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Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker
Configuration Guide, Release 6.x
First Published: 2014-07-23
Last Modified: 2015-05-06
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  • Page 1 Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x First Published: 2014-07-23 Last Modified: 2015-05-06 Americas Headquarters Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134-1706 http://www.cisco.com Tel: 408 526-4000 800 553-NETS (6387) Fax: 408 527-0883...
  • Page 2 This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com). http:// Cisco and the Cisco logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cisco and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. To view a list of Cisco trademarks, go to this URL: www.cisco.com/go/trademarks .

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Verifying the Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Enabling Virtual Machine Tracker on Specific Interfaces Configuring Dynamic VLAN Creation Enabling Dynamic VLAN Creation Configuring an Allowed VLAN List Example of VM Tracker Information Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...
  • Page 4 Contents Example Configuration for Virtual Machine Tracker Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...

  • Page 5: P R E F A C E Preface

    • Documentation Feedback, page vi • Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request, page vii Audience This publication is for network administrators who install, configure, and maintain Cisco Nexus switches. Document Conventions Command descriptions use the following conventions: Convention Description...

  • Page 6: Related Documentation For Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches

    An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line. Related Documentation for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches The entire Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switch documentation set is available at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps13386/tsd_products_support_series_home.html Documentation Feedback To provide technical feedback on this document, or to report an error or omission, please send your comments to nexus9k-docfeedback@cisco.com.

  • Page 7: Obtaining Documentation And Submitting A Service Request

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  • Page 8 Preface Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x viii...

  • Page 9: New And Changed Information

    Feature Description Added or Changed in Where Documented Release Virtual Machine Initial Virtual Machine Tracker 6.1(2)I3(1) This document. Tracker support. Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...
  • Page 10 New and Changed Information New and Changed Information Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...

  • Page 11: Overview

    • Track VM configuration changes such as additions, deletions, or modifications of VLANs, and configure VLANs on Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ports accordingly • Track the additions or deletions of VMs and hosts, and configure VLANs on Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ports accordingly •...
  • Page 12 • The VLAN information of port groups or distributed virtual switch (DVS) port groups. • The port groups or DVS port groups that are required for the VM. Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...

  • Page 13: Configuring Virtual Machine Tracker

    • VM Tracker is only supported on ESXi 5.0, 5.1, and 5.5 versions of VMware vCenter. • You must connect a host directly to the port of a Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switch. Host connectivity through fabric interconnect, another switch, or chassis is not supported.

  • Page 14: Enabling Virtual Machine Tracker

    Configuring Virtual Machine Tracker Enabling Virtual Machine Tracker Connecting a host through a fabric extender (FEX) is supported by a Cisco Nexus 9000 Note Series switch. Enabling Virtual Machine Tracker By default, the VM Tracker feature is enabled on all interfaces.

  • Page 15: Synchronizing Information With Vmware Vcenter

    This example shows how to set an interval for synchronizing all host, VM, and port group information with vCenter: switch(config-vmt-conn)# set interval sync-full-info 120 This example shows how to immediately synchronize all host, VM, and port group information with vCenter: switch(config-vmt-conn)# vmtracker connection conn1 refresh Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...

  • Page 16: Compatibility Checking On A Vpc Topology

    The following is an example of VM Tracker compatibility: switch# show system internal vmtracker info vpc-sync-config ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Conn Name Conn IP Conn Port Allowed Vlan-Range ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ conn1 10.193.174.215 1-4094 switch# Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...

  • Page 17: Verifying The Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration

    • Host Virtual Machine information. • Host vSwitch information. • Switch information. • Switch device IDs. • Information related to the duration of various events. • vPC related connection information. Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...

  • Page 18: Enabling Virtual Machine Tracker On Specific Interfaces

    However, if you disable dynamic VLAN creation, you must manually create all the required VLANs. Before You Begin Ensure that the VM Tracker feature is enabled. Procedure Command or Action Purpose Step 1 switch# configure terminal Enters global configuration mode. Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...

  • Page 19: Configuring An Allowed Vlan List

    Example of VM Tracker Information This example uses the show system internal vmtracker info detail command to display VM Tracker information. switch# show system internal vmtracker info all Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...
  • Page 20 Host vSwitch Port Group Info (Conn:conn1 IP:10.193.174.215) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Host vSwitch PortGroup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10.193.174.213 vSwitch0 Management Network 10.193.174.213 vSwitch0 VM Network 10.193.174.214 vSwitch0 Management Network 10.193.174.214 vSwitch0 VM Network Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...
  • Page 21 Sep 02 2014 01:32:04:930919 Network connectivity restored on DVPor ts: "2/00 d1 2c 50 0c d6 4c f6-48 6e 3 c 4b b0 13 83 bf". Physical NIC vmnic5 Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...
  • Page 22 Num Recv Event HostConnectedEvent Num Recv Event HostShutdownEvent Num Recv Event HostRemovedEvent Num Recv Event HostIpChangedEvent Num Recv Event DVPortgroupCreatedEvent Num Recv Event DVPortgroupReconfiguredEvent Num Recv Event DVPortgroupDestroyedEvent Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...
  • Page 23 Ethernet1/1 1a000000 port-channel2 50:87:89:a1:f0:de SAL1819SALX Ethernet1/10 1a001200 50:87:89:a1:f0:e7 SAL1819SALX Ethernet1/11 1a001400 50:87:89:a1:f0:e8 SAL1819SALX Ethernet1/12 1a001600 50:87:89:a1:f0:e9 SAL1819SALX Ethernet1/13 1a001800 50:87:89:a1:f0:ea SAL1819SALX Ethernet1/14 1a001a00 50:87:89:a1:f0:eb SAL1819SALX Ethernet1/15 1a001c00 50:87:89:a1:f0:ec Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...
  • Page 24 50:87:89:a1:f1:07 SAL1819SALX Ethernet1/43 1a005400 50:87:89:a1:f1:08 SAL1819SALX Ethernet1/44 1a005600 50:87:89:a1:f1:09 SAL1819SALX Ethernet1/45 1a005800 50:87:89:a1:f1:0a SAL1819SALX Ethernet1/46 1a005a00 50:87:89:a1:f1:0b SAL1819SALX Ethernet1/47 1a005c00 50:87:89:a1:f1:0c SAL1819SALX Ethernet1/48 1a005e00 50:87:89:a1:f1:0d SAL1819SALX Ethernet1/5 1a000800 Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...
  • Page 25 SAL1819SALX ii1/1/3 4a000002 00:00:00:00:00:00 SAL1819SALX ii1/1/4 4a000003 00:00:00:00:00:00 SAL1819SALX ii1/1/5 4a000004 00:00:00:00:00:00 SAL1819SALX ii1/1/6 4a000005 00:00:00:00:00:00 SAL1819SALX ii1/1/7 4a000006 00:00:00:00:00:00 SAL1819SALX ii1/1/8 4a000007 00:00:00:00:00:00 SAL1819SALX ii1/1/9 4a000008 00:00:00:00:00:00 Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...
  • Page 26 1/3/1 !Command: show running-config interface Ethernet1/3/1 !Time: Mon Mar 10 09:09:13 2014 version 6.0(2)U3(1) interface Ethernet1/3/1 switchport mode trunk switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,100 Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...
  • Page 27 This example shows how to display all internal information about VM Tracker: switch(config)# show system internal vmtracker info all VM-Interface Mapping (Device:FOC1727R115) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interface Host VMNIC State PortGroup VLAN-Range ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ethernet1/3/1 20.2.2.2 vmnic4 No-OS1 PGroup100 Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...
  • Page 28 Host Port Group Info (Conn:dc1 IP:20.1.1.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Host PortGroup VLAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20.2.2.2 Management Network 20.2.2.2 PGroup100 20.2.2.2 PGroup101 20.2.2.2 PGroup102 1021 20.2.2.2 PGroup103 20.2.2.2 PGroup11 20.2.2.2 PGroup123456789123456789 1112 20.2.2.2 PGroup200 Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...
  • Page 29 : 12 Num VM Property Retrieval Num CDP Info Retrieval : 12 Num Task Info Retrieval Num DVS Info Retrieval Num DVS PG Info Retrieval Num Switch Info Retrieval Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...
  • Page 30 Num Elem VMTrackerElemDevicePortVMPortGroup Num Elem VMTrackerElemDevicePortVMPortGroupVlanRange Num Elem VMTrackerElemSwitchDeviceID Num Elem VMTrackerElemSwitchDeviceIntf : 73 Num Elem VMTrackerElemIfRunTimeRoot Num Elem VMTrackerElemIfDeviceId Num Elem VMTrackerElemIfSwitchPort ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unconnected Host Info (Conn:dc1 IP:20.1.1.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...
  • Page 31 !Time: Mon Mar 10 09:15:43 2014 version 6.0(2)U3(1) interface Ethernet1/3/1 switchport mode trunk switchport trunk allowed vlan 1 switch(config-vmt-conn)# show vmtracker info detail ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interface Host VMNIC State PortGroup VLAN-Range ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...
  • Page 32 Configuring Virtual Machine Tracker Example Configuration for Virtual Machine Tracker Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Virtual Machine Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 6.x...

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