Install NetQ for NVLink

NetQ deployment options vary, depending on whether you want to use NetQ to monitor Ethernet, NVLink, or both NVLink and Ethernet. Refer to Before You Install for more information about the various NetQ deployments.

System Requirements

NetQ for NVLink requires a 3-node cluster with the following system requirements. Each node in the cluster must meet the VM requirements:

ResourceMinimum Requirements
Processor48 virtual CPUs
Memory512GB RAM
Local disk storage3.2TB NVMe
Network interface speed10 Gbps NIC
HypervisorKVM/QCOW (QEMU Copy on Write) image for servers running Ubuntu;
VMware ESXi™ 6.5 or later (OVA image) for servers running Cumulus Linux or Ubuntu 24.04

Refer to Install NetQ for step-by-step installation instructions.

Migrate to Latest Version

To migrate your existing NMX-M deployment to the latest NetQ version, first uninstall your current version. Then perform a fresh installation and perform a system bringup.

  1. Run the following command from the /opt/netq-admin/nvl/scripts directory:
python3 nvlink-uninstall-from-k8s.py --auto-approve
  1. Install NetQ. Choose the NVLink-only deployment or the Ethernet and NVLink combined mode deployment.

  2. Perform a system bringup to connect to telemetry data.