vNAM !!

[rush2amol]

Gentlemen,

I am exploring vNAM and need your expert opinion.

I have a UCS-E module "without" a hypervisor and want to build it as a standalone Windows Server. Is it possible to install vNAM on such server and enable its functionality ?

Regards,

Amol.

[Vinod Arya]

Though Prime vNAM software that can be downloaded and installed on any x86 server with the supported virtualization environment. But following are the required Host Configuration Requirements for Prime vNAM:

> Any X86_64 hardware has adequate resources to deploy a virtual environment for Prime vNAM.

> VMware with ESXi or RHEL with KVM installed on the hardware of choice

For mroe details, please check the installation requirement details :

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/network_analysis_module_software/vNAM/install/guide/install_req.html#wp1064275

-Thanks

Vinod

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[rush2amol]

Hi Vinod,

Thank you for the reply.

Indeed saw the requirement details but somehow dont find it clear if vNAM would work on a standalone server. So basically if i install Windows Server OS on my UCS-E blade directly wihtout the underlying VMWare Hypervisor ... would it work ?

Tx.

BR,

Amol.

[Vinod Arya · Accepted solution]

No it will not. You will need Virtualized environment either VMWare's ESXi server, where you can deploy NAM software a host machine. Or you can have RHEL with KVM.

On the ESXi server you can use the vNAM's OVA image (nam-app-x86_64.6-0-2.ova) to be deployed as a host. Once connected to the VMware ESXi server, choose File > Deploy OVF Template from vSphere menu bar and point to the OVA image to install.

Similarly on RHEL KVM operating system select and deploy the .iso image to install.

-Thanks

Vinod

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