Supported Platforms and Deployment Models for
Visibility Manager
Support includes bare metal, OVA, and
supported devices and software.
Table 1. Bare Metal Deployment
Models
| EFA Version |
Deployment |
Ubuntu Version |
Virtual Machine |
| 3.1.0 |
External server (bare metal) |
18.04 and 20.04 |
Minimum:
- CPU: 4
cores
- Storage: 64
GB
- RAM: 8 GB
Recommeded:
- CPU: 16
cores
- Storage: 200
GB
- RAM: 32 GB
|
Table 2. OVA Deployment Models
| EFA Version |
Deployment |
Ubuntu Version |
Virtual Machine |
| 3.1.0 |
External server (OVA) |
18.04 |
Minimum:
- CPU: 4
cores
- Storage: 64
GB
- RAM: 8 GB
|
Table 3. Supported Devices and Software
| Device |
Supported Software |
| Extreme 9920 |
Extreme 9920 software with the NPB
application |
| Extreme Routing MLX Series |
|
| Extreme Switching SLX 9140 |
|
| Extreme Switching SLX 9240 |
|
Note
- Upgrade from XVM (Extreme Visibility Manager) to EFA is not
supported.
- In the Visibility Manager deployment of EFA, non-NPB devices (SLX) are
not supported. There will not be any notifications provided to the users
for the discovery failure.
- EFA supports only fixed set of special characters for names. Any
additional characters configured in MLX or SLX will be reconciled in EFA
and can be edited or deleted. Any configuration name must start with
alphabet and can contain " a-z A-Z 0-9 _ -"
