Installing FortiAnalyzer-BigData Hosts with VMware ESXi

Once the Security Event Manager Controller is fully installed, the rest of the FortiAnalyzer-BigData host VMs can be network booted by the Controller with the following steps.

To install FortiAnalyzer-BigData-VM Hosts with VMware ESXi:

1. Log in to VMware ESXi server.
2. In the Navigator sidebar, right-click Host and select Create/Register VM.

   The New Virtual Machine wizard displays.

3. Using the New Virtual Machine wizard, configure a VM with the same network configuration as the Controller:
   1. Deployment options
      1. Select a port group to map to the VMs network.

         Select the same Internal network and External network as the Controller.

      2. Click Next.

   For complete steps to configure a VM with VMware ESXi, see Installing Security Event Manager Controller with VMware ESXi.

4. Once the VM is created, power on the VM.

   This will allow the Security Event Manager Controller to install software on the host.

5. Assign the Blade ID.
   1. To let Security Event Manager Controller assign Blade ID on the host automatically:
      1. Wait for the installation to complete before launching another one. The blade ID and IP for the host will be automatically assigned by Security Event Manager Controller.

         

   2. To manually assign host blade ID through bootloader:
      1. Upon entering the first reboot after powering up VM for installation, press the Tab key within 10 seconds of the following prompt to display the action options.

         

      2. Type bootloader to enter the bootloader's main page.

         

      3. Select option 5). Set Blade ID and specify the desired value.

         

         The Blade ID is updated.

         

      4. After the Blade ID is specified, select option 0). Reboot to reboot the host and wait for installation to complete.
6. Repeat the above steps to power on the rest of the VMs.

   A FortiAnalyzer-BigData cluster requires at least 6 VMs including the Controller.