Data Center Switches

Hi Guys,This might sound like a stupid question but if you have your Nexus 1000v environment up and running, everything is going well but someone accidental deletes the ACTIVE vsm, how do you recover from that making sure that the new VSM you build w...

Hello.I am having an issue adding hosts to the vNDS.The issue started after I removed the two original blade servers, brought 1000v up on the new blade server, completely rebuilt to two original blades and added them to the new cluster. Now that I ha...

I am having the same issue described in Cannot create any port profiles on n1k from VSMI am receiving the error: "Warning: Operation succeeded locally but update failed on vCenter server" when trying to create a port profile."  when trying to create ...

Hi,followed these steps to manally upgrade the VEMs host by host: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus1000/sw/4_0_4_s_v_1_3/upgrade/software/guide/n1000v_upgrade_software.html#wp53115At the moment i hang on Step 4 after i initiat...

what is the difference? Only limitations and restrictions?

Scenerio:One Esxi host with two 2 port 10g CNAs and two Nexus 5k switches up stream.One port of the CNAs are cable into the Nexus 5k and the following configs are place on the respective switchesNexus 1kvport-portfile type ethernet network-uplinkvmwa...

Following the steps to run the Nexus 1000 on a single host, I run into this problem which I wonder if you have guys seen.When I move the Packet and Control vlan off the vSwitch and onto the Nexus 1000, my VEM on the host powers downs. Any thoughts?

          I have noticed that the nexus 1000v does a reconfiguration of the vDS switch everyday at 7:00 AM. Could anybody tell my why this happens ? I inherited the environment and would like to know.Thanks,

Hello,We're having an annoying problem with of our recent Nexus 1000V \ vSphere 4.1 implementations. This site is supported by CAT 4006 switches running IOS 12.2(25)EWA14. We have no problem bringing the ESXi Hosts up via the N1KV using LACP, but if ...

hey there...i'm about to upgrade our virtualisation environment to 4.0(4)SV1(3a). now, i've seen that there are recommondation to share the control, packet and management vlan of nexus1000v. finally this i possible and i'm lucky about that.the proble...

Is there a guide for recovering the VEM if you have to reinstall vCenter 4.0?The VSM (virtual appliances) seem to be running.

Hello,today I installed the Nexus 1000v on three ESX servers, I think everything is working fine but there is a Log Message which occurs every two minutes. The  following Message will be displayed: "%KERN-1-SYSTEM_MSG: Dropping received frames from d...

Hi,have two esx hosts. Created on both a vmkernel port. Created on all uplink switches the vlan. Allowed on the trunk uplink ports the new vlan.I`m only able to ping the vmkernel ip from the vm which is on the same host. But i cannot reach an ip on t...

Hi there,I am trying to upgrade my hosts with Nexus to 4.1, but the installation got stuck.Situation:vCenter 4.1, build 258902Hosts 4.0, build 164009Nexus 1000V, dual-VSM-configuration, all parts running version 1.3aI need to patch my hosts to 4.1, i...

I have this config in my nexus 1000v:port-profile type vethernet Server-network  vmware port-group  switchport mode access  switchport access vlan 2  no shutdown  system vlan 2  state enabledport-profile type ethernet Server-uplinks  vmware port-grou...