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You must configure control and management VLANs on the host to be used for the VSM VM. The uplink should be a trunk port that carries all VLANs that are configured on the host. If you are using a set of switches, make sure that the interswitch trunk links carry all relevant VLANs. Deployment is also possible with one physical NIC.

You have two physical NICs on each host for redundancy. You have already installed the VMware Enterprise Plus license on the hosts.Īll VSE hosts must be running ESXi 6.0 U3 or later releases. You have already installed and prepared vCenter Server for host management using the instructions from VMware. You have (N+1) IP addresses, where N is the number of ESXi hosts on which a VSE is deployed.ĮSX or ESXi hosts have the following prerequisites:

You have at least two IP addresses available for VSM and VSE (Virtual Services Engine). You have an ESXi host to deploy the Cisco Nexus 1000VE VSM.Īt least one ESXi host is available to deploy VSE for Cisco Nexus 1000VE. You should have the VMware vCenter details and the administrator credentials. You have downloaded the Cisco Nexus 1000VE VSM and VSE images. Prerequisites Pre-Requisites for Installing Nexus 1000 Virtual Edge (VE)Ĭisco Nexus 1000 Virtual Edge installation has the following prerequisites: The Cisco Nexus 1000VE is compatible with any server hardware that is listed in the VMware Hardware Compatibility List.Ĭontributed by Mohammed Majid Hussain and Jonathan Jordan, Cisco TAC Engineers.

The Cisco Nexus 1000VE is compatible with any upstream physical access layer switch that is compliant with the Ethernet standard, including the Catalyst 6500 series switch, Cisco Nexus switches, and switches from other network vendors. This solution offloads the configuration of the virtual switch and port groups to the network administrator to enforce a consistent data center network policy. The Cisco Nexus 1000VE is a distributed virtual switch solution that is fully integrated within the VMware virtual infrastructure, including VMware vCenter, for the virtualization administrator.