Adding Hosts To A Logical Switch; Connecting The Vm Network Adapter To The Logical Switch - Cisco Nexus 1000V Installing Manual

Installing the VSM Software
Click the Advanced tab.
Step 4
Click Maximum Number of RSS Processor and enter a value.
Step 5
Click Starting RSS CPU and enter a value.
Step 6
Repeat this procedure for all the adapters that you want VMQ to be enabled on.
The RSS setting cannot be modified through the network connections for certain adapters. For those
adapters, you must set the registry keys directly using the registry editor. Check the Microsoft
documentation for information about changing the registry.

Adding Hosts to a Logical Switch

After a logical switch is created, you can update the properties of the logical switch.
In the left navigation pane, choose the server, under Fabric > Servers > All Hosts, right-click, and
Step 1
choose Properties. The Properties window opens.
In the left navigation pane of the Properties window, click Virtual Switches.
Step 2
In the Virtual Switches pane, in the New Virtual Switches field, click New Logical Switch. Choose
Step 3
the correct logical switch and physical adapters to assign to the logical switch. The module is added to
Cisco Nexus1000V VSM.
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Under the Physical Adapter header, choose a network adapter from the drop-down list in the Adapter
Step 4
field. In the Uplink Port Profile field, confirm the uplink port profile for the adapter.
Step 5 For port-channeling, click Add to add a second network adapter. Choose a different network adapter,
confirm the uplink port profile, and click OK.
Do not use the same port profile for both adapters. If you have configured the port channels, then you
Note
can use the same port-profile on both the adapters. Refer the NSM Configuration Guide for more details.
Now, the Cisco Nexus 1000V package that was copied on the SCVMM is installed on the host.
Note We recommend that one logical switch is created per VSM.

Connecting the VM Network Adapter to the Logical Switch

To connect the VM network adapter to the Logical Switch, perform the following steps:
Choose the VM network adapter.
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The MGMT PNIC can be added to the logical switch only when the switch is created. Adding it
later results in a loss of host connectivity.
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