SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide. Virtual Edition for VMware ESXi 5.5 and 6.0 Version 10.9.x January 2017

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1 SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide Virtual Edition for VMware ESXi 5.5 and 6.0 Version 10.9.x January 2017

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3 Contents Chapter 1 - Introduction...1 Additional Resources...1 Contacting Riverbed...2 Chapter 2 - Preparing for installation...3 Required software and hardware...3 Network access...4 Configuration information...5 Chapter 3 - Deploying the NetProfiler...7 Uploading the NetProfiler OVA package to the ESXi host...7 Adding a disk...11 Adding VMXNET3 network interfaces...15 Chapter 4 - Configuring the NetProfiler...17 Accessing the NetProfiler...17 Initial setup...18 Chapter 5 - Activating the licenses...21 Obtaining license keys from the licensing portal...21 Entering license keys in the NetProfiler...22 Chapter 6 - Verifying the installation...23 SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide iii

4 Contents iv SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide

5 CHAPTER 1 Introduction The virtual edition of the Riverbed SteelCentral NetProfiler is a virtualized implementation of the NetProfiler appliance. This document describes how to install the virtual edition on a VMware ESXi host. The installation process includes: Chapter 2, Preparing for installation Chapter 3, Deploying the NetProfiler Chapter 4, Configuring the NetProfiler Chapter 5, Activating the licenses Chapter 6, Verifying the installation When the installation tasks are completed, the NetProfiler is ready to configure operationally. Operational configuration is described in the on line help system. Additional Resources The primary source of product information is the on line help system. Additional information is available from the Riverbed Support site at This includes: Release Notes - posted on the Software page for your product. Choose your product from the Software menu. Users Guides - posted on the Documentation page for your product. Choose your product from the Documentation menu. Tech Notes - linked to from the Documentation page for your product. Choose your product from the Documentation menu. Knowledge Base - a database of known issues and how-to documents. You can browse titles or search for key words and strings. Choose Search Knowledge Base from the Knowledge Base menu. SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide 1

6 Introduction Contacting Riverbed Contacting Riverbed Options for contacting Riverbed include: Internet - Find out about Riverbed products at Support - If you have problems installing, using, or replacing Riverbed products, contact Riverbed Technical Support or your channel partner who provides support. To contact Riverbed Technical Support, please open a trouble ticket at or call RVBD-TAC ( ) in the United States and Canada or outside the United States. Professional Services - Riverbed has a staff of engineers who can help you with installation, provisioning, network redesign, project management, custom designs, consolidation project design, and custom-coded solutions. To contact Riverbed Professional Services, go to or proserve@riverbed.com. Documentation - Riverbed continually strives to improve the quality and usability of its documentation. We appreciate any suggestions you may have about our on line documentation or printed materials. Send documentation comments to techpubs@riverbed.com. 2 SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide

7 CHAPTER 2 Preparing for installation When you purchase the NetProfiler, you receive a license activation token in . Ensure that you have this token. Also ensure that: The required hardware and software is available. Ports are open to allow the NetProfiler to receive information from other SteelCentral appliances and to access required network services. Required software and hardware Hardware requirements depend on the licensed flow limits. For an ESXi host that is running only the NetProfiler, the recommended computing resources are as follows. VMware ESXi 5.5 or 6.0 NetProfiler virtual edition OVA package VMware vsphere Client ESXi server hardware with at least: Virtual CPUs and RAM as listed in the table below 250 GB of storage space for system disk 8 GB of swap space on the system disk A second disk for traffic flow data storage: 250 GB to 50 TB. Two NICs Product Code License Type Flow Limit Minimum Recommended SCNP-VE-F1 MSPECSCNPVFLOW1 15k FPM Four 2.6 GHz CPUs 8 GB RAM SCNP-VE-F2 MSPECSCNPVFLOW2 30k FPM Four 2.6 GHz CPUs 8 GB RAM SCNP-VE-F3 MSPECSCNPVFLOW3 60k FPM Four 2.6 GHz CPUs 8 GB RAM Four 2.6 GHz CPUs 12 GB RAM Four 2.6 GHz CPUs 12 GB RAM Four 2.6 GHz CPUs 12 GB RAM SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide 3

8 Preparing for installation Network access Product Code License Type Flow Limit Minimum Recommended SCNP-VE-F4 MSPECSCNPVFLOW4 90k FPM Four 2.6 GHz CPUs 8 GB RAM SCNP-VE-F5 MSPECSCNPVFLOW5 200k FPM Four 2.6 GHz CPUs 12 GB RAM SCNP-VE-F6 MSPECSCNPVFLOW6 400k FPM Four 2.6 GHz CPUs 12 GB RAM SCNP-VE-F7 MSPECSCNPVFLOW7 600k FPM Eight 2.6 GHz CPUs 16 GB RAM SCNP-VE-F8 MSPECSCNPVFLOW8 800k FPM Eight 2.6 GHz CPUs 16 GB RAM SCNP-VE-F9 MSPECSCNPVFLOW9 1M FPM Eight 2.6 GHz CPUs 32 GB RAM SCNP-VE-F10 MSPECSCNPVFLOW10 2M FPM Eight 2.6 GHz CPUs 48 GB RAM Four 2.6 GHz CPUs 12 GB RAM Eight 2.6 GHz CPUs 16 GB RAM Eight 2.6 GHz CPUs 16 GB RAM Eight 2.6 GHz CPUs 32 GB RAM Eight 2.6 GHz CPUs 32 GB RAM Twelve 2.6 GHz CPUs 48 GB RAM Twelve 2.6 GHz CPUs 64 GB RAM It is recommended that the primary virtual disk be thick provisioned to ensure the disk space will be available to the virtual machine. However, primary virtual disk can be thin provisioned if there is enough free space on the datastore to support the size of the disk when it becomes full. If the datastore runs out of disk space when using thin provisioned virtual disks, the virtual machine may become unstable and require re-installation. The secondary virtual disk can be thick provisioned or thin provisioned. Network access The NetProfiler must access other SteelCentral products and also network services. Communication between SteelCentral appliances If you lock down your network on a port-by-port basis, ensure that the following ports are open between SteelCentral appliances: TCP/22 (ssh) This is needed for the NetProfiler to transfer upgrade packages to other SteelCentral devices that are connected to it. TCP/8443 Exchange of encryption certificates between SteelCentral appliances. TCP/41017 Encrypted communication between NetProfiler and Sensor, Flow Gateway, NetShark or AppResponse appliance. UDP/123 (ntp) Synchronization of time between a Sensor or Flow Gateway and the NetProfiler. Access to and from network access services TCP/22 (ssh) This is needed for secure shell access to SteelCentral software components and for the appliance to obtain information from servers via scripts. UDP/161 (snmp) The NetProfiler uses SNMP to obtain interface information from switches. Also, management systems use this port to read the SteelCentral appliance MIB. TCP/443 (https) Secure web-based management interfaces. 4 SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide

9 Configuration information Preparing for installation TCP/5432 (odbc) If you will be allowing other applications to access the NetProfiler internal database via ODBC, then you must allow traffic on this port If you will be using the NetProfiler user identification feature with a Microsoft Active Directory domain controller, then you must allow traffic on port Vulnerability scanner ports If you will be using the NetProfiler vulnerability scan feature, then you must allow traffic on the port that the SteelCentral appliance is to use for accessing the vulnerability scanner server. Obtain vulnerability scanner server addresses and port numbers from the administrator of those systems. The default ports are as follows: Nessus: 1241 ncircle: 443 Rapid7: 3780 Qualys: Requires external https access to qualysapi.qualys.com (Note: This is separate from qualysguard.qualys.com.) Foundstone: 3800 Configuration information When you configure the NetProfiler, you will be asked to provide configuration information. Information that is required to complete the installation is listed in the table that follows with an asterisk (*). Items not marked with an asterisk are optional during installation and can be specified afterwards on the NetProfiler Configuration > General Settings page if necessary. It may be useful to write the configuration values in the blank column of the checklist below so that you can refer to them during the configuration step or afterward. NetProfiler host name:* NetProfiler IP address:* Netmask:* Default gateway:* DNS name resolution for hosts (enable or disable): Primary DNS server IP address: Secondary DNS server IP address: DNS search domain: NTP server IP addresses:* Applies only if NetProfiler is being synchronized to an external NTP server. Time Zone: SNMP information: NetProfiler is set by default to use SNMP Version 1 and to allow MIB browsing. If you are configuring SNMP at this time, obtain the necessary V1 or V3 information. SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide 5

10 Preparing for installation Configuration information Outgoing mail server name, port number, and From address. Applies only if you will be specifying a server that NetProfiler is to use for sending reports or alert notifications. Inside addresses: IP addresses or address ranges of hosts that the NetProfiler is to track individually. The default values are 10/8,172.16/ 12, /16 Security Profile settings:* You can use either three traffic collection profiles (weekdays, weeknights, and weekends) or four (weekdays, weeknights, Saturdays, and Sundays). After installation, you can define others. You can also specify the times when weekdays begin and end (default times are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm). Password to use for your initial NetProfiler login:* The default password admin. New password to enter when prompted to change the initial NetProfiler password:* Applies only to systems not previously configured. Service Management Leave this set to ByLocation unless you are required to choose another group type for service locations. 6 SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide

11 CHAPTER 3 Deploying the NetProfiler Deploying the NetProfiler on an ESXi host involves: Uploading the NetProfiler archive (OVA) package to the ESXi host. Adding a virtual disk for flow data storage. Uploading the NetProfiler OVA package to the ESXi host Open the VMware vsphere client to get an access to your existing ESXi host. The vsphere client can be downloaded by pointing your web browser to the name or IP address of your ESXi host. Install the NetProfiler software on the ESXi host as follows: 1. Using the VMware vsphere client, log in to the ESXi host. 2. In the navigation tree, select the ESXi host on which to deploy the NetProfiler. SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide 7

12 Deploying the NetProfiler Uploading the NetProfiler OVA package to the ESXi host 3. Choose Deploy OVF Template from the File menu. This opens the Deploy OVF Template window. 4. On the Source page, browse to the location of the NetProfiler OVA file. Alternatively, enter the URL or path to the file. Click Next to open the OVF Template Details section. 8 SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide

13 Uploading the NetProfiler OVA package to the ESXi host Deploying the NetProfiler 5. On the OVF Template Details page, confirm that the correct file is selected and click Next. 6. On the Name and Location page, enter a name for the NetProfiler and click Next. SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide 9

14 Deploying the NetProfiler Uploading the NetProfiler OVA package to the ESXi host 7. On the Datastore page, select the server drive where you will store the NetProfiler files and click Next. (The Datasatore screen is displayed only if you have external storage, such as NAS.). 8. On the Disk Format page, select the disk provisioning format and then click Next. The Disk Format page for ESXi has three format options. It is recommended that virtual disks are thick provisioned to ensure the disk space will be available to the virtual machine. However, virtual disks may be thin provisioned as long as there is enough free space on the Datastore to support the size of the disk when it becomes full. If the datastore runs out of disk space when using thin provisioned virtual disks, the virtual machine may become unstable and require reinstallation. If the Lazy zero and Eager zero options are available, select Lazy zero. Do not use Eager zero. 10 SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide

15 Adding a disk Deploying the NetProfiler 9. On the Network Mapping page, map the source networks (ports) of the NetProfiler to destination networks (port groups) on the server and click Next. 10. On the Ready to Complete summary page, click Finish to start the deployment. Adding a disk NetProfiler software is preconfigured to use the operating system disk. You must configure a second disk for storing traffic data. The NetProfiler virtual machine should be shut down before you add the second disk. Add the second disk as follows. 1. In the vsphere client, select the NetProfiler. SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide 11

16 Deploying the NetProfiler Adding a disk 2. In the Basic Tasks section of the Getting Started tab for the NetProfiler, ensure that the NetProfiler is powered off and click Edit virtual machine settings. 3. On the Hardware tab of the Virtual Machine Properties page, click Add. 12 SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide

17 Adding a disk Deploying the NetProfiler 4. On the Device Type page, select Hard Disk and click Next. 5. On the Select a Disk page, select Create a new virtual disk. SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide 13

18 Deploying the NetProfiler Adding a disk 6. On the Create a Disk page, enter a size for the flow data storage disk. You can choose to store the disk with the virtual machine, or you can choose a different datastore. This example specifies only 250 GB of disk space for flow data storage and chooses to store the flow data with the virtual machine. If you specify a large amount of flow data storage, such as 1 TB or 2 TB, you might want to locate it on a separate datastore that might be faster or have more storage available. 7. On the Advanced Options page, use the default setting for the Virtual Device Node. Also, make sure that the Mode settings are the same as for the OS disk. By default, the OS disk is not set to Independent mode. 14 SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide

19 Adding VMXNET3 network interfaces Deploying the NetProfiler 8. On the Ready to Complete page, click Finish to create the hard disk. 9. The Virtual Machine Properties page shows the new hard disk that is ready to be added. Click OK to add it. At this point the system is ready to be configured as described in the next chapter. However, if you want to use VMXNET3 network interfaces, do not power on the VM at this point. Instead, complete the following procedure before moving on to Chapter 4, Configuring the NetProfiler. Adding VMXNET3 network interfaces To add VMXNET3 network interfaces, 1. Using the vsphere client, select the icon for the newly deployed SteelCentral device and then click Edit Virtual Machine Settings to open the Virtual Machine Properties window. SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide 15

20 Deploying the NetProfiler Adding VMXNET3 network interfaces 2. Delect Network Interface 1 and click Remove. Repeat for Network Interface 2. The interfaces will be deleted in a later step when OK is clicked to close the Virtual Machine Properties window. 3. Add two new VMXNET3 interfaces to the virtual machine. Click Add > Ethernet Adapter and then click Next. 4. Select VMXNET3 from the Adapter Type pull-down menu and make sure the correct network is selected and the Connect at power on box is checked. 5. Click Next to review the selections and click Finish when you are satisfied with the changes. Repeat process to add the second interface. 6. Click OK to commit the changes and close the Virtual Machine Properties window. The two original interfaces will be removed and two new VMXNET 3 interfaces will be added. 7. Continue with Chapter 4, Configuring the NetProfiler. 16 SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide

21 CHAPTER 4 Configuring the NetProfiler Configuring the NetProfiler includes: Using the vsphere client to access the NetProfiler console port to set up the NetProfiler to be accessible over the network. Using the NetProfiler web user interface to complete further configuration tasks if necessary before activating the licenses. Accessing the NetProfiler The first step in configuring the NetProfiler is to set up its IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway so that you can access the web user interface. You perform this configuration using the NetProfiler console port, as follows. 1. On the vsphere client s list of virtual machines, select the icon for the NetProfiler. 2. On the Getting Started tab, click Power on the virtual machine. SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide 17

22 Configuring the NetProfiler Initial setup 3. On the tool bar of the vsphere client, click the console launch button to open a console session on the NetProfiler. 4. Log in to the NetProfiler console using the default user name and password: Login: admin Password: admin 5. Follow the prompts to enter the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway and a new password for the NetProfiler. 6. Check to ensure that the settings have been entered correctly and then enter yes to reboot the NetProfiler. The console login session is terminated when the NetProfiler reboots. If the secondary disk is correctly configured, then a cascade-netprofiler login: prompt will be displayed after the reboot completes. Do not use the console admin account except for this setup procedure. After this setup, use the mazu account if you need to log in to the console or command line interface. Initial setup The first time you log in to the NetProfiler web user interface, the software displays a setup page. Parts of this page are prepopulated with the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway that you specified using the console port in the previous step. This may be all you need to complete the installation. However, you can specify the rest of the initial configuration information at this time. 1. On the management network, point your web browser to the IP address you specified in the configuration wizard using the console port Log in to the NetProfiler web user interface. The default credentials are: User name: admin Password: admin The first time you log in to the NetProfiler user interface, it displays the Setup page. 18 SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide

23 Initial setup Configuring the NetProfiler 3. On the Setup page, ensure that all the required fields (marked with an asterisk) are filled in. 4. Fill in the additional information, as necessary: Name Resolution - whether to use DNS resolution for hosts reported by the NetProfiler and, if so, the addresses and search domains for the DNS servers. Time Configuration - Time zone and NTP server IP addresses. The time zone is required. The NTP server IP address applies only if NetProfiler is being synchronized to an external NTP server. SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide 19

24 Configuring the NetProfiler Initial setup SNMP MIB Configuration - NetProfiler is set by default to use SNMP Version 1 and to allow MIB browsing. If you are configuring SNMP at this time, obtain the necessary V1 or V3 information. Inside Address Configuration - IP addresses or address ranges of hosts that the NetProfiler is to track individually. The default values are 10/8,172.16/12, /16. Service Management - Leave this set to ByLocation unless you are required to choose another group type for service locations. 5. After you have filled in all necessary fields, click Configure Now at the bottom of the page to apply your changes. Your browser session will be closed while the configuration changes are made. You can then log back in to activate your licenses. 20 SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide

25 CHAPTER 5 Activating the licenses When you purchase a NetProfiler, your purchase confirmation includes a license request token. The NetProfiler uses this token to generate a license activation code, which you use to obtain license keys from the Riverbed licensing portal. When you enter the license activation code on the Riverbed licensing portal, the portal generates a license key for each license you have purchased. You copy these keys and enter them on the NetProfiler licensing page to activate the licenses features. Obtaining license keys from the licensing portal To get the license keys for the features you have purchased, 1. Log in to the NetProfiler web user interface. 2. Navigate to the Configuration > Licenses page. SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide 21

26 Activating the licenses Entering license keys in the NetProfiler 3. Paste or enter your license activation token in the License Request section and click Request key. The NetProfiler generates a license activation code and displays it in a popup window. 4. Copy the activation code. 5. Go to the Riverbed licensing portal at 6. Paste or enter your activation code into the Enter Unique Product Identifier field and click Next. 7. Follow the instructions in the licensing wizard. The licensing portal will activate all the licenses that you purchased on the order for which you received the token. 8. When the process is complete, copy the license keys from the list. These must be entered in the NetProfiler. Entering license keys in the NetProfiler Enter your license keys in the NetProfiler to activate the licenses you have purchased. 1. Log in to the NetProfiler web user interface. 2. Navigate to the Configuration > Licenses page and click Add license(s) in the Licenses section. This opens a popup window for entering the license keys. 3. Enter the license keys as a comma-separated list and click OK. The NetProfiler activates the licenses and displays them in a list. Your web user interface session may be terminated when the new licenses are activated. If it is, log back in and navigate to the Configuration > Licenses page. 4. Review the list of licenses if necessary. After the licenses have been installed, you can verify the installation by checking to see if the NetProfiler is monitoring traffic. 22 SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide

27 CHAPTER 6 Verifying the installation Installation verification requires the NetProfiler to be receiving traffic data from at least one source. To determine if the NetProfiler is receiving data, log in to the web user interface and navigate to the System > Devices/Interfaces page. Check the status of the Sensors, Flow Gateways, NetSharks or other data source devices on the Devices tab. When a data source comes on line, the NetProfiler begins collecting data. If no data sources are listed on the System > Devices/Interfaces page Devices tab, then NetProfiler installation and configuration cannot be verified. Set up at least one data source device (preferably all data source devices) and then perform the installation verification as follows. 1. Go to the Dashboard page and verify that the graphs display data. 2. Go to the System > Information page and ensure that the NetProfiler Status indications is displaying OK. NetProfiler Flow Capacity Licensed Limit matches the license that was purchased. Storage Status indications is displaying OK. 3. Go to the System > Devices/Interfaces page and assure that each data source that is expected to be available is listed and that no status indicators are red. 4. Go to the Reports > Traffic page. Near the bottom of the Report Criteria section, click Run now. Verify that a traffic report is displayed. (It will take a short time for the report to display.) SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide 23

28 Verifying the installation This completes the installation process. The NetProfiler can now be turned over to those who are responsible for setting up user accounts and operational parameters. Refer to the on line help system for further configuration procedures. 24 SteelCentral NetProfiler Software Installation Guide

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