Preparing ESXi servers on NSX environment

- Updated:
- 24 Nov 2016
- Product/Version:
- Deep Security 9.6
- Platform:
- Amazon AMI 32-bit
- Amazon AMI 64-bit
- CentOS 5.4 32-bit
- CentOS 5.4 64-bit
- CentOS 5.5 32-bit
- CentOS 5.5 64-bit
- CentOS 5.6 32-bit
- CentOS 5.6 64-bit
- CentOS 5.7 32-bit
- CentOS 5.7 64-bit
- CentOS 5.8 32-bit
- CentOS 5.8 64-bit
- CentOS 6 32-bit
- CentOS 6 64-bit
- CentOS 6.1 32-bit
- CentOS 6.1 64-bit
- CentOS 6.2 32-bit
- CentOS 6.2 64-bit
- HPUX 11.x
- IBM AIX 6.1
- Linux - Red Hat RHEL 5 32-bit
- Linux - Red Hat RHEL 5 64-bit
- Linux - Red Hat RHEL 6 32-bit
- Linux - Red Hat RHEL 6 64-bit
- Linux - SuSE 10
- Linux - SuSE 10 64-bit
- Linux - SuSE 11
- Linux - SuSE 11 64-bit
- Oracle Linux 5 32-bit
- Oracle Linux 5 64-bit
- Oracle Linux 6 32-bit
- Oracle Linux 6 64-bit
- Oracle Solaris 11 SPARC
- Oracle Solaris 11 x86
- Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit
- Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit
- Unix - Solaris (Sun) version 10 (SunOS 5.10)
- Unix - Solaris (Sun) version 9 (SunOS 5.9)
- Windows 2003 Server R2
- Windows 2003 Small Business Server
- Windows 2003 Small Business Server R2
- Windows 2008 Enterprise
- Windows 2008 Enterprise 64-bit
- Windows 2008 Essential Business Server
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- Windows 2012 Standard R2
- Windows 8.1 32-bit
- Windows 8.1 64-bit
- Windows Vista 32-bit
- Windows Vista 64-bit
- Windows XP Professional
- Windows XP Professional 64-bit

Summary

Before the Deep Security Virtual Appliance (DSVA) service can be deployed on your data center, your ESXi servers must be prepared first by installing the drivers necessary for network traffic inspection. This operation is performed on the cluster.

Details

To prepare your cluster:

On the vSphere Web Client, go to Home > Networking & Security > Installation.
Click the Host Preparation tab.
Under the Clusters & Hosts list, locate the NSX cluster you are going to protect with Deep Security, and click Install in the Installation Status column.

The host preparation is now complete.