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This chapter describes the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform and includes the following sections:
The Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform (CSP) product family includes the Cisco Nexus 1010, Cisco Nexus 1010-X, Cisco Nexus 1110-S, and Cisco Nexus 1110-X. For more information, see the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform Hardware Installation Guide .
The services managed by the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform product family are called virtual service blades (VSBs). The following VSB types are supported by the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform product family:
The Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform provides dedicated hardware for the Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM. VSMs that were hosted on virtual machines can now be hosted on a Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform you can install and manage the VSM like a standard Cisco switch.
See the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform Software Configuration Guide for details on the number of virtual services blades (VSBs) that the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform product family can host.
The Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) is a software interface included with the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform. CIMC allows you to configure serial over LAN (SoL) access and set up remote management if the device becomes unreachable. For more information about remote management, see the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform Software Configuration Guide .
When you install the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform, you have the option to configure the CIMC interface. To configure the CIMC software while installing the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform, see the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform Hardware Installation Guide .
This release supports the following hardware product IDs (PIDs) for the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform product family:
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Supports the Cisco Nexus 1110-S or Cisco Nexus 1110-X Manager virtual machine that manages the shelf and redundancy group |
nexus-1010.4.2.1.SP1.6.2.iso 1 |
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Creates a VSB for the Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM on the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform product family. |
nexus-1000v.4.2.1.SV2.2.1a.1010.ova2 |
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Creates a VSB for the Cisco Nexus 1000V for Microsoft Hyper-V VSM on the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform product family. |
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Creates a VSB for the Cisco NAM on the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform product family. |
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Creates a VSB for the Cisco VSG on the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform product family. |
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Enables you to manage the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform if it becomes unreachable. |
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Creates a VXLAN Gateway VSB on the Cisco Nexus on the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform product family. |
1.If a disk gets corrupted on the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform, you can bring the system 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. You can download the Citrix NetScaler 1000V from www.cisco.com/go/ns1000v. |
Figure 1-1 and Figure 1-2 show the basic steps for installing and configuring a Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform. To install the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform hardware, see the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform Hardware Installation Guide . To configure the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform, see the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform Software Configuration Guide .
Figure 1-1 Flowchart: Installing and Configuring the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform
Figure 1-2 Flowchart: Installing and Configuring the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform (continued)
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Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform Hardware Installation Guide |
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Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform Software Configuration Guide |
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