Cisco Nexus 1000V

Introduction

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Many of the products and features described

herein remain in varying stages of development
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basis. This roadmap is subject to change at the
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deliver any of the products or features set forth
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100s of Companies Use Nexus 1000V

 US Bottling Company
“The Nexus 1000V simplifies collaboration within
the IT department by clearly separating
responsibilities for our server group and network
group”
Rory Regan, Telecom Manager

 European Insurance Conglomerate

“Taking control of the Cisco Nexus 1000V was
simplified and intuitive. The process of
virtualization of our datacenter will in fact
accelerate and we will be able to virtualize
everything that has been not possible in the
past.”
Julien Mousqueton, Technical Architect

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Server Virtualization Issues

1. vMotion moves VMs across

physical ports—the network
policy must follow

2. Impossible to view or apply

network policy to locally
switched traffic

VLAN
101
3. Need collaboration between
network and server admin

vCenter

Cisco CLI (NX-OS)

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Cisco Nexus 1000V

VM VM VM VM

 Industry’s first and most advanced

software switch for VMware vSphere Nexus
1000V
 Built on Cisco NX-OS
 Compatible with all switching platforms vSphere

 Maintain vCenter provisioning model

unmodified for server administration; allow
network administration of virtual network
via familiar Cisco NX-OS CLI Nexus 1000V

Policy-Based Mobility of Network & Non-Disruptive

VM Connectivity Security Properties Operational Model
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Cisco Nexus 1000V

Cisco VN-Link: Virtual Network Link

Policy-Based Mobility of Network & Non-Disruptive
VM Connectivity Security Properties Operational Model

VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM

Nexus Nexus
1000V 1000V
VEM VEM

vSphere vSphere

vCenter Nexus 1000V VSM

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 Cisco Nexus 1000V
Faster VM Deployment
Cisco VN-Link: Virtual Network Link
Policy-Based Mobility of Network & Non-Disruptive
VM Connectivity Security Properties Operational Model

VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM

Port Profiles
WEB Apps Nexus Nexus
1000V 1000V
HR VEM VEM

DB vSphere vSphere
DMZ

VM Connection Policy
• Defined in the network
• Applied in Virtual Center
• Linked to VM UUID

vCenter Nexus 1000V VSM

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 Cisco Nexus 1000V
Richer Network Services
Cisco VN-Link: Virtual Network Link
Policy-Based Mobility of Network & Non-Disruptive
VM Connectivity Security Properties Operational Model

VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM
VM VM VM VM
VMs Need to Move
• VMotion Nexus Nexus
• DRS 1000V 1000V
VEM VEM
• SW Upgrade/Patch
• Hardware Failure vSphere vSphere

Property Mobility
• VMotion for the network
• Ensures VM security
• Maintains connection state

vCenter Nexus 1000V VSM

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Increased Operational Efficiency
Cisco VN-Link: Virtual Network Link
Policy-Based Mobility of Network & Non-Disruptive
VM Connectivity Security Properties Operational Model

VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM

VI Admin Benefits
• Maintains existing VM mgmt Nexus Nexus
• Reduces deployment time 1000V 1000V
• Improves scalability VEM VEM
• Reduces operational workload
vSphere vSphere
• Enables VM-level visibility

Network Admin Benefits

• Unifies network mgmt and ops
• Improves operational security
• Enhances VM network
features
• Ensures policy persistence
• Enables VM-level visibility Nexus 1000V VSM
vCenter
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 Cisco Nexus 1000V Architecture
VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM

Nexus Nexus Nexus

1000V 1000V 1000V
VEM VEM VEM

vSphere vSphere vSphere

Virtual Supervisor Module (VSM)

 Virtual or Physical appliance running
Virtual
Cisco Ethernet
NXOS Module
(supports HA) (VEM)
  Enables
Performs advanced networking
management, monitoring, & Nexus 1000V VSM
configuration on the1000V
Cisco Nexus
capability Installation
hypervisor
  Provides
Tight ESX &each
ESXi
integration VMVMware
with with dedicated
vCenter
“switch port”
 VUM & Manual Installation
 Collection of VEMs = 1 vNetwork
Distributed
VEM is installed/upgraded
Switch like an ESX vCenter
patch

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Port Profile: Network Admin View

Support Commands Include:

 Port management
 VLAN
 PVLAN
 Port-channel
 ACL
 Netflow
 Port Security
 QoS

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Port Profile: Server Admin View

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 Features of the Nexus 1000V
 L2 Switching, 802.1Q Tagging, VLAN Segmentation, Rate Limiting (TX)
Switching  IGMP Snooping, QoS Marking (COS & DSCP)

 Policy Mobility, Private VLANs w/ local PVLAN Enforcement

Security  Access Control Lists (L2–4 w/ Redirect), Port Security

 Automated vSwitch Config, Port Profiles, Virtual Center Integration

Provisioning  Optimized NIC Teaming with Virtual Port Channel – Host Mode

 VMotion Tracking, ERSPAN, NetFlow v.9 w/ NDE, CDP v.2

Visibility  VM-Level Interface Statistics

 Virtual Center VM Provisioning, Cisco Network Provisioning, CiscoWorks

Management  Cisco CLI, Radius, TACACs, Syslog, SNMP (v.1, 2, 3)

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ROI: Virtualize 30% More Applications
 Virtualize DMZ’s with VLAN
isolation, and security policy
enforcement with ACL
 Virtualize PCI, SOX, HIPAA
applications with Netflow,
ERSPAN, and port statistics
 Virtualize Tier-1 applications
with LACP, vPC host mode
 Virtualize High Density VM’s
with DHCP Snooping, Port
Security, Dynamic ARP
Inspection

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ROI: Spend 30% Fewer Hours
 With a distributed switch, network change requests
take 1 hour per domain rather than 30 minutes per
server (for 3 servers that is 30% less time)
 With Nexus 1000V, regulatory and organizational
audits take 20 minutes per server rather than 1 hour
 With Nexus 1000V, the server admin can offload
network configuration to the network admin, this
division of labor increases productivity

Fewer hours “keeping the lights on”

means more hours “innovating”
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 ROI: Example
Before: 100 servers, 10% virtualized
After: 24 servers, 40% virtualized

Capex Opex Availability

vSS vDS 1000V vSS vDS 1000V vSS vDS 1000V
100 75 24 288 167 155 1.0 1.0 0.4
servers servers servers hrs/yr hrs/yr hrs/yr Err/yr Err/yr Err/yr

3-Year 1000V ROI vs. vDS 3-Year 1000V ROI vs. vDS 3-Year 1000V ROI vs. vDS
$976,723 $42,281 $15,300

3yr Savings $1,034,304

20 x 1000V and support ($24,340)
Nexus 1000V ROI $1,009,965
vSS = VMware Standard Switch with Enterprise Edition
vDS = Virtual Distribute Switch with Enterprise Plus
1000V = Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Distributed Switch

Source: VMware Operational Readiness Assessments, Cisco customer case studies, Lightreading
analyst study, VMmark Benchmark Study, Cisco/VMware ROI Model
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Flexible Deployment Options

 All servers on VMware

Compatibility List
 All switches, including all
Cisco switches
 1G & 10G NICs

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100s of Companies Use Nexus 1000V

University of
Arizona

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Evaluate Promotion
No-charge Evaluation Promotional bundle $795 for Nexus
www.cisco.com/go/1000veval 1000V and vSphere Enterprise Plus

Until 12/15/09

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