Cisco Nexus 1000V User Manual

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Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Guide, Release 5.2(1)SV3(1.1)
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Installation
This chapter describes how to identify and resolve installation problems and includes the following
topics:
• Isolating Installation Problems, page 3-1
• Improving Performance on the ESX and VM, page 3-4
• Verifying the Domain Configuration, page 3-4
• Verifying the Port Group Assignments for a VSM VM Virtual Interface, page 3-4
• Verifying VSM and vCenter Server Connectivity, page 3-5
• Troubleshooting Connections to vCenter Server, page 3-5
• Recovering the Network Administrator Password, page 3-6
• Managing Extension Keys, page 3-6
• Recreating the Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation, page 3-10
• Problems with the Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation Management Center, page 3-14
Isolating Installation Problems
This section explains how to isolate possible installation problems.
Verifying Your VMware License Version
Before you begin to troubleshoot any installation issues, you should verify that your ESX server has the
VMware Enterprise Plus license that includes the Distributed Virtual Switch feature.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Before you begin, you must know or do the following:
• You are logged in to the vSphere client on the ESX server.
• You are logged in to the Cisco Nexus 1000V CLI in EXEC mode.
• This procedure verifies that your vSphere ESX server uses the VMware Enterprise Plus license. This
license includes the Distributed Virtual Switch feature, which allows visibility to the Cisco Nexus
1000V.

Cisco Nexus 1000V Specifications

General

Type	Virtual Switch
Manageable	Yes
NetFlow	Yes
SPAN	Yes
ERSPAN	Yes
Operating System	Cisco NX-OS
Form Factor	Virtual
Hypervisor Support	VMware ESXi
Features	VXLAN
Security Features	Port Security, Private VLANs, ACLs