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Information About Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance
Cisco Integrated Management Controller
Supported PIDs for Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance Product Family
Flow Chart: Installing and Configuring the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance
Overview
This chapter describes the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance and includes the following sections:
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Information About Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance
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Information About Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance
The Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance (VSA) product family includes Cisco Nexus 1010 and Cisco Nexus 1010-X. See the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance Hardware Installation Guide for more information.
The Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance product family are networking appliances that can host up to six virtual service blades (VSBs) on Cisco Nexus 1010 and up to 10 VSBs on Cisco Nexus 1010-X.
Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance product family supports VSBs like Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Supervisor Module (VSM), Network Analysis Module (NAM), Virtual Security Gateway (VSG), and Data Center Network Management Module (DCNM). The Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance provides dedicated hardware for the Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM. VSMs that were hosted on VMware virtual machines can now be hosted on a Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance . This allows you to install and manage the VSM like a standard Cisco switch. The services (VSM, VSG,DCNM, or NAM) managed by the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance product family are called virtual service blades (VSBs).
See Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance Software Configuration Guide, Release 4.2(1)SP1(5.1) for more information.
Cisco Integrated Management Controller
The Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) is a software interface included with the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance. CIMC allows you to configure serial over LAN (SoL) access and set up remote management in the event the device becomes unreachable. For more information about remote management, see the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance Software Configuration Guide, Release 4.2(1)SP1(5.1).
When installing the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance, you have the option to configure the CIMC interface. To configure the CIMC software while installing the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance, see the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance Hardware Installation Guide.
Supported PIDs for Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance Product Family
This release supports the following hardware PIDs for the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance product family.
Cisco Nexus 1010
N1K-C1010
Cisco Nexus 1010-X
N1K-C1010-X
Software Included
The Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance product family is shipped with the following software.
Cisco Nexus 1010 or Cisco Nexus 1010-X ISO image
Image for the Cisco Nexus 1010 or Cisco Nexus 1010-X Manager virtual machine which manages the shelf and redundancy group configuration.
nexus-1010.4.2.1.SP1.5.1.iso 1
Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM
Used to create a VSB for the Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM on the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance product family
nexus-1000v.4.2.1.SV1.5.1.iso2
Cisco NAM VSB
Used to create a VSB for Cisco NAM on the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance product family
nam-app-x86_64.5-1-2.iso2
Cisco VSG VSB
Used to create a VSB for Cisco VSG on the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance product family.
nexus-1000v.VSG1.3.1.iso
Cisco DCMN VSB
Used to create a VSB for Cisco DCNM on the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance product family.
dcnm-installer-k9.5.2.2a.iso
Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC)
A software interface that allows you to manage the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance should it become unreachable.
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1 In the event of disk corruption on the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance, the system can be brought up by copying the ISO image from a CD.
2 If it is necessary to update a VSB ISO file in bootflash, use the scp command to copy the new file version into the repository folder.
Flow Chart: Installing and Configuring the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance
Figure 1-1 and Figure 1-2 show the basic steps for installing and configuring a Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance. To install the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance hardware see the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance Hardware Installation Guide. To configure the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance product family see the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance Software Configuration Guide, Release 4.2(1)SP1(5.1).
Figure 1-1 Flow Chart: Installing and Configuring the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance
Figure 1-2 Flow Chart: Installing and Configuring the Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance (continued)
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