Deploy the ExtraHop Command Appliance with Hyper-V
The following procedures explain how to deploy an ExtraHop Command appliance on the Microsoft Hyper-V platform. You must have experience administering your hypervisor product to complete these procedures.
If you need either the installation package files or a license key for the virtual appliance, contact support@extrahop.com.
Virtual machine requirements
You must have an existing installation of Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012 (or later) capable of hosting the Command virtual appliance. In addition, you need Hyper-V Manager to manage the virtual machine.
- CPU
- 2 CPUs with hyper-threading support, VT-x technology, and 64-bit architecture.
- RAM
- 4 GB RAM
- Disk
- 44 GB or higher disk (thick-provisioned)
Important: | If you want to deploy more than one ExtraHop virtual appliance, create the new instance with the original deployment package or clone an existing instance that has never been started. |
Performance guidelines
The following table provides guidelines that can help you optimize the performance of the Command appliance. These guidelines are minimum requirements that you might need to adjust based on the size and needs of your environment.
Scalability | Discover Appliances | 1-4 | 5-16 | 17-64 | 65 or more |
Provisioning Requirements | CPU Cores | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB | 16 GB | 24 GB | |
Boot Disk | 4 GB | ||||
Datastore Disk | 32 GB + (Size of RAM x 2) For example, if you provision the appliance with 16 GB of RAM, the disk requirement is 64 GB. |
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Disk Total | 36 GB + (Size of RAM x 2) |
Install the files for Hyper-V
Before you begin
If you have not already done so, download the ExtraHop Command virtual appliance file for Hyper-V from the ExtraHop Customer Portal and extract the contents from the .zip file to your Windows Server machine.Configure a static IP address through the CLI
The ExtraHop appliance is delivered with DHCP enabled. If your network does not support DHCP, no IP address is acquired, and you must configure a static address manually.
- Establish a console connection to the ExtraHop appliance.
- At the login prompt, type shell and then press ENTER.
- At the password prompt, type default, and then press ENTER.
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To configure the static IP address, run the following commands:
Register the ExtraHop appliance
Complete the following steps to apply a product key.
If you do not have a product key, contact your ExtraHop account team.
Tip: | To verify that your environment can resolve DNS entries for the
ExtraHop licensing server, open a terminal application on your Windows, Linux, or
Mac OS client and run the following
command:nslookup -type=NS d.extrahop.com If the name
resolution is successful, output similar to the following
appears:
Non-authoritative answer: d.extrahop.com nameserver = ns0.use.d.extrahop.com. d.extrahop.com nameserver = ns0.usw.d.extrahop.com. |
- In your browser, type the URL of the ExtraHop Admin UI, https://<extrahop_ip_address>/admin.
- Review the license agreement, select I Agree, and then click Submit.
- On the login screen, type setup for the username.
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For the password, select from the following options:
- For 1U and 2U appliances, type the service tag number found on the pullout tab on the front of the appliance.
- For the EDA 1100, type the serial number displayed in the Appliance info section of the LCD menu. The serial number is also printed on the bottom of the appliance.
- For a virtual appliance, type default.
- Click Log In.
- In the Appliance Settings section, click License.
- Click Manage License.
- Click Register.
- Enter the product key and then click Register.
- Click Done.
Post-deployment actions
- Connect your Discover appliances. See the ExtraHop Command settings section in the ExtraHop Admin UI Guide.
- Add your Explore appliances. See the Configure an Explore cluster section in the ExtraHop Admin UI Guide.
- Review the Discover and Command Post-deployment Checklist and configure additional Command settings.
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