So before we enable the NSX intelligence component as part of the NSX
application platform,
let's take a moment here in the vSphere client just to verify that all our
pieces and parts
are in place. As I mentioned, I had to rebuild the network because I had a
little power outage
yesterday after the deployment of the NSX application platform. So when I
rebuilt everything,
I made a cluster for my edge nodes. I also made a cluster to support the NSX
application platform.
And if we click here on the VM and templates view, they're all up and running.
We can also
verify here by going to the hamburger menu and then going down to workload WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
verify here by going to the hamburger menu and then going down to workload
management and take
a peek at it here as well. So here under supervisors, it shows running. If we
click on that supervisor
and go to monitor, everything looks green that looks good, including the Kuber
netes status showing
as ready. So from the vSphere client perspective, everything looks pretty good.
Let's head over
to the NSX manager. So here in the NSX manager, let's go to the system tab. And
with the system
tab selected over on the left, we can click right here on the NSX application WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
tab selected over on the left, we can click right here on the NSX application
platform,
just to verify that it's ready to rock. So we'll click here on NSX application
platform.
And this is showing us that it was successfully deployed. We've already seen
that message. Thank
you. Thank you. And that currently is showing us stable. So that part all looks
great. And then
as we scroll down, we have the option of then activating the features that we
want to use as
part of the NSX application platform. So I did the liberty a little bit ago to
enable the NSX
intelligence. So for a brand new deployment, you'd have to go to this tile
right here under features,
click on it to enable it. It would do some pre checks. In fact, let me show you WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
click on it to enable it. It would do some pre checks. In fact, let me show you
a screenshot of
exactly that. So here is a screenshot I took before I clicked on this tile. So
I clicked on the tile,
and then they went through some pre checks. And then after about 10 minutes, it
was fully activated
and ready to go. So again, this is what we look like before you click on that
button and click on
activate. Now this is a deck at the live interface for the NSX manager as a
subset here under the
NSX application platform. And notice here that shows as up now if we scroll
down, I have two more
tiles, one for NSX network detection and response, a one for NSX malware WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
tiles, one for NSX network detection and response, a one for NSX malware
prevention. And what we'll
do is we'll enable those as we get into those parts of the course. So for now,
the NSX intelligence
has been enabled. It's activated and it's showing as up. And to really
appreciate the ability for
NSX intelligence to show us a visual representation of traffic on our network,
we first of all have
to have some traffic on our network. So in the next video, I'm going to go
ahead and make sure we have
some VMs that are up and running and generating traffic inside our network. So
I'll see you in the
next video for exactly that.