Requirements for installation

Requirements for installation

Make sure the conditions listed below are met before installing Cisco Cyber Vision as a virtual machine.

Required configuration for a VM:

Hypervisor:

  • VMware vSphere 6.x or later.

    OR

  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 or later.

Make sure the hypervisor used is set with the rights necessary for a new VM instantiation.

VM sizing

Minimum – up to 500 components:

  • CPU: Intel Xeon, 8 cores

  • RAM: 16GB minimum

  • Storage: 500GB SSD

Recommended:

For 10,000 components w/o Center DPI:

  • CPU: Intel Xeon, 10 cores

  • RAM: 32GB minimum

  • Storage: 1TB SSD minimum, RAID-10

For more than 10,000 components or Center DPI:

  • CPU: Intel Xeon, 16 cores

  • RAM: 64GB minimum

  • Storage: 1TB SSD minimum, RAID-10

Required resources:

  • One or two IP addresses, depending on a Center installed with single or dual interface. Dual interface: one interface receives protocol data from the sensors (Collection network interface), the other is used to access the web interface and for SSH remote administration (Administration network interface) (n/a to a Global Center or a Center configured with single interface).

    An additional interface dedicated to DPI is required to deploy a Center with sensor function on EXSi.

  • An IP address for each sensor to connect (preferably on a dedicated LAN or VLAN for connections between the sensors and the Center i.e. the Industrial network interface) (n/a to a Global Center).

  • A NTP server accessible from the Center (time is generally retrieved on a router).

  • A machine name which has to be unique (either configured on the DNS, or to be configured on each client). This is essential for the security exchanges setup between a client (humans or API) and the Center.