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Figure 3.

Adding the Cisco Nexus 1000V as Virtual Switch Extension Manager

Note:

Before the Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM is registered as a VSEM, the Cisco provider Microsoft installation

(MSI) file, which is available as part of the download bundle, must be installed on the Microsoft SCVMM server.

The provider MSI file enhances Microsoft SCVMM so that it communicates with the Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM. This

file is automatically installed on the Microsoft SCVMM server host when the installer application is used.

Logical Switch

Microsoft introduced the concept of a Logical Switch in Microsoft SCVMM 2012 SP1 to help ensure consistent

virtual network policy across Microsoft Hyper-V servers. A Logical Switch is a switch template created on Microsoft

SCVMM to help ensure that consistent virtual network policy is applied to multiple Microsoft Hyper-V hosts.

Configuration changes made to the template immediately are reflected on all the hosts on which the Logical

Switch instance has been created.

When Cisco Nexus 1000V is used with Microsoft SCVMM, a Logical Switch that uses the Cisco Nexus 1000V as a

forwarding extension is created on Microsoft SCVMM. This Logical Switch is then instantiated on all Microsoft

Hyper-V hosts on which virtual networking needs to be managed with Cisco Nexus 1000V (Figure 4). As a result of

this process, a Microsoft Hyper-V extensible switch with the Cisco Nexus 1000V as a forwarding extension is

created on Microsoft Hyper-V hosts. In addition to providing consistent network policy across multiple Microsoft

Hyper-V hosts, the Cisco Nexus 1000V implementation of a distributed virtual switch gives the administrator a

single view of the virtual network from the VSM console.

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