Auf Grund unterschiedlichster Online-Posts, Blogartikel etc., möchte ich euch mit diesem Blogartikel darüber informieren, wie der Support / Vertrieb von den Cisco Nexus 1000V Switches in Zukunft aussehen wird (Stand: 04.02.2015).
VMware announcte folgendes Statement:
VMware recommends that Nexus 1000V users move to the VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™ (VDS) as it simplifies operations (e.g., upgrade) and provides advanced monitoring capabilities plus a broader feature set. VMware will also offer migration assistance to make this change. For additional details, please contact your VMware account team or support representative. Customers that use the Nexus 1000V already do so in conjunction with VMware vSphere® Enterprise Plus Edition™ and have the correct licensing in place to make this change.
Cisco lies jetzt nicht lange auf sich warten und hat in einem offiziellen Blogpost verkündet, wie es mit dem Cisco Nexus 1000V weitergeht. (kompletter Artikel kann unter https://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/announcing-cisco-nexus-1000v-for-vmware-vsphere-6-release eingesehen werden)
We are happy to announce that the Nexus 1000V will continue to be supported in the latest vSphere 6 release which VMware recently announced.
VMware has decided to no longer offer Nexus 1000V through VMware sales or sell support for the Nexus 1000V through the VMware support organization as of Feb 2nd 2015. We want to reiterate that this has NO IMPACT on the availability and associated support from Cisco for the Nexus 1000V running in a vSphere environment. Cisco will continue to sell Nexus 1000V and offer support contracts. Cisco encourages customers who are currently using VMware support for the Nexus 1000V to migrate their support contracts to Cisco by contacting their local Cisco Sales team to aide in this transition.
Fazit (Stand: 04.02.2015)
- VMware hat den Vertrieb und den Support für Cisco Nexus 1000V abgekündigt
- Technisch soll der Cisco Nexus 1000V mit vSphere 6 funktionieren
- VMware empfiehlt auf die bereits gekauften Distributed vSwitches von VMware zu migrieren (in Enterprise Plus Edition enthalten)
- Cisco empfiehlt den vorhandenen Supportvertrag von VMware zu einem Cisco Supportvertrag zu migrieren. Wer davon betroffen ist: Bitte mit dem entsprechenden VMware / Cisco Ansprechpartner des Vertrauens in Verbindung setzen.
Persönliche Meinung
Nachdem VMware seit dem Aufkauf der Firma Nicira mit VMware NSX zum Großangriff auf den Software-defined networking (SDN) Markt geblasen hat, gibt es immer wieder „Neckereien“ zwischen Cisco und VMware im Netzwerkbereich. Cisco möchte seine vorhandenen Kunden verständlicherweise auf dem Cisco Nexus 1000V halten. VMware möchte Kunden auf den VMware-eigenen Distributed vSwitches sehen, um den Kunden einfacher in Richtung VMware NSX entwickeln zu können…. Klingt irgendwie logisch, oder? 😉
– I wish I could be a Virtual Machine –
Benjamin Ulsamer
Senior Consultant & Trainer
teamix GmbH
VMware’s official announcement below:
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I wanted to address some recent questions I have seen on this topic. Below is VMware’s official position:
– The testing and certification of Cisco Nexus 1000V with vSphere 6.0 has not yet been completed
– For vSphere 6.0, VMware intends to support the versions of Nexus 1000V that are currently supported with vSphere 5.5 (Nexus 1000v versions 4.2(1)SV2(2.x) and 5.2(1)SV3(1.x)) with functionality equivalent to that supported in vSphere 5.5, in traditional Nexus 1000V mode (i.e. leveraging Virtual Supervisor Module – VSM). AVS mode – as in vSphere 5.5 – is not and will not be supported.
– These versions are currently intended to be supported no later than the vSphere 6.0 U1 release, currently planned for 6-9 months after the vSphere 6.0 general availability. Support may potentially be accommodated earlier, pending initial testing results and timelines.
Please also remember that VMware has stopped offering both the Nexus 1000V SKUs and support as of 2/2/15. This information should have already been communicated to you. It is important to note that we can still process Q1 orders as needed and that this announcement has no impact to existing product use or support.
Let me know if you have additional questions.
Thanks,
Michael Adams
VMware | Director, Product Marketing | vSphere
3401 Hillview Ave | Palo Alto, CA 94304
Tel. 650.427.1658 | Cell: 650.743.7575 | Fax: 650.427.1020
madams@vmware.com
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