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VMwarevShieldprovidesfirewallprotection,trafficanalysis,andnetworkperimeterservicestoprotectyour
vCenterServervirtualinfrastructure.vShieldvirtualapplianceinstallationhasbeenautomatedformost
virtualdatacenters.
ThevShieldManageristhecentralizedmanagementcomponentofvShield.YouusethevShieldManagerto
monitorandpushconfigurationstovShield
App,vShieldEndpoint,andvShieldEdgeinstances.ThevShield
ManagerrunsasavirtualapplianceonanESXhost.
VMwarevShieldisincludedwithVMwareESX4.0and4.1.ThebaseVMwarevShieldpackageincludesthe
vShieldManagerandvShieldZones.YoucanconfigurethevShieldZonesfirewallrulesetto
monitortraffic
basedonIPaddress‐to‐IPaddresscommunication.
InstallingthevShieldManagerisamultistepprocess.Youmustperformallofthetasksthatfollowinsequence
tocompletevShieldManagerinstallationsuccessfully.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“ObtainthevShieldManagerOVAFile”onpage 17
“InstallthevShieldManagerVirtualAppliance”onpage 17
“ConfiguretheNetworkSettingsofthevShieldManager”onpage 18
“LogIntothevShieldManagerUserInterface”onpage 19
“SynchronizethevShieldManagerwiththevCenterServer”onpage 19
“RegisterthevShieldManagerPlug‐InwiththevSphereClient”onpage 20
“ChangethePasswordofthevShieldManagerUserInterfaceDefaultAccount”onpage 20
“InstallvShieldZones”onpage 20
“WheretoGoNext”onpage 21
Obtain the vShield Manager OVA File
ThevShieldManagervirtualmachineispackagedasanOpenVirtualizationAppliance(OVA)file,which
allowsyoutousethevSphereClienttoimportthevShieldManagerintothedatastoreandvirtualmachine
inventory.
Install the vShield Manager Virtual Appliance
YoucaninstallthevShieldManagervirtualmachineonanESXhostinaclusterconfiguredwithDRS.
YoumustinstallthevShieldManagerintothevCenterthatthevShieldManagerwillbeinteroperatingwith.
AsinglevShieldManagerservesasinglevCenterServerenvironment.
ThevShieldManagervirtualmachineinstallationincludes
VMwareTools.Donotattempttoupgradeor
installVMwareToolsonthevShieldManager.
Installing the vShield Manager and
vShield Zones
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