Preface

This preface describes the audience, organization, and conventions of the Cisco vPath and vServices Reference Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V. It also provides information about how to obtain related documentation.

This preface includes the following sections:

•Audience

•Document Organization

•Document Conventions

•Related Documentation

•Documentation Feedback

•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Audience

This publication is for those who have an understanding of virtualization and experience with using Microsoft Hyper-V tools to create virtual machines and have the following responsibilities:

•Security Administration—Define and administer security policies and rules.

•Network Administration—Manage and associate the security policies to particular port profiles.

•Microsoft Hyper-V Server Administration—Manage virtual servers.

Document Organization

This document is organized as follows:

Chapter and Title
Description

Chapter 1 "Cisco vPath and vServices Overview"

Provides overview of vPath and vServices.

Chapter 2 "Configuring Nodes and Services for vPath"

Describes how to configures nodes and services for vPath.

 

 

Document Conventions

Command descriptions use these conventions:

Screen examples use these conventions:

This document uses the following conventions:

Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the manual.

Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.

Related Documentation

This section contains information about the documentation available for Cisco Virtual Service Nodes and related products.

Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch Documentation

The Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch documents are available on Cisco.com at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps13056/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

Cisco Virtual Security Gateway Documentation

The following Cisco Virtual Security Gateway for Microsoft Hyper-V documents are available on Cisco.com at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps13095/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

Cisco Virtual Network Management Center Documentation

The following Cisco Virtual Network Management Center documents are available on Cisco.com at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11213/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

Documentation Feedback

To provide technical feedback on this document, or to report an error or omission, please send your comments to vsg-docfeedback@cisco.com. We appreciate your feedback.

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

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