To perform the Security Intelligence activation and use its features, your system environment must meet the license, system, and software requirements. You also must use the required NSX built-in user role.
License Requirements
To activate, configure, and use Security Intelligence, you need one of the base licenses, with add-on licenses where applicable listed in the NSX Feature and Edition Guide and the License Types topic in the About NSX Licenses section in the NSX Administration Guide.
For suspicious traffic licensing requirements, see the System Requirements for the Suspicious Traffic topic in the Using and Managing Security Intelligence guide.
License Expiration
If the assigned license expires or becomes invalid, only operations on the tab for deactivating data collection standalone hosts or clusters are available.
The [Plan & Troubleshoot ][Recommendations] and [Discover & Take Action] tabs are inaccessible.
For information on NSX licensing and adding a new license key in NSX Manager. See the License Enforcement topic in the NSX Administration Guide.
System Requirements
Because the VMware NSX® Application Platform hosts the Security Intelligence feature beginning with version 3.2, you must meet the minimum NSX Application Platform system requirements needed to activate the Security Intelligence feature. For more information, see the "NSX Application Platform System Requirements" topic in the Deploying and Managing the VMware NSX Application Platform documentation for version 3.2 or later. The document is delivered in the VMware NSX Documentation set.
For the NSX Application Platform form factors required for activating the Security Intelligence feature, see the information in the following "Software Requirements" section.
Software Requirements
- NSX 3.2 or later must be installed. See the NSX Installation Guide documentation that is included with the VMware NSX Documentation set. Select the folder for the specific NSX version that you plan to install and locate the NSX Installation Guide.
- NSX Application Platform must be deployed using the NSX Manager 3.2 or later user interface.
To be able to activate Security Intelligence, you must select one of the following form factors during the NSX Application Platform deployment preparation.
- [Advanced] form factor when deploying the NSX Application Platform for a production environment.
- [Evaluation] form factor for a non-production environment for use in evaluations and demonstrations only.
User Role Requirement
To activate, back up, restore, and upgrade Security Intelligence, you must use an account with the built-in NSX-T Enterprise Admin role when using the NSX Manager user interface to perform the administrative tasks.
