Chapter 3 Installation; Isolating Installation Problems; Verifying Your Vmware License Version - Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Manual

Installation
This chapter describes how to identify and resolve installation problems and includes the following
topics:
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Isolating Installation Problems

This section explains how to isolate possible installation problems.

Verifying Your VMware License Version

Before you begin to troubleshoot any installation issues, you should verify that your ESX server has the
VMware Enterprise Plus license that includes the Distributed Virtual Switch feature.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Before you begin, you must know or do the following:
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Isolating Installation Problems, page 3-1
Improving Performance on the ESX and VM, page 3-4
Verifying the Domain Configuration, page 3-4
Verifying the Port Group Assignments for a VSM VM Virtual Interface, page 3-4
Verifying VSM and vCenter Server Connectivity, page 3-5
Troubleshooting Connections to vCenter Server, page 3-5
Recovering the Network Administrator Password, page 3-6
Managing Extension Keys, page 3-6
Recreating the Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation, page 3-10
Problems with the Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation Management Center, page 3-14
You are logged in to the vSphere client on the ESX server.
You are logged in to the Cisco Nexus 1000V CLI in EXEC mode.
This procedure verifies that your vSphere ESX server uses the VMware Enterprise Plus license. This
license includes the Distributed Virtual Switch feature, which allows visibility to the Cisco Nexus
1000V.
C H A P T E R
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