Information About vCenter Plug-in
Cisco Nexus 1000V is a software-based Layer 2 switch for the virtualized server environments that are running VMware ESX. Cisco Nexus 1000V provides a consistent networking experience across the physical and the virtual environments. It consists of two components: the Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM) that is embedded in the hypervisor and a Virtual Supervisor Module (VSM) that manages the networking policies and the quality of service QoS for the virtual machines.
With earlier releases of Cisco Nexus 1000V, the system administrators had no visibility into the networking aspects of Cisco Nexus 1000V. Starting with Cisco NX-OS Release 4.2(1)SV2(1.1), the Cisco Nexus 1000V Plug-in for the VMware vCenter Server (vCenter Plug-in) is supported on Cisco Nexus 1000V. It provides the server administrators with a holistic view of the virtual network and a visibility into the networking aspects of Cisco Nexus 1000V.
Starting with Cisco NX-OS Release 4.2(1)SV2(1.1), the vCenter Plug-in is supported only on the vSphere Web Clients. The VMware vSphere Web Client enables you to connect to a VMware vCenter Server system to manage Cisco Nexus 1000V through a browser. The vCenter Plug-in is installed as a new tab called Cisco Nexus 1000V as a part of the user interface in the vSphere Web Client.
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Currently the login to the vCenter Plug-in is available only through the administrator account. |