- Policy-based virtual machine connectivity
- Mobile virtual machine security and network policy
- Nondisruptive operational model for your server virtualization and networking teams
The Cisco Nexus 1010-X Virtual Services Appliance (VSA) is member of the Cisco Nexus 1000V Series. The appliance hosts a number of Virtual Service Blades (VSBs) to include the following: the Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Supervisor Modules (VSM), the Cisco Virtual Security Gateway (VSG), the Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module (NAM), and the Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) for LAN VSB. This VSB provides a comprehensive solution for virtual access switching.
Cisco Nexus 1010-X offers high-availability features for large-scale networking. Within a single appliance, a Cisco Nexus 1010-X offers process-level availability conferred by the modular nature of Cisco NX-OS, as well as VSB availability features such as restart-on-failure. Cisco Nexus 1010-X appliance deployed in a high-availability cluster, active/standby failover of Cisco Nexus 1010 Manager and Virtual Service Blades are supported.