Install Visibility using OVA

You can install visibility manager using OVA.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have an understanding of the hypervisor environment, including converting the embedded disk image to a suitable format.
The XCO OVA image does not support cloud-init, or provisioning the VM with a user and network information via the user interface. Ensure that you are aware of the information on DNS, network address, subnet mask, and gateway requirements to assign to the VM.
Ensure that the selected address complies with the general IP address requirements.
Ensure that you use the VNC console. Directly attached serial consoles is not supported for logging in to the VM for the post boot procedure.

Note

OVA will operate XCO in dual IP stack mode. If any IP address is missing from the IP stack, a default IP address will be utilized.

Follow this procedure to install visibility manager using OVA.

Download the OVA file for visibility management to a Linux device. Convert or transfer the OVA file to your hypervisors image store.
Verify the PGP signature as described in article 48172 on the Extreme Portal.
(Optional) Convert the OVA, and import the image or the OVA into your hypervisor.
Deploy the OVA or converted image.
When prompted, select virtio or its equivalent on your hypervisor for the drive bus type option for a converted image. If given options are in the form of hardware requirements assigned to the VM, see Server and VM Requirements.
When the VM is in a running state, complete the procedure described in Post OVA Install Procedure for Fabric and Visibility.