Virtual Machine-Aware Network Services

The Nexus 1000V switch is a software switch on a server that delivers Cisco VN-Link services to virtual machines hosted on that server. It takes advantage of the VMware vSphere framework to offer tight integration between server and network environments and help ensure consistent, policy-based network capabilities to all servers in your data center.

Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches Video Data Sheet

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Benefits include:

Policy-Based Virtual Machine Connectivity

• Provides real-time coordinated configuration of network and security services
• Helps server administrators increase efficiency and flexibility

Mobile VM Security and Network Policy

• Helps ensure network, security, and storage compliance
• Helps ensure that live migration won't be affected by disparate network configurations
• Improves business continuance, performance management, and security compliance

Nondisruptive Operational Model

• Aligns management and operations for virtual machines and physical servers
• Maintains the existing VMware operational model
• Reduces total cost of ownership (TCO) by providing operating consistency and visibility throughout the network
• Offers flexible collaboration between server, network, security, and storage teams

Initial indications are that the typical customer can virtualize 30 percent more servers while reducing the associated operations workload by 30 percent, and improving both server and networking team efficiency.