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Have a vm network with 1GBe network and plan to move into 10GBe, network admin suggested we should move into nexus switch.
Should I go for my vm VSS to dVS? I will appreciate your advice on this.
Should I go for my vm VSS to dVS? I will appreciate your advice on this.
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gheist
I don't really think the speed of the network, or the physical switch you're uplinking to has any bearing on choosing between VSS or DVS. The virtual Cisco Nexus might be a good fit if you want your network guy to be able to manage the virtual switches as well as the physical ones, but it's very pricey IMO. This blog post drills down quite nicely into the differences between VSS and DVS. DVS has a lot of advantages, at the expense of more complexity. If your environment is fairly simple, and it's just the bandwidth that's being increased to 10GBe I'd stick with VSS, on the basis that if it ain't broke...
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Hi,
+1, totally agree with Ralph, you don't need DVS just because you have 10Gb hardware.
+1, totally agree with Ralph, you don't need DVS just because you have 10Gb hardware.
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How NSX connects cables?
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the Nexus is replacing the core switch , how the NSX fit into this? My understanding over DVS is that we can configure network i/o etc?
You can use normal virtual switches too.
DVS allows you to use LACP, but at the times it disconnets VM network during vmotion
What is Network IO? You can configure traffic shaping in Nexus switch too.
There is almost EOL-ed DVS replacement called Nexus 1000V, thus the confusion.
DVS allows you to use LACP, but at the times it disconnets VM network during vmotion
What is Network IO? You can configure traffic shaping in Nexus switch too.
There is almost EOL-ed DVS replacement called Nexus 1000V, thus the confusion.