Cisco Nexus 1000V

Introduction

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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 portsthe network
policy must follow
2. Impossible to view or apply
network policy to locally
switched traffic
3. Need collaboration between
network and server admin

VLAN
101

vCenter

Cisco CLI (NX-OS)

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Cisco Nexus 1000V

VM

Industrys first and most advanced

software switch for VMware vSphere

Built on Cisco NX-OS

Compatible with all switching platforms

Maintain vCenter provisioning model

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

Policy-Based
Policy-Based
VM
VM Connectivity
Connectivity
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VM

VM

VM

Nexus
1000V
vSphere

Nexus 1000V

Mobility
Mobility of
of Network
Network &
&
Security
Security Properties
Properties

Non-Disruptive
Non-Disruptive
Operational
Operational Model
Model
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Cisco
Cisco VN-Link:
VN-Link: Virtual
Virtual Network
Network Link
Link
Policy-Based
Policy-Based
VM
VM Connectivity
Connectivity
VM

Mobility
Mobility of
of Network
Network &
&
Security
Security Properties
Properties
VM

VM

Nexus
1000V
VEM

VM

VM

VM

VM

Nexus
1000V
VEM
vSphere

vCenter
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VM

Non-Disruptive
Non-Disruptive
Operational
Operational Model
Model

vSphere

Nexus 1000V VSM

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Faster VM Deployment
Cisco
Cisco VN-Link:
VN-Link: Virtual
Virtual Network
Network Link
Link
Policy-Based
Policy-Based
VM
VM Connectivity
Connectivity

Mobility
Mobility of
of Network
Network &
&
Security
Security Properties
Properties
VM

VM

VM

VM

Non-Disruptive
Non-Disruptive
Operational
Operational Model
Model
VM

VM

VM

VM

Port
Port Profiles
Profiles
WEB
WEB Apps
Apps
HR
HR

Nexus
1000V
VEM

Nexus
1000V
VEM

DB
DB
DMZ
DMZ

vSphere

vSphere

VM
VM Connection
Connection Policy
Policy

Defined
Defined in
in the
the network
network
Applied
Applied in
in Virtual
Virtual Center
Center

Linked
Linked to
to VM
VM UUID
UUID
vCenter
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Richer Network Services
Cisco
Cisco VN-Link:
VN-Link: Virtual
Virtual Network
Network Link
Link
Policy-Based
Policy-Based
VM
VM Connectivity
Connectivity

Mobility
Mobility of
of Network
Network &
&
Security
Security Properties
Properties
VM

VM

VM

VM

Non-Disruptive
Non-Disruptive
Operational
Operational Model
Model
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM

VMs
VMs Need
Need to
to Move
Move

VMotion
VMotion
DRS
DRS

SW
SW Upgrade/Patch
Upgrade/Patch
Hardware
Hardware Failure
Failure

Nexus
1000V
VEM

Nexus
1000V
VEM
vSphere

vSphere

Property
Property Mobility
Mobility

VMotion
VMotion for
for the
the network
network
Ensures
Ensures VM
VM security
security

Maintains
Maintains connection
connection state
state
vCenter
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Increased Operational Efficiency
Cisco
Cisco VN-Link:
VN-Link: Virtual
Virtual Network
Network Link
Link
Policy-Based
Policy-Based
VM
VM Connectivity
Connectivity

Mobility
Mobility of
of Network
Network &
&
Security
Security Properties
Properties
VM

VM

VM

VM

Non-Disruptive
Non-Disruptive
Operational
Operational Model
Model
VM

VM

VM

VM

VI
VI Admin
Admin Benefits
Benefits

Maintains
Maintains existing
existing VM
VM mgmt
mgmt
Reduces
deployment
time
Reduces deployment time
Improves
Improves scalability
scalability
Reduces
operational
Reduces operational workload
workload
Enables
VM-level
visibility
Enables VM-level visibility

Nexus
1000V
VEM

Nexus
1000V
VEM
vSphere

vSphere

Network
Network Admin
Admin Benefits
Benefits

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

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Cisco Nexus 1000V Architecture

VM

VM

VM

VM

Nexus
1000V
VEM

VM

VM

VM

Nexus
1000V
VEM
vSphere

VM

VM

VM

VM

VM

Nexus
1000V
VEM
vSphere

vSphere

Virtual
Virtual Supervisor
Supervisor Module
Module (VSM)
(VSM)
Virtual
Virtual or
or Physical
Physical appliance
appliance running
running
Virtual
Ethernet
Module
Virtual
Ethernet
Module
(VEM)
Cisco
NXOS
(supports
HA)
Cisco NXOS (supports
HA) (VEM)
Enables
advanced
Performs
Enables
advanced networking
networking
management,
monitoring,
Performs
management,
monitoring, &&
Cisco
Nexus
1000V
Installation
capability
on
the
hypervisor
Cisco
Nexus
1000V
Installation
capability
on
the
hypervisor
configuration
configuration
Provides
VM
with
ESX
ESXi
Provides
Tight
each
VMVMware
with dedicated
dedicated
ESX &&each
ESXi
integration
with
vCenter
Tight
integration
with
VMware
vCenter
switch
port
switch
port
VUM
VUM && Manual
Manual Installation
Installation
Collection
of
VEMs
== 11 vNetwork
Collection
of
VEMs
vNetwork
Distributed
VEM
like
Distributed
VEM is
is installed/upgraded
installed/upgraded
like an
an ESX
ESX
Switch
Switch
patch
patch
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vCenter

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Port Profile: Network Admin View

Support
Support Commands
Commands Include:
Include:

Port
Port management
management

VLAN
VLAN

PVLAN
PVLAN

Port-channel
Port-channel

ACL
ACL

Netflow
Netflow

Port
Port Security
Security

QoS
QoS

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Port Profile: Server Admin View

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Features of the Nexus 1000V

Switching

L2 Switching, 802.1Q Tagging, VLAN Segmentation, Rate Limiting (TX)

IGMP Snooping, QoS Marking (COS & DSCP)

Security

Policy Mobility, Private VLANs w/ local PVLAN Enforcement

Access Control Lists (L24 w/ Redirect), Port Security

Provisioning

Automated vSwitch Config, Port Profiles, Virtual Center Integration

Optimized NIC Teaming with Virtual Port Channel Host Mode

Visibility

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

VM-Level Interface Statistics

Management

Virtual Center VM Provisioning, Cisco Network Provisioning, CiscoWorks

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

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ROI: Virtualize 30% More Applications

Virtualize DMZs 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 VMs
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
vSS
100
servers

vDS
75
servers

Opex

1000V
24
servers

3-Year 1000V ROI vs. vDS

$976,723

vSS
288
hrs/yr

vDS
167
hrs/yr

Availability
1000V
155
hrs/yr

3-Year 1000V ROI vs. vDS

$42,281

vSS
1.0
Err/yr

vDS
1.0
Err/yr

1000V
0.4
Err/yr

3-Year 1000V ROI vs. vDS

$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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Promotion

No-charge Evaluation
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Promotional bundle $795 for Nexus

1000V and vSphere Enterprise Plus

Until 12/15/09

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