Hi all,
have a little problem. I want to test the nexus 1000v and have installed the VSM and it works fine.
I`ve createt three virtual machine port groups in the vcenter (Control Vlan 51, Packet Vlan 52 and Mgmt Vlan 1) . The default Network on the vswitch ist the Vm Network with Vlan 1.
I`ve added a host to the VSM with two nics (system-uplink and data-uplink) and at this moment a new VEM should be created or i`m wrong?
Maybe i forgot something???
If i look on the ESX4 server console and perform a "vem status" i see this:
VEM modules are loaded
Switch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU Uplinks
vSwitch0 32 18 32 1500 vmnic5,vmnic4,vmnic3,vmnic2,vmnic1,vmnic0
DVS Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports Uplinks
NEXUS-VSM 256 10 256 vmnic7,vmnic6
VEM Agent (vemdpa) is running
I think this is ok ?!
If i look on the nexus-vsm and perform a "show module" i see this:
Mod Ports Module-Type Model Status
--- ----- -------------------------------- ------------------ ------------
1 0 Virtual Supervisor Module Nexus1000V active *
2 0 Virtual Supervisor Module Nexus1000V ha-standby
Mod Sw Hw
--- --------------- ------
1 4.0(4)SV1(1) 0.0
2 4.0(4)SV1(1) 0.0
Mod MAC-Address(es) Serial-Num
--- -------------------------------------- ----------
1 00-19-07-6c-5a-a8 to 00-19-05-6d-63-a2 NA
2 00-19-07-6c-5a-a8 to 00-19-05-6d-63-a2 NA
Mod Server-IP Server-UUID Server-Name
--- --------------- ------------------------------------ --------------------
1 10.0.10.10 NA NA
2 10.0.10.10 NA NA
* this terminal session
I think this looks good too.
A "show license usage" shows this:
NEXUS-VSM-Primary# show license usage
Feature Ins Lic Status Expiry Date Comments
Count
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEXUS1000V_LAN_SERVICES_PKG Yes 16 Unused 13 Oct 2009 -
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Why the status is "unused" because there is no VEM active ?
The nexus plugin is also installed. Hope someone could help me. I strongly want to test the nexus 1000v 
Thanks and regards
Thorsten
vmnic6 is connected to the system-uplink port-groupe
vmnic7 is connected to the data-uplink port-group
i have to go to the datacenter and have to check which ports are connected to these vmnics.
if i perform a "sh mac address-table" on the uplink switch i can`t see the MACs of these two vmnics....any suggestions?
On VLAN 99 the ESX traffic is on because of transfering the vlans from esx to the upstream switch..... with vlan1 this still not work on a catalyst switch... this is how we make it the last years with ESX servers and it works fine.
Here is the sh run of the VSM:
NEXUS-VSM-Primary# sh run
version 4.0(4)SV1(1)
username admin password 5 $1$5l.LussdSdjfhdsdjgs$dsdqal28/l.0vhhQgghT77r5dssdMUKdsdfma. role network-admin
ip domain-lookup
ip host NEXUS-VSM-Primary 172.16.110.90
kernel core target 0.0.0.0
kernel core limit 1
system default switchport
snmp-server user admin network-admin auth md5 0x1cb044ef41dsfdsa334c9455f950d7a0dsfsce564 priv 0xsdfsd1cb044esdfsdff41a334c9455f950d7a0ce564 local
izedkey
snmp-server enable traps license
vrf context management
ip route 0.0.0.0/0 172.16.110.1
switchname NEXUS-VSM-Primary
vlan 1,51-52
vlan 53
name VM-Data
vdc NEXUS-VSM-Primary id 1
limit-resource vlan minimum 16 maximum 513
limit-resource monitor-session minimum 0 maximum 64
limit-resource vrf minimum 16 maximum 8192
limit-resource port-channel minimum 0 maximum 256
limit-resource u4route-mem minimum 32 maximum 80
limit-resource u6route-mem minimum 16 maximum 48
port-profile Unused_Or_Quarantine_Uplink
description "Port-group created for Nexus1000V internal usage. Do not use."
capability uplink
vmware port-group
shutdown
state enabled
port-profile Unused_Or_Quarantine_Veth
description "Port-group created for Nexus1000V internal usage. Do not use."
vmware port-group
shutdown
state enabled
port-profile system-uplink
capability uplink
vmware port-group
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 51-52
channel-group auto mode on sub-group cdp
no shutdown
system vlan 51-52
state enabled
port-profile data-uplink
capability uplink
vmware port-group
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 53
channel-group auto mode on sub-group cdp
no shutdown
state enabled
port-profile Test-VM
vmware port-group
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 110
no shutdown
state enabled
interface mgmt0
ip address 172.168.110.90/24
interface control0
boot kickstart bootflash:/nexus-1000v-kickstart-mz.4.0.4.SV1.1.bin sup-1
boot system bootflash:/nexus-1000v-mz.4.0.4.SV1.1.bin sup-1
boot kickstart bootflash:/nexus-1000v-kickstart-mz.4.0.4.SV1.1.bin sup-2
boot system bootflash:/nexus-1000v-mz.4.0.4.SV1.1.bin sup-2
svs-domain
domain id 1
control vlan 51
packet vlan 52
svs mode L2
svs connection vc
protocol vmware-vim
remote ip address 172.16.110.100
vmware dvs uuid "8b 03 1c 30 d6 0f a7 25-34 ff c4 07 56 10 86 76" datacenter-name ESXCenter
connect
I`ve removed the native vlan from the interfaces and now i`m able to see information on the "i" (info) icon. But only for a short time, now the information is gone and everything is empty, why? CDP is enabled....
Tthe VEM module is not shown on the VSM.
Here are the config for VMNIC7 - data-uplink
!
interface GigabitEthernet2/0/3
description "NEXUS 1000v TEST"
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,10,51,52,99,101-200
switchport mode trunk
spanning-tree portfast trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
Here are the config for VMNIC6 - system-uplink
!
interface GigabitEthernet2/0/4
description "NEXUS 1000v TEST"
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,10,51,52,99,101-200
switchport mode trunk
spanning-tree portfast trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
!
Vlan99 are the TRUNK ports from the ESX host to the uplink switch. We have different VlANs on the ESX host and these VLANs have to transferred over the switch.
