Video: Adding a Host to a Cisco Nexus 1000V Distributed Switch

With VMware vSphere 4 came a powerful new feature — distributed virtual switches (dvSwitch) — and the option to add on a 3rd party switch (the Cisco Nexus 1000V).

With the Nexus 1000V (N1KV), you get the Cisco IOS command line (actually NX-OS) for your virtual infrastructure, policies, QoS, security, and many other Cisco switch features that you (or your network admin) are used to using. 

VMware’s dvSwitch and the Cisco Nexus 1000V make a powerful team but you must also know how to install it, add ESX hosts to the new switch, and create port profiles.

This video is part of our VMware vSphere Pro Vol 1 Video Training and the lessons covering the Nexus 1000V are taught by VMware vExpert, VCP4, and VCDX Rick Scherer of VMwareTips.com.

In the video, Rick has already created the Cisco VSM (virtual supervisor module) and VEM (virtual ethernet module) and now must add an ESX host to the new Nexus 1000V switch. However, as Rick points out, there is more to this than just an ESX host and VM than just “adding you to the switch”. And after showing the correct way to add an ESX host to a switch, Rick also shows you how to create port profiles.

Checkout Rick’s video and learn everything you need to know about the Nexus 1000V in our Cisco Nexus 1000-V training course.

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