Data Center Switches

I have 3 servers with fresh Vsphere 4i installs on them and for some reason all of them have the same VEM UUID.  These hosts are not clones, each have been installed directly from CD.  Everything else with the cluster works great but I can only get o...

hi all,after installing some VEMs and always verifying it using "show module" i've seen that the domain suffix of some servers was missing.After some time the domain suffix was successfully added.Has somebody else experienced similar behavior? Is it ...

hi all,i have a standard ESX - iSCSI Setup with 2 dedicated NICs for iSCSI connected to 2 uplink Switches (catalysts). on the Nexus side i'm using vPC-HM.my questions are:* what is the best Channel load-balancing method for iSCSI (there are 2 iSCSI t...

Hi,What could be the cause of following error message and how to resolve it?2010 Jan 26 02:57:14 switch %ACLMGR-3-ACLMGR_PPF_ERROR: PPF error: DDB Error: 0x4117000c (ddb_srv_ses_open/390)Thanks,DV

hi all,i want to share by experiences / troubles i had during a N1KV deployment last week.initial setup:* 9 ESX Servers in 3 Clusters (2x4 and 1x1)* virtual vCenter Server* iSCSI Storage without Multipathing* SC, VMKernel on vSwtiches* VMTraffic on V...

Have several implementations of the 1Kv coming up and want to make sure I'm covered.  Most of the sites we see are connecting the ESX servers to legacy (non-vPC supporting) switches utilizing multiple uplinks.  So...  Let's say we have an ESX server ...

While setting up the Nexus Supervisor Module... it is asking me for Domain ID, my question is do I have to enter the same Domain ID which was assigned to the physical switch in Fabric? or I can assign a different Domain ID for VSM.  Thanks,

I keep getting this response from all 3 ESX 4.0.0. build 208167 servers:[root@viewesx1 tmp]# esxupdate -b ./cross_cisco-vem-v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.80-0.6.179-release.vib updatecross_cisco-vem-v110-4.0.4.1... ######################################## [100%]U...

looking for some help how to config? what to look for? i hvae a cluster of 2, ESX 4.0 hosts..downloaded the software, but have not deployed it yet... should I build 2 VM's for it? one for VSM and VEM?any help would be appreciated before I move forwar...

Hi there,Can we use vPC-HM with NX1KV connected to small catalyst switches or does the upstream switch have to be vPC compliant ?If so, is there a compatibility matrix to use vPC-HM?Why am asking this question:i have 2 uplinks for vmkernel,ctrl,packe...

Has anyone hit the problem of adding one host, while the other host works just fine (and appears as VEM). When trying to add the host vsphere replies with the following error:".....SysinfoException: Node (VSI_NODE_net_create); Status(bad003)=Not foun...

I am trying to install the VEM on the ESX server that holds the VSM.  I manually installed the VEM but it didnt register with the VSM.  A vemcmd sh card info shows that the control and packet vlans are set to 0 instead of the vlans we have assigned (...

hi guys,when i have a vCenter Server running virtually on my ESX Cluster which should be running Nexus1000v i also have to define in the VMware port-profile and Uplink port profile the vlan to which the vCenter is connected to as system vlan right (i...

"Totally stumped on this one. Here's the situation:Have VSM's up running and connected to vCenter (redundant mode)Have all VEM's up and running Have created all required prot profiles, uplinks etc etc.All of a sudden, trying to create additional prot...

Greetings All,We have been getting an increased # of support questions in regards to using 1000v in vPC mode with HP Flex-10.  I figured it was time to detail some information for those interested here in the community.Q.  Does 1000v/vPC work with Fl...