Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch for VMware vSphere

At-a-Glance

• Cisco VN-Link Virtual Machine–Aware Networking 21-Apr-2009 (PDF - 294 KB)

Data Sheets

• Cisco Nexus 1000V InterCloud Data Sheet 21-Feb-2014
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Virtual Switch Data Sheet 13-May-2016
• Cisco Prime Network Services Controller Data Sheet 23-Jan-2014
• Cisco Virtual Security Gateway for Nexus 1000V Series Switch Data Sheet 23-Apr-2014
• Cisco Virtual Switch Update Manager Data Sheet 02-Mar-2015

End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices

English

• End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Switch for VMware vSphere 04-Feb-2019
• Cisco Nexus 1000v Select Software Releases 05-Jan-2017
• End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Virtual Security Gateway Release 4.2(1)VSG1(x) 21-Nov-2013
• End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 1010 Virtual Services Appliance 14-Sep-2012
• End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco NX-OS Software Releases 4.0(4) for the Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches 14-Sep-2012

French - Canadian

• Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Switch for VMware vSphere 04-Feb-2019

Field Notices

Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch

• Field Notice: FN - 72015 - Specific Releases of Data Center Network Manager Release 7.X Affected by Adobe Flash End-of-Life - Software Upgrade Recommended 19-Jan-2021

Security Advisories, Responses and Notices

• Multiple Vulnerabilities in Network Time Protocol Daemon Affecting Cisco Products: November 2016 23-Nov-2016
• Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL Affecting Cisco Products: September 2016 27-Sep-2016
• Multiple Vulnerabilities in Network Time Protocol Daemon Affecting Cisco Products: June 2016 03-Jun-2016
• Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL Affecting Cisco Products: May 2016 04-May-2016
• Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL Affecting Cisco Products: March 2016 02-Mar-2016
• Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL (December 2015) Affecting Cisco Products 04-Dec-2015
• OpenSSL RSA Temporary Key Cryptographic Downgrade Vulnerability 08-Oct-2015
• Cisco Nexus and Cisco Multilayer Director Switches MOTD Telnet Login Reset Vulnerability 08-Oct-2015
• Cisco Nexus Operating System Devices Command Line Interface Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 08-Oct-2015
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability 02-Oct-2015
• OpenSSL Alternative Chains Certificate Forgery Vulnerability (July 2015) Affecting Cisco Products 10-Jul-2015
• Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL (June 2015) Affecting Cisco Products 12-Jun-2015
• Multiple Vulnerabilities in ntpd (April 2015) Affecting Cisco Products 08-Apr-2015
• Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL (January 2015) Affecting Cisco Products 10-Mar-2015
• GNU glibc gethostbyname Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 28-Jan-2015
• GNU Bash Environment Variable Command Injection Vulnerability 26-Sep-2014

Compatibility Information

Most Recent

• Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information, Release 5.2(1)SV3(4.1) 09-Aug-2020
• Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information, Release 5.2(1)SV3(4.1b) 19-Feb-2020
• Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information, Release 5.2(1)SV3(3.1) 24-Oct-2018
• Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information, Release 5.2(1)SV3(2.8) 13-Dec-2016
• Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information, Release 5.2(1)SV3(2.5) 08-Oct-2016
• Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information, Release 5.2(1)SV3(2.1) 08-Jul-2016
• Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.15) 22-Feb-2016
• Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.10) 08-Dec-2015
• Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.6) 22-Oct-2015
• Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.5b) 21-Sep-2015
• Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.5a) 17-Aug-2015
• Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information, Release 4.2(1)SV2(2.2) 05-May-2015
• Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.4) 17-Apr-2015
• Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information, Release 4.2(1)SV2(2.1a) 27-Aug-2014
• Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information, Release 4.2(1)SV2(2.1) 27-Aug-2014

Release Notes

Most Recent

• Cisco Nexus 1000V Release Notes, Release 5.2(1)SV3(4.1c) 22-Jul-2020
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Release Notes, Release 5.2(1)SV3(4.1b) 19-Feb-2020
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Release Notes, Release 5.2(1)SV3(4.1a) 06-Mar-2019
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Release Notes, Release 5.2(1)SV3(3.1) 25-Jan-2019
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Release Notes, Release 5.2(1)SV3(2.8) 24-Jan-2019
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Release Notes, Release 5.2(1)SV3(2.5) 23-Jan-2019
• Features and Scalability Information for Cisco Nexus 1000V 20-Dec-2018
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Release Notes, Release 5.2(1)SV3(3.15) 30-Nov-2018
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Release Notes, Release 5.2(1)SV3(4.1) 29-Nov-2018
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Release Notes, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.4b) 16-Apr-2018
• Cisco Virtual Switch Update Manager Release Notes, Release 2.1.1 05-Jun-2017
• Cisco Virtual Switch Update Manager Release Notes, Release 2.1 19-Apr-2017
• Minimum and Recommended Releases for the Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware Switch 31-Mar-2017
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Release Notes, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.15) 19-Oct-2016
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Release Notes, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.10) 19-Oct-2016

Command References

Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch

• Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere Command Reference, Release 5.2(1)SV3(4.1) 23-May-2018
• Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere Command Reference, Release 5.x 29-Apr-2016
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Command Reference, Release 4.2(1)SV2(2.2) 30-Jun-2015
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Command Reference, Release 4.2(1)SV2(2.1) 30-Jun-2015
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Command Reference, Release 4.2(1)SV2(1.1) 19-May-2014
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Command Reference, Release 4.2(1)SV1(5.1) 26-Jun-2014
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Command Reference, Release 4.2(1)SV1(4) 25-Jun-2014

End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Documentation

• Cisco Nexus 1000V Command Reference, Release 4.0(4)SV1(3) 11-Dec-2009
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Command Reference, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2) 11-Dec-2009
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Command Reference, Release 4.0(4)SV1(1) 20-May-2009

Documentation Roadmaps

Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch

• Cisco Nexus 1000V Documentation Roadmap, Release 5.2(1)SV3(4.1) 25-May-2018
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Documentation Roadmap, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.1) 22-Aug-2014
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Documentation Roadmap, Release 4.2(1)SV2(2.1) 24-Jun-2013
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Documentation Roadmap, Release 4.2(1)SV2(1.1) 21-Oct-2012
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Documentation Roadmap, Release 4.2(1)SV1(5.2) 11-Sep-2012
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Documentation Roadmap, Release 4.2(1)SV1(4a) 29-Jul-2011
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Documentation Roadmap, Release 4.2(1) SV1(4) 01-Feb-2011

End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Documentation

• Cisco Nexus 1000V Documentation Roadmap, Release 4.0(4) SV1(3c) 04-Feb-2011
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Documentation Roadmap, Release 4.0(4) SV1(3b) 30-Oct-2010
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Documentation Roadmap, Release 4.0(4) SV1(3a) 30-Oct-2010
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Documentation Roadmap, Release 4.0(4) SV1(3) 06-Oct-2010

Licensing Information

Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch

• Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere, Release 5.2(1)SV3(4.1) 24-May-2018 (PDF - 1 MB)
• Open Source Used In Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware 5.2(1)SV3(3.15) 02-Nov-2017 (PDF - 1 MB)
• Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere, Release 5.2(1)SV3(3.1) 31-Mar-2017 (PDF - 1 MB)
• Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere, Release 5.2(1)SV3(2.8) 08-Dec-2016 (PDF - 1 MB)
• Open Source Software Used in Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere, Release 5.2(1)SV3(2.5) 27-Sep-2016 (PDF - 1 MB)
• Open Source Software in Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere Release 5.2(1)SV3(2.1) 27-Jun-2016 (PDF - 1 MB)
• Open Source Software Used in Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.15) 19-Feb-2016 (PDF - 1 MB)
• Open Source Software Used in Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.4) 17-Apr-2015 (PDF - 972 KB)
• Open Source Software Used in Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.2) 12-Nov-2014 (PDF - 968 KB)
• Open_Source_Used_for_Cisco_Nexus_1000V_for_VMware_Release_521SV311 13-Aug-2014 (PDF - 995 KB)
• Open Source Software in Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere Release 4.2(1)SV2(2.1a) 22-May-2014 (PDF - 6 MB)
• Open Source Software in Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere Release 4.2(1)SV2(1.1a) 30-Sep-2013 (PDF - 6 MB)
• Open Source Software in Nexus 1000V Release 4.2(1)SV2(2.1) 27-Jun-2013 (PDF - 6 MB)
• Open Source Software in Nexus 1000V Release 4.2(1)SV2(1.1) 11-Feb-2013 (PDF - 6 MB)
• Open Source Software in Nexus 1000V Release 4.2(1)SV1(4b) 11-Feb-2013 (PDF - 5 MB)
• Open Source Software in Nexus 1000V Release 4.2(1)SV1(2) 23-Sep-2013 (PDF - 6 MB)
• Open Source Software in Nexus 1000V Release 4.2(1)SV1(1) 23-Sep-2013 (PDF - 6 MB)

Technical References

Cisco Nexus 1000V Deployment Guide Videos

• Video: Configuring VXLAN on Cisco Nexus 1000V with VMware vCloud Director - Part 1 of 3 31-May-2012
• Video: Configuring VXLAN on Cisco Nexus 1000V with VMware vCloud Director - Part 2 of 3 20-Mar-2015
• Video: Configuring VXLAN on Cisco Nexus 1000V with VMware vCloud Director - Part 3 of 3 20-Mar-2015
• Video: Configuring VXLAN on Cisco Nexus 1000V [Part 1 of 3] 24-May-2012
• Video: Configuring VXLAN on Cisco Nexus 1000V [Part 2 of 3] 20-Mar-2015
• Video: Configuring VXLAN on Cisco Nexus 1000V [Part 3 of 3] 20-Mar-2015

Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch Resource Availability Reference

• Cisco Nexus 1000V Resource Availability Reference, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.1) 22-Aug-2014
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Resource Availability Reference,Release 4.2(1)SV2(2.1) 18-Jun-2013
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Resource Availability Reference,Release 4.2(1)SV2(1.1) 14-Dec-2012

Install and Upgrade Guides

Most Recent

• Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)SV3(4.1a) 26-Jun-2019
• Cisco Virtual Switch Update Manager Release 2.x Getting Started Guide for Cisco Nexus 1000V 23-Jan-2019
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)SV3(4.1) 25-May-2018
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.4b) 16-Apr-2018
• Cisco Virtual Switch Update Manager Release 1.5.x Getting Started Guide for Cisco Nexus 1000V 21-Feb-2017
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)SV3(2.8) 12-Dec-2016
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)SV3(2.5) 08-Oct-2016
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)SV3(2.1) 08-Jul-2016
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.15) 26-May-2016
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.1) 07-Mar-2016
• Cisco Virtual Switch Update Manager Release 1.2 Getting Started Guide for Cisco Nexus 1000V 01-Feb-2016
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.10) 09-Dec-2015
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.6) 22-Oct-2015
• Video: Upgrading Cisco Nexus 1000V Using Cisco Virtual Switch Update Manager 1.5.x 05-Oct-2015
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.5b) 21-Sep-2015

Configuration Examples and TechNotes

Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch

• Nexus 1000v VXLAN Configuration Example 14-Apr-2014
• Nexus 1000v and UCS QoS Configuration/Integration Example 27-Feb-2014

Configuration Guides

Most Recent

• Cisco Nexus 1000V System Management Configuration Guide, Release 5.x 21-May-2019
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Security Configuration Guide, Release 5.x 20-May-2019
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Port Profile Configuration Guide, Release 5.x 27-Mar-2019
• Cisco Nexus 1000V REST API Plug-in Configuration Guide, Release 4.2(1)SV2(2.1a) 13-Mar-2019
• Cisco Nexus 1000V vCenter Plug-in Configuration Guide, Release 4.2(1)SV2(2.1) 13-Jul-2017
• Cisco Nexus 1000V License Configuration Guide, Release 4.2(1)SV2(2.1) 13-Jul-2017
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Interface Configuration Guide, Release 4.2(1)SV2(2.1) 13-Jul-2017
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Multi-Hypervisor License Configuration Guide 23-Oct-2016
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Dynamic Fabric Automation Configuration Guide, Release 5.x 23-Jun-2016
• Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere VXLAN Configuration Guide, Release 5.x 16-May-2016
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Release 4.2(1)SV1(5.1) 14-Jan-2016
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Interface Configuration Guide, Release 5.x 05-Nov-2015
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Release 5.x 02-Oct-2015
• Cisco Nexus 1000V High Availability and Redundancy Configuration Guide, Release 5.x 18-Sep-2015
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Security Configuration Guide, Release 4.2(1)SV2(2.1) 04-Mar-2015

Error and System Messages

• Cisco Nexus 1000V Series and Cisco VSG NX-OS System Messages Reference Guide for VMware vSphere 21-Aug-2012

Troubleshooting Guides

Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch

• Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Guide, Release 4.2(1)SV1(5.1) 31-Jan-2012
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Guide, Release 5.2(1)SV3(4.1) 03-Jul-2019
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Guide, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.1) 17-May-2016
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Guide, Release 4.2(1)SV2(2.2) 13-Apr-2015
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Guide, Release 4.2(1)SV2(2.1) 13-Apr-2015
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Guide, Release 4.2(1)SV2(1.1) 08-Jun-2014
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Guide, Release 4.2(1)SV1(4a) 09-Jun-2014
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Guide, Release 4.2(1)SV1(4b) 09-Jun-2014

Cisco Virtual Switch Update Manager

• Cisco Virtual Switch Update Manager Troubleshooting Guide, Release 2.x 03-Mar-2016
• Cisco Virtual Switch Update Manager Troubleshooting Guide, Release 1.x 03-Dec-2015

End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Documentation

• Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(3a) 26-Jul-2010
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(3) 29-Apr-2010
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2) 14-May-2010
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV(1) 21-Jan-2010

Troubleshooting TechNotes

Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch

• Nexus 1000V on Hyper-V Troubleshoot Guide 01-Oct-2013
• Nexus 1000v and UCS QoS Configuration/Integration Example 27-Feb-2014
• Tracing of MAC Addresses in UCS with Nexus 1000V 02-Jun-2016
• Troubleshooting Scenarios for Nexus 1000v (N1kv) with VSUM 19-Mar-2018

Case Studies

Education

• Wireless Network Connects 50-Acre Campus 11-Dec-2014 (PDF - 1 MB)

Entertainment/Media

• Tatts Group Drives Positive Change through Virtualization 14-Mar-2012 (PDF - 4 MB)

Presentations

• Fundamentals of VXLAN 30-Jul-2012

Solution Overviews

• Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches and VMware vSphere 4: Accelerate Data Center Virtualization 20-Apr-2009 (PDF - 841 KB)
• Cisco Reference Architecture-Based Solution for Enterprise VDI Scale-Out 14-Nov-2015 (PDF - 353 KB)

White Papers

• DMZ Virtualization with Cisco Nexus 1000V VMware vSphere 4 29-Jun-2009 (PDF - 1 MB)
• The Cisco Open Network Environment 08-Jan-2014 (PDF - 431 KB)
• Virtual Networking Features of VMware vSphere Distributed Switch and Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches 08-Jan-2014 (PDF - 240 KB)