nexus 1000v switch nexus 1010 appliance

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Nexus 1000V Switch Nexus 1010 Appliance


Nexus Supports Cloud Deployments

Virtualized Data CenterOn-Premise

Private CloudOn-Premise

Public CloudOff-Premise

Coca-Cola accelerated their data center virtualization with Nexus 1000V and Nexus 5000

A top 3 US rental car company built a private cloud with Nexus 1000V and Nexus 5000

Savvis offers customers a hosted public cloud with Nexus 1000V and Nexus 5000


Server Virtualization Trends

“Server Consolidation and Virtualization Are Number One and Number Two Spending Priorities”

Source: Goldman Sachs CIO Survey

“10% of Server Workloads Virtualized in 2009; Forecast to Be 50%–60% in Next Five Years”

Source: Industry Analyst Reports

“Increasing Use of vMotion and DRS resulting in Multiplicative Increase in Complexity”

Source: Cisco

“Desktop Virtualization Gaining Traction as Tool to Address Desktop Manageability, Security and Cost”

Source: Goldman Sachs IT Spending Survey


Server Virtualization Issues

1 vMotion Moves VMs Across Physical Ports—the Network Policy Should Follow



2 Impossible to View or Apply Network Policy to Locally Switched Traffic


Need Shared Nomenclature Between Network Admin and Server Admin


3

VMware vCenter Manager

Switch Supervisor Interface


Key Findings of the 1000V ROI Study

Virtualize More Apps with 1000V

Spend Fewer Hours Running the vNetwork With 1000V

30% APPS

30% HOURS


Virtualize 30% More Applications Virtualize general compute with a

consistent policy workflow from P V

Virtualize DMZ’s with VLAN isolation, and security policy enforcement with ACL

Virtualize PCI, SOX, HIPAA applications with Netflow, ERSPAN, and port statistics

Virtualize Tier-1 applications with LACP, vPC host mode

Virtualize VDI with DHCP Snooping, Port Security, Dynamic ARP Inspection

VM VM VM VM VM VM

Port Profiles

DMZ

High Density VM


Spend 30% Less Hours/Yr on vNetwork

Fewer Hours

“Keeping the Lights on”

Means More Hours

“Innovating”


Cisco Nexus 1000V

Industry’s most advanced software switch for VMware vSphere

Built on Cisco NX-OS

Compatible with all switches

Compatible with all servers on the VMware Hardware Compatibility List

Winner of VMWorld Best in Show 2008 and Cisco Most Innovative Product of 2009

vSphere

1000VVEM

1000V VSM

VM VM VM VM

Server

Physical Switches


Policy-Based VM Connectivity

Mobility of Network and Security Properties

Non-Disruptive Operational Model

vSphere

Nexus1000V

VM VM VM VM

vSphere

Nexus1000V

VM VM VM VM

Nexus 1000V VSMVMware vCenter

Server Server

Physical Switches


vSphere


Port Profiles

WEB Apps

HR

DB

DMZ



vSphere

Nexus1000VVEM

Nexus1000VVEM

VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM

Nexus 1000V VSM

VM Connection Policy Defined in the network

Applied in Virtual Center

Linked to VM UUID

VMware vCenter

Server Server

Physical Switches



Mobility of Network And Security Properties



vSphere

Nexus1000VVEM

vSphere

Nexus1000VVEM

Nexus 1000V VSM

VM VM VM VM


VM VM VM VMVMs Need to Move VMotion

DRS

SW Upgrade/Patch

Hardware Failure

VMware vCenter

Server Server

Physical Switches

VM VM VM VM

Property Mobility VMotion for the network

Ensures VM security

Maintains connection state




vSphere

Nexus1000VVEM

vSphere

Nexus1000VVEM

Nexus 1000V VSM

VM VM VM VMVI Admin Benefits Maintains existing VM mgmt

Reduces deployment time

Improves scalability

Reduces operational workload

Enables VM-level visibility


Network Admin Benefits Unifies network mgmt and

ops

Improves operational security

Enhances VM network features

Ensures policy persistence

Enables VM-level visibility

VMware vCenter

Server Server

Physical Switches

VM VM VM VM



Nexus 1000V Architecture

vSphere

Nexus1000V

VM VM VM VM

vSphere

Nexus1000V

VM VM VM VM

Nexus 1000V VSM

Installation ESX and ESXi

VUM and Manual Installation

VEM is installed/upgraded like any ESX patch

Server Server

Physical SwitchesVMware vCenter


1000s of Companies Use Nexus 1000V

University of Arizona


1000s of Companies Use Nexus 1000V

US Bottling Company“The Nexus 1000V simplifies collaboration within the IT department by clearly separating responsibilities for our server group and network group”

—Julien Mousqueton, Technical Architect

US Bottling Company“The Nexus 1000V simplifies collaboration within the IT department by clearly separating responsibilities for our server group and network group”

—Rory Regan, Telecom Manager


No-Charge Evaluationwww.cisco.com/go/1000veval

Evaluate Bundle

60DAYSFREE

Bundle $795 for Nexus 1000V and vSphere Enterprise Plus


Nexus Switch Family

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Cisco Nexus 7000Cisco Nexus 5000Cisco Nexus 1000VCisco Nexus 1010

Cisco Nexus 2000

NX-OS: Unified OS for the data center

Unified Fabric: Lossless 10Gb transport for next-generation DC

Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE): Unified transport for LAN and FC

VN-Link: Virtual Machine Aware Network

RAB, DAL: High performance for HPC environments

10GbE: Enhanced speed for growing demand

Access Access CoreServer


Cisco Nexus 1010


What Is the Nexus 1010? Allows network administrators to manage the Nexus 1000V Virtual

Supervisor Module (VSM) as a standard Cisco switch, with all 1000V features

Physical appliance for virtual network services (VSM, NAM, etc.)

Supported by CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution (LMS)

The Nexus 1010 is a networking appliance to host four Nexus 1000V virtual supervisor modules (VSM)

$24,995 per appliance (inc. 32 1000V licenses till 12/31/10)

Available April/May 2010


Architecture Comparison

vSphere

Nexus1000V

VM VM VM1000VVSM x 1

Server

VSM on Virtual Machine

vSphere

Nexus1000VVEM

VM VM VM

Server

VM

Cisco Nexus 1010

1000VVSM x 4

VSM on Nexus 1010

Physical Switches Physical Switches


Benefits for Both Teams

Server Admin Network Admin

Offload VSM Install/Mgmt to Network Team

VSM Doesn’t Need VMware ESX Licensing

Install The VSM Like a Standard Cisco Switch

Prepare for VM Sprawl with Ample Scalability (256 Hosts Per Nexus 1010 Appliance)


Feature Comparison

VSM on Virtual Machine VSM on Nexus 1010

Nexus 1000V features and scalability

VEM running on vSphere 4 Enterprise Plus

NX-OS high availability of VSM

64 hosts per VSM

Nexus 1000V features and scalability

VEM running on vSphere 4 Enterprise Plus

NX-OS high availability of VSM

64 hosts per VSM, 4 VSMs, 256 hosts in total

Installation like a standard Cisco switch

Network Team manages the switch hardware

Dedicated services appliance (NAM, etc.)

Pure software deployment


Nexus 1010 Hardware ConfigurationBased on the UCS C200 Physical Appliance

2* Intel X5650- 2.66GHz, 6 core

4* 4 GB RDIMMs RAM

2* 500GB SATA-II HDD

1* Broadcom Quadport GbE 5709 NIC Card

1* Serial Port

1* Rail-Kit


Benefits of Cisco NAM on Nexus 1010

VM-level Interface Statistics (e.g. which VM uses most bandwidth?)

Application Response Time Analysis

Integrated with the 1010 for ease of deployment

Monitoring of VMs un-interrupted by vMotion operation

NetFlow

ERSPAN

$3,995


Views of the 1010


Promotions for Nexus 1000V and 1010

$795/license Upgrade Bundle. Only available from VMware. Nexus 1000V and vSphere Enterprise Plus Upgrade. Price excludes support. Valid till 12/31/2010

$3895/license Full Version Bundle. Only available from VMware. Nexus 1000V and vSphere Enterprise Plus. Price excludes support. Link. Valid till 12/31/2010

Free Nexus 1000V on UCS Servers with vSphere Enterprise Plus. Link. Valid till 12/31/2010

32 free Nexus 1000V licenses with the purchase of each Nexus 1010 physical appliance. Valid till 12/31/2010

http://store.vmware.com/store/vmware/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/productID.130655100/?resid=S6kNRgoBAkYAAD5ea1oAAAAH&rests=1270669759307

http://wwwin.cisco.com/WWSales/wwops/sac/specialoffers.shtml

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