In this episode we talk with appaji malla and balaji sivasubramanian from the hyperv product team on the architecture of the product and platform. In order to have a fully operational csrv use one of the official supported hypervisors by cisco like vmware esxi, citrix xenserver, microsoft hyperv or kvm. View the cisco nexus v switch for microsoft hyperv product from cisco systems. For more information on the v, visit the cisco nexus v product page. Hi there, customer use hyperv on windows server 2012r2 with nexus v. What is the cisco nexus v cisco nexus v series switches provide a comprehensive and extensible architectural platform for virtual machine vm and cloud networking. The cisco nexus v virtual ethernet module vem is a forwarding extension in the microsoft hyperv extensible switch framework, and it is deployed on each microsoft hyperv host managed by the cisco nexus v. Cisco offers a cisco nexus v for microsoft hyperv webinar as a pdf download. Everything is fine, but they think upgrade own server for windows 2016. Switches cisco nexus v switch for microsoft hyperv cisco.
Cisco ports nexus v virtual switch to microsofts hyperv. Damian flynn, microsoft 2012 mvp for datacenter and cloud lionbridge technologies. Bit of a long post, if you guys only want to read the problem look for the. Esxi, redhat kvm, citrix xen servers, microsoft hyperv and azure and aws also. Iin the next few posts i will be going over some of the basics on how to get the nexus v setup and working in a hyperv environment. The vulnerability is due to improper resource allocation during failed cli login attempts when login.
Cisco nexus v for microsoft hyperv is now shipping. Cisco nexus v vmware is announcing the end of availability eoa for the cisco nexus v sku and its associated support skus from vmware effective february 2, 2015. We want to move our network monitoring virtual machine to hyperv 2012 which is currently running on vmware esx with promiscuous mode. It is optimized to serve as a singletenant or multitenant wan gateway. A vulnerability in the secure login enhancements capability of cisco nexus v switch for vmware vsphere could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected nexus v virtual supervisor module vsm to become inaccessible to users through the cli. Installingtheciscocsrvinmicrosoft hypervenvironments microsofthypervsupportinformation,onpage1 microsofthypervlimitations,onpage2. Getting up to speed if you havent heard of the cisco nexus v before, this is a virtual switch that is inside the hyperv host itself, not in cisco physical hardware. The network segment command is a new command introduced in the cisco nexus v switch for microsoft hyperv. Public beta of nexus v virtual switch for microsoft. To download you have to sign in with your cisco id. Cisco nexus v virtual switch extension for microsoft.
This twopart video shows you how to perform a standard installation of the cisco nexus v for microsoft hyperv using the cisco nexus v installer app. The cisco nexus v for microsoft hyperv package a zip file is available at the download url location provided with the software. Cisco nexus v for microsoft hyperv installation guide. In this video i briefly describe how to download the cisco csrv, a virtual router from cisco and install it in a hyperv virtual machine. This notification has no impact on existing use of the nexus v in.
The cisco nexus v for hyperv returns an incorrect value when querying the sysobjectid. Reduce operational complexities with a multihypervisor virtual switch. Network segments are used to create layer 2 networks on the vsm. Cisco nexus v series switches provide a comprehensive and extensible architectural platform for virtual machine vm and cloud. Switches cisco nexus v switch for microsoft hyperv. For a long time vmware has led the way with a extensible networking system whereby 3rd parties can. What documentation that does exist is thoroughly confusing so it may take some time. First deployed with vmware vsphere, nexus v recently extended its capabilities to microsoft hyperv. A vulnerability in the local management localmgmt cli of cisco fxos software and cisco ucs manager software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system os of an affected device. Cisco virtual security gateway for cisco nexus v series switches pdf.
Vmware cisco nexus v virtual network switch vmware. Cve20152808 this bug was opened to address the potential impact on. This feature allows you to replace the windows integrated virtual switch in hyperv with a thirdparty switch, such as the cisco v. Both hosts are clustered using the hyper v extensible switch.
Learn how cisco ucs makes the complex simple with every update. In the first release of the cisco nexus v switch for microsoft hyperv, only vlanbased network segments are supported. I must warn readers ahead of time, this product was just released as of a week or two ago and the cisco documentation is seriously lacking. Cisco nexus v switch for vmware vsphere secure login. The cisco cloud services router v csr v is a router and network services platform in virtual form factor that is intended for deployment in cloud and virtual data centers. Complete the following steps to download the cisco nexus v for microsoft hyperv package.
Over the last 12 months ive been doing a lot of work that has involved the cisco nexus v, and during this time i came to realise that there wasnt a huge amount of recent information available online about it. Get product information, technical documents, downloads. Hi all, is there any way to run cisco nexus v extensible switch in promiscuous mode on hyperv 2012. The switches are designed to accelerate server virtualization and multitenant. Please be sure to include your contact information and details of your virtualization use case in the email. Public beta of nexus v virtual switch for microsoft hyperv is now available gary kinghorn if you missed our webcast on the upcoming nexus v release for microsoft hyperv, you missed the announcement that we are now making available a beta version to the general public, as of march 6. Download the cisco nexus v for microsoft hyperv package for microsoft system center virtual machine manager scvmm 2012 sp1. The cisco nexus v switch for microsoft hyperv is consistent with the cisco nexus v switch for vmware vsphere in its feature set, user experience, manageability, services ecosystem, deployment tools, and operating model. Cisco nexus v switch for microsoft hyperv provides following advanced feature. Last few days ago, i have attended a public joint webinar between cisco and microsoft about cisco nexus v. Hyper v scvmm and the nexus v nexus uplink nic getting kicked out from vmm hello all. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation.
To prevent the interface numbering from changing, as a workaround, execute the clear platform software vnicif nvtable command before the failoverrestart occurs. Cisco nexus v n1k series switch includes a version of the secure shell layer ssl and transport secure layer ssl protocols which use that rivest cipher 4 rc4 algorithm that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following common vulnerability and exposures cve ids. The cisco nexus v virtual supervisor module vsm communicates with vems as well as with scvmm. Cisco nexus v for microsoft hyperv installation and upgrade. Just got the information that cisco made the nexus v for hyperv available for download. Here is some of information that i think it is useful to share with everyone. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted arguments to. You can get a quick overview of hyperv extensible virtual switches here.
The switches are designed to accelerate server virtualization and multitenant cloud deployments in a secure. Click on the cisco cloud services router v then select ios xe software from the next menu now you can select the appropriate version, for me i am going to download. This short video covers how cisco nexus v for hyperv allows you to streamline your operational experience, monitor and manage with ease, benefit from advanced services architecture and. Cisco offers free nexus v integrated switch for hyperv. Cisco s ucs and nexus v are expected to be able to handle virtualized network traffic over hyperv virtualized environments some time next year when microsoft introduces windows server 8.
Simplifying and scaling virtual networking in microsoft private cloud hyperv environments. Cisco nexus v virtual switch extension for microsoft hyperv 3 beta exciting times for anyone in the hyperv camp or those looking. While its cost is a premium over standard vmware vswitches, the benefits far outweigh the cost. Aws also offering the 30days trial versions for csr v on his cloud services where microsoft azure cloud also supporting this for advanced cloud based routing protocols. Comprehensive virtual services platform cisco vpath is an innovative service architecture that extends the cisco nexus v platform to support multiple network services, including firewalls, load balancers. Its products range in areas iot, sdn, nfv, cloud, sdwan, ai, storage, security, and more. Cisco nexus v for hyperv now available for download. Installing the cisco csr v in microsoft hyperv environments. Mostly use this for erspan and ordinary switching function. Appaji malla, product manager for nexus v on microsoft hyperv cisco systems sai chaitanya, technical marketing engineer for. Cisco nexus v virtual switch for microsoft hyperv and integrates with your existing nexus v deployment. In the webinar, you can learn how the cisco nexus v virtual accessdistributed switch can simplify your hyperv virtual environment through a nondisruptive operational model, policybased provisioning, and a strong services ecosystem. Cisco plans to extend ucs, nexus v to windows server 8. Cisco pioneered virtual networking with nexus v virtual switch and recently incorporated it in the application aware application virtual switch avs, for cisco acienabled networks.
After one of the most popular beta programs in cisco s history, nexus v can now deploy uniform network policies across heterogeneous hypervisor environments. Windows server 2012 hyperv has a feature called hyperv extensible switch which allow partner to enhance the virtual switch by allowing them to plug. Cisco nexus v switch for microsoft hyperv deployment. Windows server 2012 r2 is central to microsofts cloud os vision. Unfortunately, this verison isnt supported with the nexus v. Cisco is excited to announce the availability of nexus release 3. How to download and setup the cisco csrv in hyperv. Cisco nexus v switch for microsoft hyperv blog by raihan al. Virtualbox is not officially a supported hypervisor for csrv according to cisco, so you should expect having issues from time to time. For enterprise and service provider customers who want to extend cisco networking experience to their microsoft windows server 8 hyperv deployments, cisco offers a full portfolio of virtual networking technologies through the cisco nexus v series switches and cisco unified computing system cisco ucs virtual machine fabric extender vmfex the cisco nexus v.
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