Preface
This preface describes the audience, organization, and conventions of the Cisco vPath and vServices Reference Guide for VMware vSphere. It also provides information about how to obtain related documentation.
This preface includes the following sections:
- Audience
- Document Organization
- Document Conventions
- Related Documentation
- Documentation Feedback
- Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Audience
This publication is for those who have an understanding of virtualization and experience with using VMware tools to create virtual machines and have the following responsibilities:
- Security Administration—Define and administer security policies and rules.
- Network Administration—Manage and associate the security policies to particular port profiles.
- ESX Server Administration—Select the appropriate port-group (Cisco Nexus 1000V equivalent port-profile) for the particular virtual machines (VM).
Note Knowledge of VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch is not a prerequisite.
Document Organization
This document is organized as follows:
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Document Conventions
Command descriptions use these conventions:
Screen examples use these conventions:
This document uses the following conventions:
Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the manual.
Related Documentation
This section contains information about the documentation available for Cisco Virtual Service Nodes and related products.
Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch Documentation
The Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch documents are available on Cisco.com at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9902/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Cisco Virtual Security Gateway Documentation
The following Cisco Virtual Security Gateway for the VMware vSphere documents are available on Cisco.com at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps13095/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Cisco Prime Network Services Controller
The following Cisco Prime Network Services Controller documents are available on Cisco.com at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11213/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Cisco ASA 1000V Cloud Firewall Documentation
The following Cisco ASA 1000V Cloud Firewall documents are available on Cisco.com at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12233/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Cisco Virtual Wide Area Application Services (vWAAS) Documentation
The following Cisco Virtual Wide Area Application Services (vWAAS) documents are available on Cisco.com at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11231/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Documentation Feedback
To provide technical feedback on this document, or to report an error or omission, please send your comments to vsg-docfeedback@cisco.com. We appreciate your feedback.
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html
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