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christg
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Cisco 1000v information pro / cons ?

Hi, we are planning to test Cisco 1000v in our lab environment, i want to know what are the pro / cons of using cisco 1000v  ?

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RBurns-WIS
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Pro

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Single point of management for all virtual networking

Similar interface your networking teams are likely already familar with

Separation of Server / Network adminstrative boundaries

Security & ACLs on Virtual Machine traffic

Integration with Network Analysis modules & Virtual Security Gateway

Support for richer features including LACP, QoS, DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection, SPAN, ERSPAN, AAA,  Netflow, SNMP,  vPC, and many others features the VMware vDS does not offer.

Tracking of interface level stats & counters - same auditing & tracking of VM networking as physical hosts.

Cons

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Can prove to be a bit of a learning challenge for some server admins who are accustomed to managing virtual networking.  IMO-  Virtual machine networking should belong to the networking teams anyway, but some organizations have "jack-of-all-trades" admistrators.

Regards,

Robert

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