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Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch for VMware vSphere
Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch
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Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch for VMware vSphere
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Virtual Networking
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01-MAY-2009
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Latest Security Notices
19-Jan-2021
Field Notice: FN - 72015 - Specific Releases of Data Center Network Manager Release 7.X Affected by Adobe Flash End-of-Life - Software Upgrade Recommended
23-Nov-2016
Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Network Time Protocol Daemon Affecting Cisco Products: November 2016
27-Sep-2016
Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL Affecting Cisco Products: September 2016
03-Jun-2016
Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Network Time Protocol Daemon Affecting Cisco Products: June 2016
04-May-2016
Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL Affecting Cisco Products: May 2016
02-Mar-2016
Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL Affecting Cisco Products: March 2016
04-Dec-2015
Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL (December 2015) Affecting Cisco Products
08-Oct-2015
Security Advisory: OpenSSL RSA Temporary Key Cryptographic Downgrade Vulnerability
08-Oct-2015
Security Advisory: Cisco Nexus and Cisco Multilayer Director Switches MOTD Telnet Login Reset Vulnerability
08-Oct-2015
Security Advisory: Cisco Nexus Operating System Devices Command Line Interface Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Data Sheets and Product Information
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
Security Notices
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
Release and Compatibility
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
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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
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Reference
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
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
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Configuration
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
Handling Traffic Using VN-Link
21-Dec-2010
How To Install and Uninstall a Nexus 1000V License
25-Jan-2013
Nexus 1000V Series Switches Port Channel Configuration Examples
08-Aug-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
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Troubleshooting
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
Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere Troubleshooting Guide, Release 5.x
13-Mar-2019
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
Capture Traffic with the vempkt Command on Nexus 1000V Series Switches
27-Feb-2013
Determine how VM traffic is getting pinned
15-Jan-2013
Nexus 1000V Maximum Port Problem with VMware DVS
19-Dec-2013
Nexus 1000V VM Registration Troubleshoot
09-Apr-2014
Nexus 1000v VSM and Host UUID Changes
19-Aug-2013
Orphaned Distributed Virtual Switch in Nexus 1000V vCenter
18-Jan-2013
Using vemlog to debug Nexus 1000v problems
15-Jan-2013
Literature
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)
Case Study: LeBourget Communauté Virtualizes Servers and Desktops
10-May-2011
(PDF - 677 KB)
FASTWEB Transforms Network and Server Administration
18-Dec-2013
(PDF - 201 KB)
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)
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