balancer
Search Queries for NSX Firewall Rules
VMware SD-WAN Search Queries
VMC Sddc Search Queries
VMware Cloud (VMC) for AWS Entities
Advanced Queries
Time Control
Search Results
Filters
vCenter Tags
Planning Disaster Recovery for vRealize Network Insight
Sample Disaster Recovery Scenario
Troubleshooting
Common Data Source Errors
Unable to Enable DFW IPFIX
User Account Locked After Failed Login Attempts
Planning Application Migration to VMware Cloud (VMC) using vRealize Network Insight
How do I obtain the CSP Refresh Token for NSX Manager
How Do I Obtain vCenter Credentials
Compute Gateway Firewall Rule