Table Of Contents

A - C - D - E - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V -

Index

A

Access Control Lists. See ACLs.

ACLs

commands for troubleshooting 10-2

configuration limits 10-1

debugging policy verification 10-3

description 10-1

displaying ACL policies on the VEM 10-2

restrictions 10-2

C

Cisco Support Communities 1-7, 21-1

CLI

ping command 2-1

traceroute command 2-2

connectivity

vCenter Server 3-5

verifying 1-3

verifying between VSM and vCenter Server 3-5

verifying between VSM and VEM 5-11

VSM and vCenter Server problem symptoms and solutions 20-5

core dump 21-2

CPU status

monitoring 2-2

customer support

collecting information 21-1

contacting Cisco or VMware 1-7

D

DHCP

logs, collecting and evaluating 18-5

DHCP snooping

displaying DHCP bindings 18-6

problem symptoms and solutions 18-3

documentation

additional publications i-xv, i-xvii

conventions i-xiv

domain parameters 3-4

DVS

find extension key 3-8

recovering 20-2

dynamic ARP inspection

DHCP snooping binding database 18-2

E

error messages

vSphere Client 20-12

extension key

finding for specific DVS 3-8

unregister in vCenter Server 3-12

H

HA

commands to troubleshoot 16-8

description 16-1

network level support 16-3

problem symptoms and solutions 16-3

system level support 16-2

High Availability. See HA

hosts

problem symptoms and solutions 20-9, 20-10

I

IGMP snooping

commands for troubleshooting 15-2

description 15-1

problem symptoms and solutions 15-4

troubleshooting guidelines 15-2

installation

recreating the installation flowchart 3-3, 3-10

Internet Group Management Protocol snooping. See IGMP snooping

IP ARP Inspection

problem symptoms and solutions 18-4

IP Source Guard

problem symptoms and solutions 18-5

J

jumbo frames and MTU 20-6

K

key, extension 3-8

L

Layer 2 switching

inter-VEM ping 9-5

intra-VEM ping 9-4

overview 9-1

problem symptoms and solutions 9-7

traffic interruptions 9-6

license

Cisco Nexus N1000V license package 4-1

contents of Cisco Nexus N1000V license file 4-2

troubleshooting checklist 4-2

VMware Enterprise Plus 3-1

licensed module 4-1

Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) 16-3

logging levels 2-5

logs 1-6

M

MAC address tables

verifying 9-7

module

licensed 4-1

not coming up on the VSM 5-1

unlicensed 4-1

virtual Ethernet module (VEM) 5-1

virtual supervisor module (VSM) 5-1

MTU settings, with jumbo frames 20-6

multicast

description 15-1

N

NetFlow

commands for troubleshooting 12-2

configuration problems 12-3

description 12-1

network adapter 3-5

O

online support communities 1-7, 21-1

P

plug-in

finding 3-8

unregister 3-12

port channels

asymmetric 8-3

cannot create port channel 8-4

commands to troubleshoot 8-2

description 8-1

forcing port channel characteristics onto an interface 8-4

initial checklist 8-2

interface does not come online 8-4

troubleshooting checklist 8-2

verifying a port channel configuration 8-5

port groups

assigning to VSM VM 3-4

virtual interfaces 3-4

port profiles

commands to troubleshoot 4-4, 7-5

creating corresponding port groups on vCenter Server 20-9

debug logs 7-5

description 7-1

information about 7-1

problem symptoms and solutions 7-2

ports

error disabled 6-5

flapping 6-5

interface description 6-1

overview 6-1

port counters 6-2, 6-8

port enabled and port security is ErrDisabled 6-7

port interface cannot be enabled 6-4

port security address count exceed violation 6-7

port security problems 6-2

port state is link failure or not connected 6-4

port types 9-4

troubleshooting checklist 6-3

verifying 1-3

viewing port state 6-8

private VLANs

commands to troubleshoot 14-2

description 14-1

troubleshooting guidelines 14-2

Q

QoS

commands to troubleshoot 11-2

configuration limits 11-1

debugging policy verification errors 11-3

description 11-1

troubleshooting QoS policies on the VEM 11-2

Quality of Service. See QoS

R

RADIUS

accounting logs 2-5

related documents i-xv, i-xvii

S

show port-profile sync-status command 7-6

show port-profile virtual usage command 7-6

software

core dump 21-2

SPAN

commands to troubleshoot 17-3

configuration guidelines 17-1

description 17-1

problem symptoms and solutions 17-2

session requirements 17-2

support communities, links to 1-7, 21-1

Switched Port Analyzer. See SPAN

synchronization problems 6-2, 6-8

syslog

See system messages

system messages

explanation and recommended action 1-5

logging levels 2-5

overview 1-4, 2-5

syslog server 1-5

using CLI 1-5

system overview 20-1

system processes

monitoring 2-2

T

troubleshooting process

best practices 1-1

common CLI commands 1-3

general process steps 1-2

guidelines 1-2

overview 1-1

trunking

initial checklist 8-2

overview 8-2

U

unlicensed module 4-1

unregister an extension key 3-12

upgrade

problem symptoms and solutions 4-1

V

vCenter Server

refreshing connection 3-3

removing the VSM 3-11

restrictions 20-2

unregister the VSM 3-12

verifying connection to VSM 5-7

verifying correct configuration 5-11

VEM

commands for vemlog 20-12

commands to troubleshoot 20-11

domain parameters 3-4

physical ports 9-2

verifying correct configuration 5-13

view of ports 9-2

virtual ports 9-2

verifying

MAC address tables 9-7

Virtual Ethernet Module. See VEM.

virtual Ethernet port (veth) 9-2

virtual NIC 9-2

Virtual Supervisor Module. See VSM.

VLAN

cannot create 13-3

traffic does not traverse trunk 8-5

troubleshooting checklist 13-2

VLANs

description 13-1

VM

improving performance 3-4

traffic problems 20-10

vmnic

number allocation 9-3

VSD

commands to troubleshoot 4-12, 18-6, 19-3

logs, collecting and evaluating 4-12, 19-2

problem symptoms and solutions 19-1

VSM

commands to troubleshoot 5-17

copying files to or from 21-3

creating 20-9

domain parameters 3-4

identifying extension key 3-12

plug-in 3-7

removing hosts from 3-11

verifying correct configuration 5-8

view of ports 9-3

vSphere Client

error messages 20-12