Cisco Virtual Topology System 2.5.2 All-in-One v1

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Overview

Cisco® Virtual Topology System(VTS) is a standards-based, open-software, overlay management and provisioning system. It automates data center network-fabric provisioning for virtual and physical infrastructures. VTS offers a rich set of automation and programmability capabilities across the entire Cisco Nexus switching portfolio to enhance the deployment of cloud-based services. Together with the Cisco Virtual Topology Forwarder (VTF), this solution provides support for various combinations of physical and virtual overlay topologies.

Check it out here: https://dcloud-cms.cisco.com/demo/vts-252-all-in-one-v1

Scenarios

• Scenario 1: Verify Connectivity
• Scenario 2: Explore VTS Web UI
• Scenario 3: Create Tenant Network
• Scenario 4: Create and Attach Virtual Machines
• Scenario 5: Attach Bare-Metal Devices to Tenant Network
• Scenario 6: Create Tenant Router
• Scenario 7: Provision Data Center Gateway (DCI) Using External Networks
• Scenario 8: Explore Device and Overlay Templates
• Scenario 9: Explore Multi-VMM Publish and Merge Operations

Requirements

Required	Optional
Laptop	Cisco AnyConnect®

Components

• Virtual Topology System
  • Virtual Topology Controller (VTC)
• Cisco Nexus 9000v (NXOSv)
• OpenStack controller and computes

Features

VTS	Contains VTS-specific service models and required NEDs (policy plane) Performs resource management Provides northbound REST API and web UI
Cisco Nexus 9000v	Emulates physical top-of-rack switch, spine, and DCI router in lab topology
OpenStack controller and computes	Virtual machine manager for data center POD

Topology