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Hi anybodyI have some question anybody help me please.1. Can i use both vmware vDS and Nexus 1000v in the same ESXi host2. How to migrate vmware guest from vmware vDS (current Production) to Nexus 1000v vDS without downtimeThan you.

I've got a 1000v environment on 1.4(a) and vSphere 4.1. Currently there are DVS across Dev and 2 prod environments. I'd like to be able to upgrade the vCenter to 5.1 before upgrading the 1000v's, however the compatibility doc for 1.4(a) doesn't menti...

Hi,I was wondering about how many VEMs would the below license allow? is it only 1?N1K-VLCPU-01= Nexus 1000V Paper CPU License Qty 1-Pack

With the advanced edition of the Nexus 1000V the VSG is included. Now do you get one VSG license for every VEM 1000V license you have or is the VSG license unlimited but you would just need VEM license to use it anyways? I am a bit confused. I am abo...

I am trying to do netconf on a Nexus 1KV for VMware Orchestrator automation.  Initially I am trying to just send the hello thru ssh.  I receive the hello from the server, then send the hello XML from the XML API documentation.  And nothing happens.  ...

All,Can someone clearly define the boudaries of a DVS with regard to vCenter?Reason I ask, is because if we look at the configuration limitations for the 1000v, under vEthernet interfaces, it shows 2k per DVS, but we see that each VEM/Host can have u...

Hello,I have a virtual lab with VMware Workstation 9 on the physical host OS.Within VMware Workstation I have two ESXi 5.1 hosts and a vCenter 5.1 VM.I managed to install Nexus 1000v distributed switch in vSphere.Within vSphere I have a NetApp Simula...

Hi,alls!I have some questions of nexus 1kv below,I wish someone will help me,thanks!1.How can I add the vem host to vsm without vc?     I can add the vem to vsm with vc successfully. But I want to know can i do it without vc?2.Can i add two nics of t...

Whent VSM lose connectivity with VEM's (sometimes happends but I don't know why) I got this logs:2012 Nov  3 07:24:31.363 sv4025-01 %VEM_MGR-2-VEM_MGR_REMOVE_NO_HB: Removing VEM 5 (heartbeats lost)2012 Nov  3 07:24:31.364 sv4025-01 %VEM_MGR-2-VEM_MGR...

I have a customer who is asking about moving to ESXi 5.1 on their Nexus 1000V platform. They want to know if this version is certified with the 1000V yet.Thanks,Peter

The free N1Kv "essentials" (https://communities.cisco.com/docs/DOC-31313) coming in early 2013 is great, but it's causing a big headache for my company (we're a reseller). Customers naturally want the free version right now, and we don't know what to...

I'm trying out the Nexus 1000v, and have it configured to write logs to my syslog server. The thing is, the messages are in a weird format that my log management tools cannot parse. Here is an example:<189>: 2012 Oct 21 15:22:40 UTC: %VSHD-5-VSHD_SYS...

HelloWe have been running a Cisco Nexus 1000V 4.2(1)SV1(4) for some time now.  Today we have 1009 vethernet interface with 986 of them active. The problem is that any newly created veth interface ends up in the "Admin down" state with no network conn...

HiI have half installed a VSG ie I have got it so far as registering with VNMC but need to change its hostname and enable NTP on it.If I delete teh agent config the VSG and make teh changes then renable the agent VNMC just changes everything back !So...