Requirements
The following information should be used before installing BVQ:
Create a suitable VM
Choose the operating system
Prepare a Windows user
Adjust your firewall
Modify your virus scanner
Add BVQ° to the whitelist of your ad blocker
Make sure the VM has an appropriate browser
Server Size:
Server | Systems* | CPU | RAM | HDD (free) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Small sized | 10 | 4 cores | 16 GB | 50 GB |
Medium Sizes | 50 | 8 cores | 32 GB | 250 GB |
Large Size | 200 | 12 cores | 64 GB | 1000 GB |
BVQ GUI client workstation | / | 3 cores | 16 GB | 2 GB |
* each "System" relates to one of the following assets:
Compute:
IBM PowerVM server
VMware server
Kubernetes nodes
AIX/Linux virtual machine
Storage:
Storage system
IBM SVC IO groups
Network
Switch (up to 64 ports)
Operating System | BVQ DB Server | BVQ Server | Consolidated (DB + Server + Client) | BVQ client workstation (GUI) |
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Windows Server 2019 | ||||
Windows Server 2022 | ||||
Windows 10 64Bit |
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Windows 11 64Bit |
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Windows user
Create a Windows User called bvq and add this user to the Administrator group
Please do not name the "server" bvq
Firewall
BVQ Server requires access through several ports for communication between scanners and scanned systems and its database.
The following connections are required:
Legend: mandatory connection, optional connection, → outgoing connection, ← incoming connection
Connection Type | Standard TCP port | BVQ Server | BVQ Client | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
RDP to BVQ Client | 3389 | ← | → | Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol for remote screen sessions |
Internet | N/A | → | → | Connection to the Internet for remote maintenance or code-download |
SSH to IBM SVC/Storwize/FlashSystem | 22 | → | → | Secure shell access to the SVC CLI interface |
HTTPS to EMC Dell Unity | 443 | → |
| Web service with HTTPS on Unity System API |
HTTPS to VMware vCenter | 443 | → |
| Web service with HTTPS on VMware vCenter API |
HTTPS to IBM HMC (PowerVM) | 12443 | → |
| Web service with HTTPS on PowerVM HMC API |
HTTPS to NetApp | 443 | → |
| Web service with HTTPS on NetApp ONTAP System API |
HTTPS to Brocade SAN switch | 443 | → |
| Web service with HTTPS on Brocade SAN switch API |
HTTPS to Cisco MDS switch | 8443 | → |
| Web service with HTTPS on Cisco SAN switch API |
HTTPS to K8s API | 6443 | → |
| Web service with HTTPS on Kubernetes API |
HTTPS to K8s Prometheus | 9000 | → |
| Web service with HTTPS on Kubernetes Prometheus |
SMI provider to BNA | 5989 | → |
| SMI interface to Brocade Network Advisor |
MongoDB | 27017 | ←→ | → | Access to MongoDB (BVQ Expert GUI, MongoDB Compass, ...) |
BVQ Server Web UI | 80 | ← | → | Access to BVQ Server Web UI |
BVQ Server Grafana | 3000 | ← | → | Access to BVQ Grafana Web UI |
BVQ SSH Server (AIX OS Agent) | 2222 | ← |
| BVQ SSH server which is used to receive data from OS instances |
Browser
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome
Apple Safari
Microsoft Edge
Antivirus
Please change the parameters of the third-party antivirus software,
to exclude the following Directory:
%ProgramData%\SVA\BVQ\* A detailed explanation of each folder is also available:
Directory & file excludes for Antivirus software