Cisco Cisco Prime Network Services Controller 3.0 릴리즈 노트

Prime Network Services Controller is the primary management element for Cisco Nexus 1000V (Nexus 
1000V) Series Virtual Switches and Services. Working together, they enable a transparent, scalable, and 
automation-centric network management solution for virtualized data center and hybrid cloud 
environments. Nexus 1000V switches and services deliver a highly secure multi-tenant environment by 
adding virtualization intelligence to the data center network. These virtual switches are built to scale for 
cloud networks. Support for Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) helps enable a highly scalable LAN 
segmentation and broader virtual machine (VM) mobility.

Prime Network Services Controller enables the centralized management of Cisco virtual services to be 
performed by an administrator through its GUI, or programmatically through its XML API. Prime 
Network Services Controller is built on an information-model architecture in which each managed 
device is represented by its subcomponents (or objects), which are parametrically defined. This 
model-centric approach enables a flexible and simple mechanism for provisioning and securing 
virtualized infrastructure using Cisco VSG (VSG) and Cisco ASA 1000V (ASA 1000V) Cloud Firewall 
virtual security services. 

 details the primary features and benefits of Prime Network Services Controller. 

Multiple-Device 
Management

Central management of VSG and ASA 1000V for 
Nexus 1000V series switches.

Simplifies provisioning and troubleshooting in a 
scaled-out data center.

Security Profiles

Representation of VSG and ASA 1000V security 
policy configuration in a profile.

Simplifies provisioning.

Reduces administrative errors during security 
policy changes. 

Reduces audit complexities.

Helps enable a highly scaled-out data center 
environment.

Stateless Device 
Provisioning

The management agents in VSG and ASA 1000V 
are stateless, receiving information from Prime 
Network Services Controller.

Enhances scalability.

Provides robust endpoint failure recovery 
without loss of configuration state.

Security Policy 
Management

Security policies are authored, edited, and 
provisioned centrally.

Simplifies the operation and management of 
security policies.

Helps ensure that security intent is accurately 
represented in the associated security 
policies.

Context-Aware 
Security Policies

Prime Network Services Controller obtains virtual 
machine contexts from VMware vCenter.

Allows a security administrator to institute highly 
specific policy controls across the entire virtual 
infrastructure.