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I'm really stuck.I have a VMware 4.1 running but everytime i try to install the vem on the same host as vsm i get the following error:[root@vm01 sbin]# ./esxupdate -b http://10.11.100.100/cisco/vibs/VEM/4.0.0/VEM-4.0.0-patch01/cross_cisco-vem-v121-4....

Hi, I am trying to apply ACLs to restrict incoming management traffic to the VSM. Noticed it is not possible to apply ACLs on vty. Any help on this would be appreciated . thanks

I am confused about the physical requirements for the implementation of the Cisco Nexus 1000V. I have 2 VMware clusters one ESXi 4.0 update 2 and one ESXi 4.1. Each ESX host has 4 NICs connected to a D-Link layer 2 physical switch and each has one vS...

Hi there, I've spent an age looking for the page whereby I can enter my host-ID and get sent an eval license. When I follow the link "https://www.cisco.com/go/1000veval" it allows me to download the software without any need to enter the host-id.  Am...

Hi guys,I have a question about mac ACL. It says that "MAC ACLs—The device applies MAC ACLs only to non-IP traffic.". So, what does non-IP traffic mean? Does mac acl can deny tcp traffic? I began netperf at first and then set the acl(deny such tcp so...

We recently installed the Nexus 1000V in our lab ESX cluster.  I'm trying to export netflow data to our collector, but I get errors when I try to add a flow monitor to a port profile or individual interface.  Here's the error we get:ASB-UPG-VSM01(con...

Hi Guys,What the best way to migrate the Service Console from vSwitch to Nexus 1000v.I was thinking that i just create a port profile i.e.port-profile service_consoleswitchport mode acessswitchport access vlan xvmware port-groupno shutsystem vlan xst...

Greetings all,Wanted to give a heads up as people are rolling out the VMware Update 2 patch.Problem:When trying to install the offline bundle for ESX Update 2 it fails with an error similar to:DependencyError: Requested VIB rpm_vmware-esx-vmkernel64_...

Hi,Can anybody answer the following question for me?I have a 5-host cluster of ESX servers all using evaluation licenses.My customer has now purchased enough licenses to convert all of their evaluation licenses to permanent (they have 10 licenses, on...

Happy 4th everyonePlease help me out to understand the no connectivity issue i am experiencing for one of the VMs "V1"please see attached text config fileinterface Vethernet7  inherit port-profile data_vlan172  description V1, Network Adapter 1  vmwa...

Hi all,Can the port profile in nexus1kv be assigned to the specified uplink? For example, if I have two uplinks and one vm connect to the nexus1kv, and I want the traffic from this vm only go through one of the two uplinks, how can I configure that? ...

Hi all,I got a problem when I install nexus1kv on my esx host. The vsm is successfully connected to the vc, and the status is:acl-nexus(config)# show svs connectionsconnection vc:    ip address: 10.117.8.38    remote port: 80    protocol: vmware-vim ...

Dear all:    Do I need to reinstall VEM module or reconfig it, after replace ESX host NIC???FYIJames Huang

Hi,since december we have the nexus 1000v in our company. Everything working fine and looks good. We have a ESX cluster with two hosts and 7 NICs uplink. Today after a long time i have a look in the logging and saw this:Dropping received frames from ...

Hi,I have a data-centre with three clusters configured.  I have installed a Nexus 1000V with Primary / Secondary VSMs in one cluster and all is working well.I have now installed a new 1000v and VSM on the second cluster and have successfully created ...