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The installation process and the system requirements described below will change in the future InfiMONITOR NEXT beta versions. |
System requirements
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InfiMONITOR NEXT is distributed as an OVA virtual machine image for deployment under the control of a hypervisor. The following hypervisors are currently supported: VMware ESXi.
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VMware doesn't support the "PCnet-FAST III (Am79C970)" and "PCNet PCI II (Am79C970A)" network cards.
The recommended system requirements for the platform, depending on the number of network nodes that are planned to be monitored using NEXT are the monitoring system are shown in the table below.
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| | Network nodes | up to 1000 | up to 5 000 | up to 10 000 |
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| CPU | Level of Intel Core i3 3.6 GHz, 4 cores. | Level of Intel Core i5 3 GHz, 6 cores. | Level of Intel Xeon E 2.4 GHz, 10 cores. | | RAM | up to 4 Gb | up to 8 Gb | up to 16 Gb | | HDD | up to 200 Gb | up to 1 Tb | up to 2 Tb | Additional | RAID 10 |
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Pre-installation
Requirements for the NEXT deploymentthe deployment:
- A virtualization server controlled by a hypervisor compatible with InfiMONITOR NEXT.
- OVA image (Open Virtualization Format) with last NEXT versionthe latest version of monitoring system, downloaded from the official Infinet Wireless FTP server - ftp https://ftp.infinet.ru/pub/INMS/.
Installation
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In this installation example, the VMware ESXi hypervisor is used. For deploying to a different hypervisor, proceed according to the user guide of the product. |
Step 1 - import the OVA image
- Launch vSphere Client and connect to a hypervisor.
- Run the image import wizard "File → Deploy OVF Template".
In the first step of the wizard click on the "Browse" button and and specify the path to the NEXT image file. Click on the "Next" button to proceed to the following step.
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Specify a custom virtual machine name, such as "NEXT EMS." Click "Next" to continue.
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Select the hypervisor storage where the virtual machine should be created. The storage should have the necessary free space, corresponding to the system requirements.
Click "Next" to continue.
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At the next step specify the formatting requirements for the space allocated in the repository. Keep the default settings and click "Next" to continue.
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Click "Next" to continue.
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If all the parameters are correct, click the "Finish" button to complete the image import and create a virtual machine with the NEXT monitoring system.
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Now the virtual machine is created. Run it manually if you have not chosen to start the virtual machine automatically in the previous step.
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To ensure InfiMONITOR NEXT work correctly, make sure that EFI support is enabled on the virtual machine.Open the virtual machine's settings by clicking "Edit settings" button, proceed to "VM Options" → "VMware Tools", if necessary in the "Firmware" subsection select the "UEFI" option (virtual machine should be turned off). |
Step 2 - NEXT pre-configuration
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Click on the "Apply" button after setting all the parameters.
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The preliminary configuration is completed, now you can connect to the InfiMONITOR NEXT monitoring system's web interface where you will be met by installation wizard.
Time settings
Configure the time settings of virtual machine to ensure correctly displayed date and time in the monitoring system. Open the virtual machine's settings by clicking "Edit settings" button, proceed to "VM Options" → "VMware Tools". Set the "Synchronize guest time with host" flag.
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