Cisco Virtual Switch Update Manager

Do you have Cisco Nexus 1000V in your vSphere environment? Then VSUM can be pretty handy toll for you.

VSUM is a free virtual appliance from Cisco that integrates into the vSphere Web Client. Once deployed, VSUM allows you to do the following actions from the web client:

• Deploy Nexus 1000v and Application Virtual Switch (AVS)
• Upgrade the 1000v and AVS
• Migrate virtual networking from vSwitch/VDS
• Monitor your 1000v/AVS environment                              

In other words, Cisco VSUM is a virtual appliance that is registered as a plug-in to VMware vCenter Server. The Cisco VSUM user interface is an integral part of VMware vSphere Web Client. The Cisco VSUM enables you to install, migrate, monitor, and upgrade the VSMs in high availability (HA) or standalone mode and the VEMs on ESX/ESXi hosts.

CISCO Nexus 1000v - Quality Of Service configuration

class-map type queuing match-any n1kv_control_packet_mgmt_class
 match protocol n1k_control
 match protocol n1k_packet
 match protocol n1k_mgmt

class-map type queuing match-all vmotion_class
 match protocol vmw_vmotion

class-map type queuing match-all vmw_mgmt_class
 match protocol vmw_mgmt

class-map type queuing match-any vm_production
 match cos 0

policy-map type queuing uplink_queue_policy
 class type queuing n1kv_control_packet_mgmt_class
   bandwidth percent 10
 class type queuing vmotion_class
   bandwidth percent 30
 class type queuing vmw_mgmt_class
   bandwidth percent 10
 class type queuing vm_production
   bandwidth percent 40

port-profile type ethernet uplink
 service-policy type queuing output uplink_queue_policy

“All aboard” the Nexus 1000v 1.5 train

http://www.vnephos.com/index.php/2012/02/all-aboard-the-nexus-1000v-1-5-train/

Removing orphaned Nexus DVS

http://frankdenneman.nl/2010/03/removing-orphaned-nexus-dvs/

How to remove Cisco Nexus 1000V plugin

This is just a copy from original post at http://malaysiavm.com/blog/how-to-remove-cisco-nexus-1000v-plugin/

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The Cisco Nexus 1000V switch is a pure software implementation of a Cisco Nexus switch. It resides on a server and integrates with the hypervisor to deliver VN-Link virtual machine-aware network services. The Cisco Nexus 1000V switch takes advantage of the VMware vSphere vNetwork Distributed Switch framework to offer tightly integrated network services as part of both a server virtualization strategy and a broader data center virtualization strategy. In addition, the switch provides operations and management consistency with existing Cisco Nexus and Cisco Catalyst switches.

Here I would like to share how to remove Cisco Nexus 1000V Plugin

1. To view the extension key on the vCenter Server, open an Internet Browser, and enter the URL path http://vcenter-host/mob

2. Authentication dialog box open, Enter the username and password and click OK

3. The Managed Object Browser (MOB) open the Service Instance page, in the value column of the Properties table, click Content

4. In the Value column of the Properties table, Click extensionManager OR you can open browser with URL http://localhost/mob/?moid=ExtensionManager

5. In the Methods table, click UnregisterExtension

6. In the Value of the Parameters table, paste “Cisco_Nexus_1000V_1850055053″ and click Invoke Method.

Note: The actual value of “Cisco_Nexus_1000v_xxxxx” will wary. It should match the extension key from the Cisco_nexus_1000v_extension.xml file.

Enjoy!