Setting up the Lab Environment
- Install vCenter Server
- Create a Data Center and Add ESX Hosts
- View the vNetwork Standard Switch Configuration
- Create a VMkernel Port on the Standard Switch, vSwitch0
- Create NFS Datastores
- Create a Virtual Machine Port Group on vSwitch0
- Upload a Virtual Machine to NFS Datastore
- Add the Virtual Machine to the vCenter Server Inventory
- Clone the Virtual Machine and Verify Connectivity
Install the Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM
- Prepare the VLAN infrastructure
- Download the Cisco Nexus 1000V Software to Your Remote PC
- Install Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM
- Install Secondary Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM
Install the Cisco Nexus 1000V VEM
- Create VLANs
- Create an Uplink Port Profile
- Connect the Cisco Nexus1000V VEM to the Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender
- Create a Data Port Profile for Virtual Machines
- Test Cisco Nexus 1000V Functionality
Optimize the Cisco Nexus 1000V Implementation
- Modify the Uplink Port Profile to Implement MAC Pinning
- Assign Additional VMNICs to MAC Pinning Uplink Port Profile
- Migrate Management, Control, Packet, and VMKernel Interfaces from vSwitch0 to Cisco Nexus 1000V
- Perform VMware VMotion
- Modify the Uplink Port Profile to Implement Virtual PortChannels
Configuring Security Features
- Clone the Virtual Machine and Verify Connectivity
- Complete a Network Scan
- Configure Access Control Lists
- Configure Port Security
- Configure DHCP Snooping
- Configure Dynamic ARP Inspection
- Configure IP Source Guard
Configuring Quality of Service
- Generate Traffic
- Configure Classification Policies
- Configure Policing
- Configure Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing
Configuring Management Features
- Configure RADIUS Server Group
- Configure AAA
- Configure RBAC
Configuring SPAN and ERSPAN
- Configure Local SPAN
- Configure ERSPAN
- Configure a Port Profile for ERSPAN
- Capture and Display ERSPAN Traffic
Troubleshooting the Cisco Nexus 1000V
- Load the First Trouble Ticket
- Identify and Resolve the Trouble Ticket
- Load the Second Trouble Ticket
- Identify and Resolve the Trouble Ticket
- Load the Third Trouble Ticket
- Identify and Resolve the Trouble Ticket
Labs
- Lab 1-1 Setting Up the Lab Environment
- Lab 2-1 Install the Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM
- Lab 2-2 Install the Cisco Nexus 1000V VEM
- Lab 3-1 Optimize the Cisco Nexus 1000V Implementation
- Lab 3-2 Configuring Security Features
- Lab 3-3 Configuring Quality of Service
- Lab 4-1 Configuring Management Features
- Lab 5-1 Configuring SPAN and ERSPAN
- Lab 5-2 Troubleshooting the Cisco Nexus 1000V