Cisco Cisco HyperFlex HX240c M4 Node White Paper

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Contents

Solution Overview

Document Purpose

Solution Purpose

Business Challenge

Solution Benefits

Solution Requirements

Known Constraints

Conversion Procedure

Install Cisco Virtual Switch Update Manager

Upload the Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch to the Cisco Virtual Switch Update Manager

Install the Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch in VMware vCenter

Modify HX Data Platform vNIC Templates in Cisco UCS Manager

Create Layer 3 Control VMkernel Interfaces on HX Data Platform ESXi Hosts in VMware vCenter

Perform Base Configuration of the Primary VSM

Add HX Data Platform ESXi Hosts to the Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch

Test and Clean Up

For More Information

Appendix A: Sample Configuration of System-Generated Port Profiles on Cisco Nexus 1000V

Appendix B: Configuring Additional Virtual Machine Guest VLANs

Appendix C: Alternative Configuration for Tagged VLANs