Data Center Switches

Hi folks,Working through some specifics on our new 1KV deployment still, and I'm at the point where I have the following scenario:Two iSCSI VLANs -93 & 103Each of these has a single port-profile that my 3 host servers use to create their VMK interfac...

I can use plugin manager to add two extension keys to vc for two vsm. However, when i use "connect" to connect the second vsm to vc, I got the following error:Nexus1000v(config-svs-conn)# connectERROR:  [VMware vCenter Server 4.1.0 build-244350] Cann...

I've got 3 test ESX hosts in my test lab.I installed the VSM on my ESX1 host; setup the control/packet/mgmt vlans, the physical switches are all set correctly.  I'm running the control/packet data over the same pNics/port-profile as VM traffic BTW.I ...

Hi,We bought 60 licences of Cisco Nexus 1000V for Vmware vSphere 4 Enterprise Plus for 1 processor for all our Blade servers.I'd like to know how and where I need to install the 60 licenses for all my Blade.I wrote that I had to get a lic file for th...

I installed the VEM on one of my esx servers and for some reason it's not working on this esx box, it works fine on two other servers.When I do vem status it returns a blank message, doesn't error out, just a blank return.When I do a vem start I get ...

Is there a way to monitor a vethernet interface for utilization and send an SNMP trap or inform based on some threshold?

Hello everyone,i am running code 4.0(4)SV1(2)i am trying to configure a port-profile for the system uplink (control & packet)N1KDEMO(config)# port-profile system-uplink-control-packetN1KDEMO(config-port-prof)# capability ?  iscsi-multipath  Configure...

Hi folks,I'm rushing here, trying to meet a dead line (an unrealistic one) and have not been able to deep dive this..can anybody tell me if you have to build both the VSM and VEM???Or can i merely install the VSM software, which I have done, but cann...

Afternoon,Apologies if this is double posted.We are currently  deploying a new VMWare Environment utilising an HP C Class Blade  Chassis, Virtual Connect 10GbE modules, BL680 blades with Flex10 NICs,  Nexus 1000V virtual switch and Nexus 5010 switche...

Alright folks,just now messing with one of these...My VM guy setup the VSM and i'm able to remote into the switch etc...however, I'm wanting to work the GUI magic and all i'm getting when entering the ip into my browser is what appears to be the dire...

I read that there was an update to the Nexus 1000v software due soon, does anyone have any idea when/if it will be realeased, was planning on deploying the Nexus in the next few weeks and don't want to have to turn aorund and do an update a month fro...

Does the Virtual Supervisor Module require licenses???

I was doing some testing with the vethernets and I noticed some interesting things.  When a VM is assigned to a port-profile, the Nexus/VSM seems to assign the VM to the next available vethernet port.  If you then change the port-profile assignment o...

I can't get the log messages from nexus 1000v on my ubuntu server. I configured nexus 1000v with the following commands:Nexus1000v# conf tNexus1000v(config)# show logging serverLogging server:                 disabledNexus1000v(config)# logging serve...

I am trying to visualize the Netflow output of my Nexus 1000V using NTOP, among other tools.  I am seeing flows from the Nexus, but the data is not correct.  There appear to be two issues:1) I see the "Bad v9 Packets" counter incrementing.  In my lab...