The Cisco Nexus 1000V is a virtual switch that resides within the VMware ESX Server instance and provides operations and management consistency with existing Cisco Nexus and Catalyst switches. The Nexus 1000V leverages the VN-Link specification, together with VMware's vNetwork Distributed Switch framework, to offer tightly integrated network services as part of a comprehensive Data Center server virtualization strategy.
This 3-day course provides you with an in-depth look at the design and configuration process for the Cisco Nexus 1000V. This course including hands-on labs in which you will configure a VMware infrastructure, configure the Nexus 1000V and demonstrate policy mobility during virtual machine migration.
Target Audience:
This course provides an introduction to VN-Link and the Cisco Nexus 1000V for network engineers who need to gain experience configuring a VMware virtual networking environment.
Pre-requisites:
You will gain the most from this seminar if you have at least CCNA-level knowledge of routing and switching.
At Course Completion:
After you complete this course, you will be able to:
Describe the VMware virtual networking environment
Describe the Nexus 1000V switch and its role in a virtual server network environment
Describe the Nexus 5000, 2000, and 1000V access layer architecture
Model and configure virtual access layer topologies
Perform basic configuration of ESX virtual machines
Import VMs from a SAN
Describe the configuration of advanced VMware services
Configure VMware clustering services
Test VMotion in a VMware network environment
Install and configure the Nexus 1000V
Configure VN-Link on the Nexus 5000
Configure Nexus 1000V network security profiles
Describe the network monitoring methods used with the Nexus 1000V
