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Cisco Nexus 1010 Overview and Deployment

Sal Lopez
Technical Marketing Engineer
SAVBU

Nexus 1000V Public Webinar Series

Date

Business Sessions

Date

Technical Sessions

22-Mar

Nexus 1000V Family Overview and Update

29-Mar

Nexus 1000V New Features and InstallaNon

Overview

5-Apr

Virtual Network Services

(vPath, NAM, vWAAS)

12-Apr

Nexus1010 InstallaNon & Upgrade

19-Apr

Virtual Security Gateway Introduction

26-Apr

3-May

Journey to the Cloud w/ N1KV: vCloud Director &

Long Distance vMoNon

Virtual Security Gateway InstallaNon and Basic

ConguraNon

10-May

Nexus 1000V Advanced ConguraNon

17-May

Secure VDI with Nexus1000V & VSG

24-May

Nexus 1000V TroubleshooNng

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Nexus 1000V My Community

www.cisco.com/go/1000vcommunity

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Nexus 1000V My Community

www.cisco.com/go/1000vcommunity

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Nexus 1000V My Community

www.cisco.com/go/1000vcommunity

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Nexus 1000V Screencasts

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Nexus 1000V Screencasts

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Nexus 1000V Architecture

Comparison to a Physical Switch

Modular Switch
Supervisor-1
Back Plane

Supervisor-2
Linecard-1
Linecard-2

Linecard-N

Server 1
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Server 3
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Nexus 1000V Architecture

Moving to a Virtual Environment

Modular Switch
Supervisor-1
Back Plane

Supervisor-2
Linecard-1
Linecard-2

Linecard-N

ESX

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Nexus 1000V Architecture

Supervisors

Virtual Supervisor Modules (VSMs)

Virtual Appliance
VSM1

VSM2

Modular Switch
Supervisor-1
Back Plane

Supervisor-2
Linecard-1
Linecard-2

Linecard-N

ESX

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Nexus 1000V Architecture

Linecards

Virtual Ethernet Modules (VEMs)

Virtual Appliance
VSM1

VSM2

Modular Switch
Supervisor-1
Back Plane

Supervisor-2
Linecard-1
Linecard-2

Linecard-N

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VEM-1

VEM-2

ESX

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VEM-N

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Nexus 1000V Architecture

VSM + VEMs = Nexus 1000V Virtual Chassis
Virtual Appliance
VSM1

VSM2

64 VEMs per 1000V

L2 Mode

200+ vEth ports per VEM

2K vEths per 1000V

L3 Mode

(connected by L2 or L3)

Multiple 1000Vs can be

created per vCenter

VEM-1

VEM-2

ESX

ESX

VEM-N

ESX

VSM: Virtual Supervisor Module

VEM: Virtual Ethernet Module

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Nexus 1000V Architecture

Customer Request: Host VSMs on a Physical Appliance
Physical Appliance?

Virtual Appliance
VSM1

200+ vEth ports per VEM

64 VEMs per 1000V
2K vEths per 1000V
Multiple 1000Vs can be created per vCenter

L3 Mode

L2 Mode

VSM2

VEM-1

VEM-2

ESX

ESX

VEM-N

ESX

VSM: Virtual Supervisor Module

VEM: Virtual Ethernet Module

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Nexus 1000V Architecture

VSMs hosted on a Physical Appliance: Nexus 1010
Virtual Appliance

Nexus 1010

Up to 4 VSMs per Nexus 1010

VSM-A1

VSM-A4

VSM-B1

VSM-B4

L2 Mode

redundant pair

200+ vEth ports per VEM

64 VEMs per 1000V
2K vEths per 1000V
Multiple 1000Vs can be created per vCenter

L3 Mode

Nexus 1010s deployed in

VEM-1

VEM-2

ESX

ESX

VEM-N

ESX

VSM: Virtual Supervisor Module

VEM: Virtual Ethernet Module

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Embedding Intelligence for Virtual Services

vPath Virtual Service Datapath
Virtual Appliance
vWAAS

VSG

VSM

L2 Mode

Virtual Service Datapath

VSG
Virtual Security Gateway for 1000v
vWAAS

L3 Mode

vPath

vPath

Virtual WAAS

Traffic Steering
VEM-1

VEM-2

vPath

vPath

ESX

ESX

Fast -Path Offload

Nexus 1000V ver 1.4

& above

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Nexus 1010 Hosting Platform for

Services
Virtual Appliance
vWAAS

Nexus 1010

VSG

VSM-A1

VSM-A4

NAM

VSM-B1

VSM-B4

NAM

L2 Mode

Virtual Service Datapath

VSG
Virtual Security Gateway for 1000v
vWAAS

L3 Mode

vPath

Virtual WAAS

VEM-1

VEM-2

vPath

vPath

ESX

ESX

*VSG on 1010 target: 2Q CY11

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Cisco Nexus 1010 Overview and Deployment

Sal Lopez
Technical Marketing Engineer
SAVBU

Agenda
Nexus 1010 Hardware and Software
Nexus 1000V VSM connectivity on Nexus 1010
Nexus 1010 Network Integration and Data Center Design
Nexus 1010 Virtual Service Blade Configuration and Verification
Nexus 1010 Upgrade Process

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Nexus 1010 Hardware

and Software
Software
Switch fo
r
vSphere
4.0 and 4
.1

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Nexus 1010 Hardware Configuration

Based on UCS Physical Appliance
2 x Intel X5650- 2.66GHz, 6 core
16 GB RAM
2 x 500GB SATA-II HDD
1 x Quadport GE NIC Card
1 x Serial Port
1 x Rail-Kit

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Nexus 1010 Ports and Components

Cisco Integrated Management Controller for lights out, out of band
management (use KVM cable to setup), similar to CMP for other
NX-OS switches
6 Gigabit Ethernet ports (2 LOM for management/control, 4 on
PCIe card)

1
3
5
7

Power supply (one)

USB 2.0 connectors (two)
Video connector (15-pin VGA)
Gigabit Ethernet ports (3 to 6)

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2
4
6
8

CIMC port (RJ-45) 10/100 Mbps

Serial connector (DB9)
Gigabit Ethernet Ports (1 and 2)
Standard-profile PCIe card slot (not used)

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Nexus 1010 Virtual Service Blade

The Nexus 1010 comes with a new concept of Virtual
Services called Virtual Service Blade (VSB)
Shipping today:
VSM virtual service blade
NAM virtual service blade
VSG, DCNM in future releases
Network Analysis Module*

Nexus 1000V VSM

Nexus 1010 Manager

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* Optional virtual service blade add-on

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Nexus 1010 Scalability

Network Analysis
Module

Nexus 1000V VSM

Nexus 1000V VSM

Nexus 1000V VSM

Nexus 1000V VSM

Nexus 1010 Manager

Nexus 1010 Manager: Cisco management experience
Manages a total of 5 virtual service blades (ie. 4 VSMs and 1 NAM)
Each VSM can manage up to 64 VEMs (256 total VEMs)
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Feature Comparison

Nexus 1000V features and scalability

VEM running on vSphere 4 Enterprise Plus
NX-OS high availability of VSM
Software-only deployment

VSM as VM

VSM on
Nexus 1010

Network Team owns/manages the VSM

VSM Isolation from production VM

environment in case of outage

Least number of steps to deploy VSM

Installation like a standard Cisco switch

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Nexus 1010 Managed By Network Team

VSM planned and deployed on networking
equipment
Access to console consistent with existing network
gear (no additional software needed)
Troubleshoot via Cisco NX-OS CLI
Nexus 1010 platform can be managed via SNMP
Secured by AAA

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Nexus 1010 High Availability

Process HA at NX-OS level
Modular OS based on Linux

Virtual Service Blade redundancy

Nexus 1010 automation and state synchronization
Create primary VSM once and secondary VSM gets created for you

Chassis Level Redundancy

Deployed in pairs
Same mechanisms used as redundant supervisors on switches
Prevent split brain scenario with CIMC as backup connection

Network Level Redundancy

Flexible network integration options with traffic isolation, trunking and LACP

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Nexus 1000V VSM

connectivity on Nexus
1010
Software
Switch fo
r
vSphere
4.0 and 4
.1

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VSM to VEM Communications

Two virtual interfaces are used to communicate between the
VSM and VEM
VM

VM

VM

VM

L2 Network
Control VLAN
Packet VLAN

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Nexus 1000V VSM

On Nexus 100

Control VLAN
Extend the usual backplane of the switch
over the network
Carries low level messages to ensure proper
configuration of the VEM.
Maintains a 1 sec heartbeat with the VSM to
the VEM (timeout of 6 seconds)
Maintains syncronization between primary
and secondary VSMs
Packet VLAN
For control plane processing like CDP, IGMP
snooping, or stat collections like SNMP,
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Layer 2 connectivity of the VSM and VEM

VM

VM

VM

VM

For L2 deployment, Control and Packet

VLAN needs to be configured end to end
to allow communication between the
VSM and the VEM
If those VLANs are not configured end to
end the VEM will not show up even if it
looks like it is in vCenter

L2 Network
Control VLAN
Packet VLAN

Nexus 1000V VSM

On Nexus 100
N1K

Control VLAN and Packet VLAN needs to

be configured as system VLAN on the
uplink port-profile
Can use 1 or 2 VLANs for Control/Packet
traffic

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Layer 3 connectivity of the VSM and VEM

VM

VM

VM

L3 Network

VM

For L3 Control, L2 adjacency for

Control and Packet not required

VSM uses a svs mode type layer 3 using either

the control0 Interface or the mgmt0 interface
User can specify an IP address for control0 to use a
separate network for VEM VSM communication

Nexus 1000V VSM

On Nexus 100
N1K

svs-domain
svs mode L3 interface (control0 | mgmt0)

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Nexus 1010 Network

Integration and Data
Center Design
Software
Switch fo
r
vSphere
4.0 and 4
.1

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Nexus 1010 Network Integration Design

There are 4 uplink options to connect the Nexus 1010 to the

Network
This will influence how the control, packet, management and
data information will be connected to rest of the network

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Nexus 1010 Network Integration

Uplink Type 1
Nexus 1010 uplink type 1:Ports 1 and 2 carry Management, Control and Data
traffic

Sample Topology:
Common L2 Network with
upstream switch N5K/N2K

Setup 1

Setup 2

Upstream Switch Access Ports:

interface ethernet 101/1/1-2

!-- multiple vlans trunked across link
switchport mode trunk
!--only allow mgmt, control and data vlans
switchport trunk allowed vlan 170,250-251
!-- enable portfast edge
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
Eth1

Eth2

Active VSM

Nexus 1010
Eth1: active (forwarding)
Eth2: standby (not forwarding)
Total Bandwidth per device is 1Gbps
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Eth1

Eth2

HA-Standby
VSM

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Active VSM

N1010-1
Active Chassis

Eth2

Eth2

Eth1

HA-Standby
VSM

N1010-2
HA-Standby Chassis

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Nexus 1010 Network Integration

Uplink Type 2
Nexus 1010 uplink type 2:Ports 1 and 2 carry Management and Control; Ports 3-6 carry
Data traffic
Can use clustered switch technology (MCEC, vPC, VSS, etc.) for max bandwidth
Sample Topology:
Common L2 Network, upstream switch N5K/N2K with vPC
Upstream LACP Ports (both switches):

interface ethernet 101/1/2, 101/1/4

!-- multiple vlans trunked across link
switchport mode trunk
!-- only allow mgmt, control and data vlans
switchport trunk allowed vlan 251
!-- enable portfast edge
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
!-- add interface to port-channel, this is a vpc
channel-group 1010 mode active
!-- this is a unique vpc for N1010-1
interface port-channel 1010
vpc 1010

1
6
1

E1

E2 E3 E4

E5

Active VSM

**Config must be repeated for N1010-2 on interfaces 101/1/5-6

Nexus 1010
Eth1: active (forwarding)
Eth2: standby (not forwarding)
Eth3-6:forwarding in LACP bundle
Total Bandwidth per device is 5Gbps
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E1

E2 E3 E4

E5

E6

HA-Standby
VSM

N1010-2
HA-Standby Chassis

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Nexus 1010 Network Integration

Uplink Type 3
(Most Common for VSM Deployment)

Nexus 1010 uplink type 3:Ports 1 and 2 carry Management; Ports 3-6 carry Control and
Data traffic
Can use clustered switch technology (MCEC, vPC, VSS, etc.) for max bandwidth
Sample Topology:
Common L2 Network, upstream switch N5K/N2K with vPC
Upstream LACP Ports (both switches):

interface ethernet 101/1/2, 101/1/4

!-- multiple vlans trunked across link
switchport mode trunk
!-- only allow mgmt, control and data vlans
switchport trunk allowed vlan 250-251
!-- enable portfast edge
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
!-- add interface to port-channel, this is a vpc
channel-group 1010 mode active
!-- this is a unique vpc for N1010-1
interface port-channel 1010
vpc 1010

1
6
2

5
1

E1

E2 E3 E4

E5

Active VSM

E6

E1

E2 E3 E4

E5

E6

HA-Standby
VSM

**Config must be repeated for N1010-2 on interfaces 101/1/5-6

Nexus 1010
Eth1: active (forwarding)
Eth2: standby (not forwarding)
Eth3-6:forwarding in LACP bundle
Total Bandwidth per device is 5Gbps
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Nexus 1010 Network Integration

Uplink Type 4
Nexus 1010 uplink type 4:Ports 1 and 2 carry Management; Ports 3 and 4
carry Control, Ports 5 and 6 carry Data traffic

Sample Topology:
Common L2 Network with
upstream switch N5K/N2K
Upstream Switch Access Ports:
interface ethernet 101/1/1
!-- multiple vlans trunked across link
switchport mode trunk
!-- only allow mgmt, control and data vlans
switchport trunk allowed vlan 170
!-- enable portfast edge
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
E1

Nexus 1010
Eth1: active (forwarding)
Eth2: standby (not forwarding)
Eth3: active (forwarding)
Eth4: standby (not forwarding)
Eth5: active (forwarding)
Eth6: standby (not forwarding)
Total Bandwidth per device is 3Gbps
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E5

Active VSM

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E1

E2 E3 E4

E5

E6

HA-Standby
VSM

N1010-2
HA-Standby Chassis

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Nexus 1010 Network Connectivity

Summary
Uplink

Description

Option 1

Ports 1-2 Carry All Management, Control, and

Data Traffic
Really easy to deploy

Option 2

Ports 1-2 Carry Management and Control,

Ports 3-6 Carry Data Traffic
Most of the bandwidth available for other Virtual
Service Blades (ie. NAM)

Option 3

Ports 1-2 Carry Management, Ports 3-6 Carry

Control and Data Traffic
Most bandwidth for VSM Virtual Service Blades
and other VSBs

Option 4

Ports 1-2 Carry Management, Ports 3-4 Carry

Control, Ports 5-6 Carry Data Traffic
Clear separation of all the different types of traffic

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Nexus 1010 in the Access Layer

Core

L2 Control for VSM to

VEM is easier here
All servers/switches below
need Control/Packet
VLANs
L2 Network Services such
as VSG (future)

Aggregation

L3
L2

Access

Nexus 1000V VSM VSB

L3 Control for VSM

possible
HA pair can be dedicated
per POD or customer
More VSBs available per
POD or customer

Compute/Virtual Access

Nexus
1000V
VEM

ESXi

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Nexus 1010 in the Aggregation Layer

L3 Control for VSM to
VEM is more flexible
here
IP routing should be robust
Suitable for long distance
(future)

L2 Control for VSM

possible
HA pair can be shared
among PODs or
customers
If using L3, there should be
IP connectivity to VSM VSB
from each POD

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Core

Aggregation

Nexus 1000V VSM VSB

L3
L2

Access

Compute/Virtual Access

Nexus
1000V
VEM

ESXi

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Nexus 1010 and VSB

Configuration
Software
Switch fo
r
vSphere
4.0 and 4
.1

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Nexus 1010 Initial Setup - CIMC

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Nexus 1010 Initial Configuration

Access Console via Telnet or Serial over LAN
Setup System Admin Account and Basic System Configuration
telnet 172.25.182.99 2005
Trying 172.25.182.99...
Connected to 172.25.182.99.
Escape character is '^]'
---- System Admin Account Setup ---Enter the password for "admin":
Confirm the password for "admin":
Enter HA role[primary/secondary]: primary

HA Role for each chassis

Enter network-uplink type <1-4>:

1. Ports 1-2 carry all management, control and data vlans
2. Ports 1-2 management and control, ports 3-6 data
3. Ports 1-2 management, ports 3-6 control and data
4. Ports 1-2 management, ports 3-4 control, ports 5-6 data

Network uplink type for

network integration

3
Enter control vlan <1-3967, 4048-4093>: 250

Domain ID must be unique

Enter the domain id<1-4095>: 201

Enter management vlan <1-3967, 4048-4093>: 170

Mgmt VLAN is shared with

VSM

Saving boot configuration. Please wait...

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VSM VSB Installation Steps on Nexus

1010
Create VSM as VSB on N1010
Register certificate as plug-in in vCenter
Define ethernet and vethernet port-profile
Includes VLANs and physical settings to upstream switch
For mac-pinning, upgrade feature level

Install VEM using vCenter

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Creating and Configuring a VSM VSB

tme-1010-1(config)# virtual-service-blade VSM-1010-1

Create and name the VSB

tme-1010-1(config-vsb-config)# virtual-service-blade-type new nexus-1000v.4.0.4.SV1.3a.iso

tme-1010-1(config-vsb-config)# interface control vlan 251
tme-1010-1(config-vsb-config)# interface packet vlan 252
tme-1010-1(config-vsb-config)# enable
Enter vsb image: [nexus-1000v.4.0.4.SV1.3.iso]

One command deploys both

Primary and Secondary VSM

Enter domain id[1-4095]: 203

Management IP version [V4/V6]: [V4]

This is done only for HA

aware VSBs

Enter Management IP address: 10.29.170.84

Enter Management subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
IPv4 address of the default gateway: 10.29.170.1
Enter HostName: VSM-1010-1
Enter the password for 'admin': P@ssw0rd1
tme-1010-1(config-vsb-config)#no shut
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VSB Control and HA Verification

The Network Admin has total control over the VSB deployment
tme-1010-1# show virtual-service-blade
virtual-service-blade AV2-1010-VSM
Description:
Slot id:

Host Name:

AV2-VSM-1

Management IP:

10.29.170.254

VSB Type Name :

VSM-1.0

Interface:

control

vlan:

254

Interface:

management

vlan:

170

Interface:

packet

vlan:

255

Interface:

internal

vlan:

NA

Ramsize:

2048

Disksize:

Heartbeat:

132670

Verify VSB IP address and Control,

Mgmt and Packet VLANs

HA Admin role: Primary

HA Oper role: ACTIVE
Status:

VSB POWERED ON

Location:

PRIMARY

SW version:

4.0(4)SV1(3a)

VSBs deployed in an HA pair by

default (result of enable
command).

HA Admin role: Secondary

HA Oper role: STANDBY
Status:

VSB POWERED ON

Location:

SECONDARY

SW version:

4.0(4)SV1(3a)

VSB Info:
Domain ID : 401
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Nexus 1010 and VSB Network

Verification
tme-1010-1# show network-uplink type

Configured and actual operating

topology are shown

Administrative topology id: 3

Operational topology id: 3
tme-1010-1# show network summary

----------------------------------------------------------------------Port

State

Speed

MTU

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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GigabitEthernet1

up

1000

1500

GigabitEthernet2

up

1000

1500

GigabitEthernet3

up

1000

1500

GigabitEthernet4

up

1000

1500

GigabitEthernet5

up

1000

1500

GigabitEthernet6

up

1000

1500

PortChannel1

up

1000

1500

PortChannel2

up

1000

1500

VbEthernet1/1

up

1000

1500

VbEthernet1/2

up

1000

1500

VbEthernet1/3

up

1000

1500

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Po1 represents active/standby

bundle between E1 and E2
Po2 represents the LACP bundle
between E3-E6

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NAM Virtual Blade on Nexus 1010

Optimize Application Performance and Network Resources

VM

VM

VM

VM

Application Performance Monitoring

Traffic Analysis and Reporting
Applications, Host, Conversations, VLAN,
QoS, etc.

Nexus
1000V
VEM

Per-application, per-user traffic analysis

vSphere

View VM-level Interface Statistics

Packet Capture and Decodes
Historical Reporting and Trending

ERSPAN

vCenter

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VSM
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NAM
Virtual
Blade on
Nexus
1010

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Creating and Configuring a NAM VSB

N1010-1(config)# virtual-service-blade NAM-VSB
N1010-1(config-vsb-config)# virtual-service-blade-type name NAM-1.0
N1010-1(config-vsb-config)# interface data vlan 180
N1010-1(config-vsb-config)# enable

Data VLAN for Non-VSM

VSBs

Enter vsb image: nam-app-x86_64.4-2-1-fc5.iso

Enter Management IPV4 address: 10.29.180.99
Enter Management subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
IPv4 address of the default gateway: 10.29.180.1

IP address for Web GUI

administration

Enter HostName: vNAM-1

Setting Web user/passwd will enable port 80. Enter[y|n]: [n] y
Web User name: [admin]
Web User password: P@ssw0rd
N1010-1(config-vsb-config)# no shut

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Access NAM VSB via Web GUI

Use the previously defined IP address and credentials

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Nexus 1010 Upgrade

Process
Software
Switch fo
r
vSphere
4.0 and 4
.1

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Upgrading the Nexus 1010 Appliance

Software (1 of 2)
Download new ISO image from CCO
Log into active N1010 via console
Copy new image over to bootflash
Use the install command
install nexus1010 bootflash:nexus-1010.4.2.1.SP1.2.iso

Save configuration
Log into VSM VSB
Switch over HA active VSM VSBs to active N1010

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Upgrading the Nexus 1010 Appliance

Software (2 of 2)

From N1010 CLI, reload standby when all active VSM

VSBs are switched over to active
ie. reload module 2 if Secondary is standby

From withing VSM VSB CLI, switchover HA active VSBs

to newly upgraded N1010 (originally standby from
above)
Reload the original active N1010
Non HA VSBs may experience disruption (NAM)

To upgrade VSM NX-OS, please follow N1KV upgrade

procedure
Note: Must make Secondary VSM the active first

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For More Information

See the following Resources
Nexus 1010 Virtual Services Appliance Hardware
Installation Guide
Nexus 1010 Software Installation and Upgrade
Guide
Nexus 1010 Deployment Guide
Nexus 1000V Configuration, Installation and
Upgrade Guides
NAM VSB Configuration Guide
Nexus 1000V Webinar Series

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Sign up at: http://tinyurl.com/1000v-webinar

Date

Date

Business Sessions

Technical Sessions

22-Mar

Nexus 1000V Family Overview and Update

29-Mar

Nexus 1000V New Features and InstallaNon

Overview

5-Apr

Virtual Network Services (vPath, vWAAS,

NAM)

12-Apr

Nexus1010 InstallaNon & Upgrade

19-Apr

Virtual Security Gateway Introduction

26-Apr

3-May

Journey to the Cloud w/ N1KV: vCloud Director &

Long Distance vMoNon

Virtual Security Gateway InstallaNon and Basic

ConguraNon Overview

10-May

Nexus 1000V Advanced ConguraNon

17-May

Secure VDI with Nexus1000V & VSG

24-May

Nexus 1000V TroubleshooNng

Web Sites
www.cisco.com/go/1000v
www.cisco.com/go/nexus1010
www.cisco.com/go/vsg
www.cisco.com/go/vnmc
www.cisco.com/go/1000vcommunity
(Preso and Q&A posted here)
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Thank you.