Data Center Switches

Background: Installing some ESX 4.0 servers using Emulex CNAs connected to Nexus 5020s.  We're also using the Nexus 1000v.  Each server has two CNAs (single port) with each one connected to a different Nexus 5K.  We are using the 5K and CNAs for both...

Any issues using vPC with the 5K that is supported on the latest code with the 1000v?  That way I don't have to use vPC-HM.

Hello,The recent product announcement by Han Yang and Louis Watta included the mentioning of an NFR version of the 1000V switch for Cisco partners.When will this NFR be available?  And what will the SKU(s) be for this NFR version?Thank you for any in...

Hi,I have a port-group which contains two VMs ( having a single vNIC each) .Till now I was applying the ACLs to the port-group and VMs worked as per the ACLs. But then I applied a different ACL to the individual vNIC. I assumed that the traffic will ...

Hi,There is a port-profile "vmdata192" for VM data traffic on VSM and "test_acl" ACL is been associated with this port-profile as follows.n1000v(config)# port-profile vmdata192n1000v(config-port-prof)# ip port access-group test_acl outn1000v(config-p...

Hello,After creating the VSM VM and running through the initial setup I wanted to see what would happen if I erased the startup configuration and reloaded.  After question marking out a bit I came across the "system startup-config init" command and f...

Hi,I want to allow only http traffic from my VM.There is a port-profile "vmdata" assigned to these VM NIC.Is it required to have two rules to allow http traffic?permit tcp {VM-ip address} any eq www - out directionpermit tcp any eq www {VM-ip address...

Hi,When I try to configure ACL for passive FTP it gives me following error.n1000v(config-acl)# permit tcp any host 192.168.4.107 gt 1023 establishedERROR: unknown error

In virtual center Hosts/networking/DVS page, what is the purpose of the vm-uplink versus the system-uplink?

I have one ESX host successfully added in and connected to DVS.When I right click to DVS to add a host, I do not see my second VShphere host. Both machines were deployed in exacltly the same manner. All needed vlans are created.

As far as I understand the VSM needs to be connected to a vCenter Datacenter - see „Connecting to the vCenter Server” in the Cisco Nexus 1000V Software Installation Guide.So fas so good - what about having more then one vCenter Datacenter? How do I r...

Hi there,I'm wondering if it's possible to have more the one VSM Plugin registered in the vCenter.We have several vCenter Datacenters and some of them have no layer 2 connectivity. So we plan to use more then one VSM. With this we had a "workaround" ...

I am just doing a simple setup and evaluation of the Nexus 1000V. I have one vSphere machine with a VSM VM and the VEM installed on it.But I don't see any way to associate the VEM with the VSM except though vCenter.

I read in another thread that Cisco and VMware have been working together on the support of vShield Zones with Nexus 1k. It stated that the plan is to provide the capability in Nexus 1K  to classify traffic that needs vShield services in a more granu...

Our vmware team has re-aligned VSM filesystem in the .vmdk file.  The VSM will no longer boot.On other linux VMs, after the re-alignment has been performed, the administrator will just re-run grub to re-initialize the MBR.  Is it possible to do this ...