Overview; Information About Virtual Machine Tracker; Virtual Machine Tracker And Vmware Vcenter - Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Configuration Manual

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Overview

This chapter contains the following sections:

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Virtual Machine Tracker (VM Tracker) works together with VMware vCenter and enables you to do the

following:

• Identify the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series port that is used for each VM

• Identify the VLAN requirements of each VM

• Track the movement of VMs from one host (ESXi) to another

• Track VM configuration changes such as additions, deletions, or modifications of VLANs, and configure

• Track the additions or deletions of VMs and hosts, and configure VLANs on Cisco Nexus 9000 Series

• Track the state of VMs and dynamically provisions VLANs on the Cisco Nexus 9000 server facing

VM Tracker synchronizes with VMware vCenter to retrieve the following information:

• The host on which the VMs exist.

• The Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ports through which the VM traffic flows.

• The virtual network interface card (vNIC) that connects the VM to a virtual switch.

• The power state of the VM.

Information About Virtual Machine Tracker, page 3

Virtual Machine Tracker and VMware vCenter, page 3

VLANs on Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ports accordingly

ports accordingly

physical ports.

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