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Chapter 10. Installing VMware for CloudPlatform
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Before you run the vlan command, ensure that the configuration mode is enabled in Nexus 1000v
virtual switch.
For example:
If you want the VLAN 200 to be used on the switch, run the following command:
vlan 200
If you want the VLAN range 1350-1750 to be used on the switch, run the following command:
vlan 1350-1750
Refer to Cisco Nexus 1000V Command Reference of specific product version.
10.6.4. Enabling Nexus Virtual Switch in CloudPlatform
To make a CloudPlatform deployment Nexus enabled, you must set the vmware.use.nexus.vswitch
parameter true by using the Global Settings page in the CloudPlatform UI. Unless this parameter is
set to "true" and restart the management server, you cannot see any UI options specific to Nexus
virtual switch, and CloudPlatform ignores the Nexus virtual switch specific parameters specified in the
AddTrafficTypeCmd, UpdateTrafficTypeCmd, and AddClusterCmd API calls.
Unless the CloudPlatform global parameter "vmware.use.nexus.vswitch" is set to "true", CloudPlatform
by default uses VMware standard vSwitch for virtual network infrastructure. In this release,
CloudPlatform doesn’t support configuring virtual networks in a deployment with a mix of standard
vSwitch and Nexus 1000v virtual switch. The deployment can have either standard vSwitch or Nexus
1000v virtual switch.
10.6.5. Configuring Nexus 1000v Virtual Switch in CloudPlatform
You can configure Nexus dvSwitch by adding the necessary resources while the zone is being
created.
After the zone is created, if you want to create an additional cluster along with Nexus 1000v virtual
switch in the existing zone, use the Add Cluster option. For information on creating a cluster, see
Section 7.5.3, “Add Cluster: vSphere”.
In both these cases, you must specify the following parameters to configure Nexus virtual switch:
Parameters Description
Cluster Name Enter the name of the cluster you created in
vCenter. For example, "cloud.cluster".
vCenter Host Enter the host name or the IP address of the
vCenter host where you have deployed the
Nexus virtual switch.
vCenter User name Enter the username that CloudPlatform should
use to connect to vCenter. This user must have
all administrative privileges.