on 10-18-2013 05:33 PM
A virtualized server implementation consists of one or more VMs running as 'guests' on a single physical server. The guest VMs are hosted and managed by a software layer called the hypervisor or virtual machine manager (VMM). The hypervisor typically presents a virtual network interface to each VM and performs Layer 2 switching of traffic from a VM to other local VMs or to a physical interface to the external network. Working with a Cisco virtual interface card (VIC) adapter, Cisco Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX)bypasses software-based switching of VM traffic by the hypervisor in favor of external hardware-based switching in the fabric interconnect. This method results in a reduced load on the server CPU, faster switching,and the ability to apply a rich set of network management features to local and remote traffic. VM-FEX extends the (prestandard) IEEE 802.1Qbh port extender architecture to the VMs, providing each VM interface with a virtual Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) device and a virtual port ona switch. This solution allows precise rate limiting and quality of service (QoS) guarantees on the VM interface.
Windows | Windows | |
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VM-FEX Mode | Emulation | Hypervisor Bypass with SR-IOV |
Minimum Hypervisor Version | Windows 2012 | Windows 2012 |
Minmum ENIC Driver Version | UCSM 2.1(1a) | UCSM 2.1(1a) |
Minimum VIC Firmware Version | UCSM 2.1(1a) | UCSM 2.1(1a) |
VM-FEX Tool | Pleaese refer to attachment | Please refer to attachment |
VMotion / Live Migration | Support | Support |
Support Guest OS | Any OS support by Hyper-V | Windows 2012 only |
UCSM Configuration Limit 2.1 Release -http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/configuration_limits/2.1/b_UCS_Configuration_Limits_2_1.html
Cisco UCS 6100 / 6200 Series | ||
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Hypervisor | Half-Width Blade with Single VIC | Full-Width Blade with Dual VIC |
ESX 4.0 – 4.1 (DirectPath I/O) | 56 (54 vNIC + 2 vHBA) | 56 (54 vNIC + 2 vHBA) |
ESXi 5.0 – 5.1 (DirectPath I/O) | 116 (114 vNIC + 2 vHBA) | 116 (114 vNIC + 2 vHBA)* |
Windows 2012 (SR-IOV) | 116 (114 vNIC + 2 vHBA) | 232 (228 vNIC + 4 vHBA) |
KVM 6.1 – 6.3 (SR-IOV) | 116 (114 vNIC + 2 vHBA) | 232 (228 vNIC + 4 vHBA) |
* Additional VIC will NOT increase the total VIF count due to OS limitation
* Multiple VICs are Supported for full width blade and B200M3
UCSM Hyper-V VM-FEX GUI Configuratoin Guide
UCSM Hyper-V VM-FEX CLI Configuratoin Guide
Hyper-V VM-FEX Configuration Example - TAC
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10281/products_configuration_example09186a0080c1780d.shtml
Cisco-Live-BRKCOM-2005-Virtual Machine Fabric Extension (VM-FEX)-2013
VM-FEX Configuration & Best Practice for Multiple Hypervisor
Please refer to the attachmenta
Cisco VM-FEX Performance Testing verus VMware vSwitch
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns944/whitepaper_c11-727581.html
External (Light Reading) VM-FEX Peroformance Testing verus VMware vSwitch
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=693092
VM-FEX Performance Testing with SAP
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns944/whitepaper_c11_703103.pdf
VM-FEX Performance Testing with Microsoft SharePoint 2010
VM-FEX Performance Testing with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps10265/ps10281/whitepaper_c11-711915.html
VM-FEX Performance Testing with Citrix Xenapp 6.5
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/citrix_emc_ucs_XDXAscale.pdf
Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track 3.0 with VM-FEX
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucs_flexpod_mspc30_sc12_deploy.pdf
This page need to be updated to support Windows 2012 R2.
Surely! This page must update to support Windows Server 2012R2 64-Bit !!!!
We can't find VMFEX Tools newer version to install on OS Host.
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