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Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches deliver highly secure, multitenant services by adding virtualization intelligence to the data center network These soft-switches are integrated with VMware vCloud Director. They are built to scale for cloud networks, with support for Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN). This addresses the requirements for scalable LAN segmentation and helps to enable broader virtual machine (VM) mobility.

The Cisco Nexus 1000V Series comprises two components:

• Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM), a software switch embedded in the hypervisor
• Virtual Supervisor Module (VSM), which manages networking policies and quality of service for virtual machines in concert with the VEM

Virtual Networking Services

The Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch can optimize the use of Layer 4-7 virtual networking services in virtual machine and cloud environments through Cisco vPath architecture services.

Cisco vPath technology is aware of all Layer 4-7 policies associated with individual virtual machines. Once the data packets of a specific virtual machine have been identified and policies applied, the remaining data packets flow directly to the virtual machines. Cisco vPath also works on VXLAN to support movement between servers in different subnets. Together, they help enable secure policy, application, and service delivery in the cloud.

The following virtual networking services are integrated with the Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch:

Cisco Virtual Security Gateway (VSG) integrated with the Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch provides trusted multitenant access with granular zone-based security policies for virtual machines. Cisco VSG delivers security policies across multiple servers. It supports virtual machine mobility across physical servers for workload balancing, availability, or scale for business growth in cloud computing.

Cisco Virtual Network Management Center provides centralized multidevice and policy management for the Cisco VSG.

Cisco ASA 1000V Cloud Firewall employs mainstream, proven Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) technology to provide trusted security to multi-tenant virtual and cloud infrastructures at the edge. When implemented with the Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch, customers get consistent security across physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures.

Cisco Virtual Wide Area Application Services (vWAAS), a WAN optimization solution, is integrated with the Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch to help deliver assured application performance acceleration to IT users connected to enterprise data centers and enterprise private clouds.

Comprehensive Virtual Services Platform

Cisco Nexus 1010 Virtual Services Appliance was designed for customers seeking a dedicated hardware platform to deploy services critical for a virtualized infrastructure. The following virtual networking services are available for the Cisco Nexus 1010.

• Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Supervisor Module
• Cisco Virtual Security Gateway
• Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module for Nexus 1010

Related Products

• Cisco Nexus 1010 Virtual Services Appliance
• Cisco Virtual Security Gateway for Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches
• Cisco Virtual Network Management Center
• Cisco Virtual Wide Area Application Services
• Cisco ASA 1000V Cloud Firewall

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