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Cisco Nexus 1000V for Microsoft Hyper-V Installation Guide, Release 5.2(1)SM1(5.2)
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Chapter 1 Installing the Cisco Nexus 1000V for Microsoft Hyper-V
Installing the VSM Software
Note Make sure that you eject the virtual ISO image from the CD ROM.
Deploying the VSM
To deploy the VSM, perform the following steps:
Step 1 When the Virtual Machine Viewer window opens, the message “Do you want to format it? (y/n)”
apperas. enter Y for yes at the prompt.
Step 2 At the command prompt, when the message “Perform r/w tests (takes very long time) on target disks?
(y/n)” appears, enter Y for yes at the prompt.
Note The default action is taken if you do not immediately respond to the message prompts.
Step 3 After the software is copied and the CD-ROM drive is mounted, you are prompted to enter the System
Administrator Account Setup. At the Enter the password for “admin”: prompt, enter the password. At
the Confirm the password for “admin”: prompt, reenter the password.
Step 4 Enter the high availability (HA) role at the prompt Enter HA role [standalone/primary/secondary].
Note We recommend that you create a VSM high availability pair. Configure the first VM as the
primary VSM and install the second VM as the secondary VSM.
If you set the HA role as secondary, the following question is displayed at the prompt: Setting HA
role to secondary will cause a system reboot. Are you sure (yes/no)?: Enter Ye s if you want to
set the HA role to Secondary.
Step 5 At the prompt, enter the domain ID: Enter the domain ID[1-1023], for example, 199. A domain ID is
required for the VSMs to communicate with each other. While installing the secondary VSM, enter the
same domain ID that was specified for the primary VSM.
Step 6 After step 5 for secondary VSM, the message is displayed: saving boot configuration and the system
reloads.
Step 7 At the prompt, the Basic System Configuration Dialog is displayed. Enter Yes at the prompt.
Step 8 At the command prompt, the following message is displayed: Create another login account? [yes/no]
(n). Select No to skip creating another login account.
Note The defaults are used if you do not change the values.
Step 9 Enter the switch name, for example, Nexus1000V-Eng.
Step 10 Press Y for yes when prompted to continue with the out-of-band management configuration.
Step 11 Enter the Mgmt0 IPv4 address for the VSM, for example, 10.10.10.4.
Step 12 Enter the Mgmt0 IPv4 netmask, for example, 255.255.255.0.
Step 13 At the command prompt, the following message is displayed: Configure the default gateway? Enter Y
for yes.
Step 14 Enter the IPv4 address of the default gateway, for example, 10.10.10.5.
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