Windows Server 2012 – Hyper-V Extensible Switch – Cisco Nexus 1000V

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Nexus 1000V and Native Hyper-V Switch Compatibility

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Supported – Use of these features is supported in a Hyper-V deployment using the Nexus 1000V switch extension

· Converged Network Architectures (CNA) – There is no particular interaction between converged NICs (e.g. UCS or HP blades) and the 1000V. If the NICs are presented to the OS

· SR-IOV - Not interoperable with the Nexus 1000V and will not shine through the 1000V to the guest, because SRIOV doesn't work with teams underneath. The Cisco VM-FEX extension will support this in the future.

Supported, but Not Recommended - While not prevented, Nexus 1000V switch extension has a built-in mechanisms which mirror these features and shouldn't be configured in two places. The Nexus 1000V features are more advanced, so you should only apply these settings in one place and use the Nexus 1000V settings when configuring these features.

· Port ACLs

· Bandwidth Management (QoS)

· DHCP Guard

· Router Guard

· VLAN tagging - While not prevented in the UI, this is disabled the VLAN handling within Windows and leave this up to the forwarding extension

Not Supported – Use of these features is not supported in a Hyper-V deployment using the Nexus 1000V switch extension

· Windows Network Virtualization

· NIC Teaming (LBFO) - The 1000V creates a team by default. The forwarding extension in the 1000V will not allow you to apply on top of a team and the 1000V should prevent you from applying a team to the underlying NIC.

o Note – Customers could still deploy one LBFO team (e.g. management network) and a separate 1000V team (VM network)

Not Supported in Beta and RC, expected in RTM

· Single-NIC design – This design is not finalized yet. The Nexus 1000V switch extension will still need two NICs for RC. (1 NIC for Nexus team - 1 NIC for host)

· VMQ – VMQ is not supported in the pre-release (Beta and RC) version of the extension, but is planned for the RTM version

Comments

  • Anonymous
    November 21, 2012
    Where can we download the Hyper-V Extensible Switch – Cisco Nexus 1000V? On the Cisco site I only see the download for VMware. Is there a beta available already that we can test?

  • Anonymous
    December 21, 2012
    Is a release date for public users planned?

  • Anonymous
    January 24, 2013
    No comments, Does it Means cisco Is not interested?

  • Anonymous
    February 26, 2013
    Impossible to find VEM (Virtual Ethernet Module) for Hyper-V. I only found software for VMware... :(

  • Anonymous
    March 09, 2013
    If you are interested in participating in the public beta for Cisco Nexus 1000V for Hyper-V, please send an email to beta-n1kv-hyperv@cisco.com. Please be sure to include your contact information, and your virtualization use case along with your email.

  • Anonymous
    September 13, 2013
    You can download the Cisco 1000v Switch using the following link. software.cisco.com/.../release.html The release date was: 03-JUN-2013 Thank You AM