Cisco Nexus 1000 V Ova

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Cisco Nexus 1000v Ova

This 3 part tutorial guide will show you how to install the Cisco Nexus 1000v switch. I’m will be using this image for the install – Nexus1000v.4.2.1.SV1.4.zip which can be downloaded from the Cisco website. The lab setup is as follows: 1 x ESX 4.1, 1 x ESXi 4.1, vCenter Server and Domain Controller.

This Cisco Nexus 1000v requires 3 mandatory virtual machine port groups to be setup in vCenter before installing. Control, Packet and Management. These can sit in the same vlan though it is preferred to have them sitting in separate vlans. Check the Nexus 1000v documentation in the Resources section to determine what is best for you. Let’s begin!

How to Deploy a Nexus 1000v lab with VMware Workstation. By Robert Burns – CCIE Data Center #37856.Details of third party OS & application installation is beyond the scope of this guide. Unzip the Nexus1000v.4.2.1.SV1.4.zip file. Go into vCenter and click on the file menu – Deploy OVF Template. Browse to the location where you have unzipped the file and double click on the vsm folder, install folder, and select nexus-1000v.4.2.1.SV1.4.ova and click open. The file location appears in the Deploy from field.

1. Unzip the Nexus1000v.4.2.1.SV1.4.zip file. Go into vCenter and click on the file menu – Deploy OVF Template.

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2. Browse to the location where you have unzipped the file and double click on the vsm folder, install folder, and select nexus-1000v.4.2.1.SV1.4.ova and click open.

3. The file location appears in the Deploy from field. Click Next.
4. Information is displayed about the OVF Template such as Product information, version number, size on disk etc. Click Next.
5. Click Accept for the End User License Agreement and then click Next.
6. Give the Nexus 1000v Virtual Supervisor Module a name and select the Datacenter where you would like it to be installed. Click Next.
7. As this is the first installation we can select Nexus 1000v Installer. This will also allow us to setup the Nexus switch via the gui. If you want to use CLI to setup the switch you can select Manually Configure Nexus 1000v. click Next.
8. Select your datacenter object again and click Next.
9. Select the datastore to install the Nexus switch to.
10. I will use Thin Provisioning though feel free to select Thick if you wish. Click Next.
11. Under Destination Networks select the Networks that you created earlier for Control, Management and Packet. Click Next.
12. Enter in the Virtual Switch Module Domain ID, Admin password, Management IP Address.

13. Also enter in the Management subnet mask and IP Gateway. Click Next.
14. A summary of all your setting is presented. If you are happy with these settings click Finish.

15. The deployment of the Nexus 1000v is started.
16. The installation is now complete and your Nexus switch is ready for powering on.

Disclaimer:

Recently, working on a customer environment, I discovered that their current Cisco 1000v implementation was not redundant. We quickly decided to convert the standalone setup to a HA-setup. This article shows how this can easily be done.

The current setup was a Cisco 1000v VSM (Virtual Supervisor Module) in L2 Control mode, but the same procedure can be applied to a Cisco 1000v in L3 Control mode.

Step 1. Change Cisco 1000v redundancy mode from standalone to HA (primary) on existing VSM. Confirm that role changed from standalone to primary.

Step 2. Retrieve existing domain ID from existing VSM & Admin-password from your local password database. Domain ID can be retrieved from current primary VSM by issuing the following command. The domain ID is printed in bold. Also check the port-groups the current VSM is using as you need them in deploying the Cisco 1000v OVA:

Step 3. Install redundant VSM by deploying OVA (use same version as currently deployed VSM!) and choose deployment method secondary VSM. Only the relevant screenshots are shown below:

Step 4. After booting verify that the new deployed VSM is running as standby VSM:

And voila, the set-up is redundant now! It’s as easy as that.

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Note: Don’t forget to configure the proper VMware DRS rules in order to separate the VSM’s.

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