Cisco Nexus 1000V User Manual download pdf (Page 4)

Components

Cisco Nexus™ 1000V consists of two parts

• VSM – Virtual Supervisor Module

– VSM controls multiple VEMs as one logical modular switch.

– Configuration is performed through the VSM and is automatically propagated

to the VEMs.

– One VSM can manage up to 64 VEMs

– Cisco recommends having two VSMs configured as a pair to act as a two SUP

switch

• VEM – Virtual Ethernet Module

– VEM runs as part of the VMware ESX or ESXi kernel and replaces the VMware

virtual switch (vSwitch).

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