Hi marc, The license is per host based. The best learning when I using N1K is, never ever put your management vlan (management,control,packet etc) via nexus 1K. When your datacenter power is down, then you will need more extra time to boot UP all vmware network ;)
Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: marc abel <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 17:37:13 To: N. Max Pierson<[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] OT: Virtual Switches Thanks guys this is all really helpful. Is it licensed per virtual host or cluster? Can anyone ball park me $ wise? On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 5:17 PM, N. Max Pierson <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Marc, > > The 1000v and 1010 give you a Cisco'ized version of the Vswitch. All the > cool things that can be done on a 3560/3750 are now available to VM Guests. > (Minus L3 functionality and a few other features). So SPAN and RSPAN can be > done from the 1000v. You also have MQC and real queue's. Port-profile's are > a huge time saver. Private VLans to keep hosts on the same broadcast domain > from talking to each other ...etc > > Here's a good link that describes most of the functionality ... > > > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps9441/ps9902/data_sheet_c78-492971.html > > > We have 100's of these deployed in the network and love them so far. They > give the network side of the house much more granular control of the VM's > at the guest level. > > -- > max > > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:35 PM, marc abel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Can someone explain to me the value proposition in the Cisco virtual >> VMware >> switch? What could I do with it that can't be done with the built in VM >> Ware virtual switch? >> >> Thank you, >> >> -- >> Marc Abel >> CCIE #35470 >> (Routing and Switching) >> _______________________________________________ >> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >> visit www.ipexpert.com >> >> Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out >> www.PlatinumPlacement.com >> >> http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs >> > > -- Marc Abel CCIE #35470 (Routing and Switching) _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs
