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Guardian
Learn how Guardian provides comprehensive asset inventory and network visibility for OT and IoT environments.
Installation Guide
Information and resources on how to install Guardian, and the different options and settings that are available.
Virtual installation
Minimum Guardian sizing requirements
The following table gives recommended sizes for instances running the Guardian.

Guardian
Learn how Guardian provides comprehensive asset inventory and network visibility for OT and IoT environments.
- Introduction
  An overview of Guardian.
- Installation Guide
  Information and resources on how to install Guardian, and the different options and settings that are available.
  - Introduction
  - Physical installation
  - Virtual installation
    - Virtual Guardian installation
      Before you install a virtual machine (VM), you should make sure that you are familiar with the minimum requirements, and the supported formats and software that you can use with the Nozomi Networks software products.
    - Virtual machine sizing
      A description of the virtual machine (VM) sizing requirements for Nozomi Networks sensors.
    - Minimum Guardian sizing requirements
      The following table gives recommended sizes for instances running the Guardian.
    - Check the CPU of a virtual machine
      The amount of central processing units (CPU) from the hypervisor might not correspond with the actual amount seen from within the virtual machine (VM). Therefore, it is important to confirm that your VM has sufficient CPUs to support your configuration.
    - Check the RAM of a virtual machine
      The amount of random-access memory (RAM) from the hypervisor might not correspond with the actual amount seen from within the virtual machine (VM). Therefore, it is important to confirm that your VM has sufficient RAM to support your configuration.
    - Install a virtual machine
      Install the Guardian sensor on a virtual machine using a supported OVA or VHD file format. Ensure your system meets the minimum requirements and the hypervisor is properly configured. This setup enables centralized network monitoring in a virtualized environment.
    - Expand a disk on a virtual machine
      The monitoring scope of your sensor will dictate the size requirements of your virtual hard drive. Do this procedure to adjust the size of the virtual hard drive.
    - Add a secondary disk to a virtual machine
      If the main disk is not large enough when it is first imported, you can do this procedure to add a larger virtual data disk to the virtual machine (VM).
    - Add a monitoring interface to the virtual machine
      By default, the virtual machine (VM) has one management network interface and one monitoring interface. Depending on deployment needs, it might be useful to add more monitoring interfaces to the sensor.
    - Cloud deployment
  - Container installation
  - Basic configuration
  - Additional settings
  - Compatibility Reference
  - Federal Information Processing Standards
- Administrator Guide
  Information and resources about the Administration section of Guardian, and the tasks that you can do in this part of the software.
- User Guide
  Information and resources about the main features of Guardian, and the tasks that you can do from the user interface (UI).
- Maintenance Guide
  Information about the maintenance tasks of Guardian, to help you administer and maintain the solution in a production environment.
- Print format documentation
  A list of all the print-format documentation that is available for Guardian.

Minimum Guardian sizing requirements

The following table gives recommended sizes for instances running the Guardian.

Table 1. Guardian instances
Min. model	Max. nodes	Max. network elements	Max. smart IoT devices	Max. throughput (Mbps)	Min. vCPU	Min. RAM	Min. disk space
V100	100	3,000	500	50	4	6 GB	100 GB
	250	10,000	1,250	250	6	6 GB	100 GB
	250	10,000	1,250	500	8	6 GB	100 GB
	250	10,000	1,250	1,000	10	6 GB	100 GB
	1,000	20,000	5,000	1,000	10	8 GB	100 GB
V250	2,500	50,000	12,500	500	8	10 GB	250 GB
	2,500	50,000	12,500	1,000	10	10 GB	250 GB
	5,000	100,000	25,000	500	8	12 GB	250 GB
	5,000	100,000	25,000	1,000	10	12 GB	250 GB
V750	10,000	200,000	100,000	500	8	16 GB	250 GB
V750	10,000	200,000	100,000	1,000	10	16 GB	250 GB
V1000	40,000	400,000	200,000	1,000	10	24 GB	250 GB