Cisco AVS vs VMware DVS

[michelvankessel]

Hello,

Could anyone please explain the main differences between AVS and DVS from a technical point-of-view. Or if you have a link to a URL or document that talks about these differences, that would be great!

many thanks 

Michel van Kessel

[Joseph Ristaino · Accepted solution]

Michel,

There are many differences, the biggest is the deployment of VXLAN on the host and the ability to communicate programming of policy via the openflex protocol.

Check out the AVS links at the bottom of our training video page.  There is also one for VMM with DVS that you can use to compare the two: ACI Training Videos

Let me know if you have any specific questions.

Joey