VSUM has two components: the backend as a virtual appliance and frontend as GUI integrated into VMware vCenter Server. The virtual appliance will be configured with an IP address similar to VMware vCenter management IP address subnet. Once a virtual appliance is deployed on the ESXi, it establishes the connectivity with VMware vCenter Server to access the vCenter and hosts.
The VSM deployment will be divided into two parts: first, installation of VSUM and registering as a plugin with VMware vCenter; second, importing the Nexus 1000V package into VSUM and then deploying Nexus 1000V through the VSUM GUI interface.
For installing and configuring Cisco VSUM, you require one management port group, which will communicate with vCenter. However, Nexus 1000V VSM will require two port groups, control and management. You can use just one VLAN for all of these, but it is preferred to have them configured with separate VLANs.
Download the Nexus 1000V package and...