Cisco 1000V w/ Hyper-V

[hackerboss]

So from my understanding, you can only use the Cisco 1000V with Server 2012 which runs Hyper-V version 3.  Is this correct?  We are currently running Server 2008 R2 enviroment and have need for the 1000V.  We have layer 2 performance issues with our VMs and I was thinking 1000V would be an excellent add-on to the network.

What is everybody using for their virtual switch in the Hyper-V version 2 environment?  Seems like the virtual switch included is pretty basic.

Any thoughts?

[froggerdata7]

anybody?

[iceman47777]

Yes only 2012 and up.

[Iker Santamaria Molla]

Hi Evan,

See the following link:

http://www.cisco.com/assets/TD/switches/datacenter/nexus1000/hyperv/sw/5_2_1_s_m_1_5_1/install/workflow/nexus_1000v_r_5_2_1_S_M_1_5_1.html

I hope it will be useful.

Install and upgrades guides:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps13056/prod_installation_guides_list.html

Best regards.

[hackerboss]

wow that took awhile for somebody to respond.  thanks.

[iceman47777]

I hope your just using  hyper v in a lab, VMware is still king of the data center.

[hackerboss]

I totally agree!  I've tried to convince the customer to use VMware, but they like the fact that Hyper-V is free.  But all in all, it's going to cost them some money to get the 1000V up and running with Server 2012 from a licensing standpoint.

I'm currently working on the 1000V in my lab, and it's just awesome!

[Iker Santamaria Molla]

Hi Evan,

We use Nexus 1000v with VMware 5.1 and works fine!!!

Good luck with Hyper V, I'll begin to test this solution in the coming months.

Best regards.