You can install the NIOS virtual software package on a host with VMware ESX or ESXi 8.0b, 7.0.3, 7.0.2, 7.0, 6.7, 6.5.x, 6.0.x installed and configure it as a virtual appliance. You can configure the storage either with 250 GB or you can choose a configuration above 80 GB during the first boot.
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Network Insight Virtual Appliances | Overall Disk (GB) | # of CPU Cores | Memory Allocation | Supported as Grid Master and Grid Master Candidate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ND-V805 | 500 | 4 | 32 | No |
ND-V1405 | 500 | 8 | 32 | No |
ND-V2205 | 500 | 16 | 64 | No |
ND-V4005 | 500 | 28 | 128 | YesNo |
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Note The overall disk space for an ND appliance is 500 GB. |
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Cloud Platform Virtual Appliance | Overall Disk (GB) | # of CPU Cores | Memory Allocation | Supported as Grid Master and Grid Master Candidate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CP-V805 | 250 | 2 | 16 | No |
CP-V1405 | 250 | 4 | 32 | No |
CP-V2205 | 250 | 8 | 64 | No |
Requirements
The requirements to install the NIOS virtual appliance on a VMware ESX/ESXi server are as follows:
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