C © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 1

C © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 2 Web Server Application Server DatabaseServerDatabaseServer OS Cisco Nexus ® 1000V VMware vMotion VLAN  Boundary of Network Visibility  Lack of visibility into inter-VM traffic  Lack of visibility into end-user performance impact from multi-tier application  Lack of visibility into impact on VM traffic during vMotion  Boundary of Network Visibility moved to virtual switching layer  Gain visibility into inter-VM traffic  Analyze Virtual NIC and Port channels on Virtual Switch  Monitor VM traffic during vMotion

C © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 3 Move the boundary of the network to the Virtual Switching layer Move the boundary of the network to the Virtual Switching layer - Specify Filter: Site - Virtual Data Center (a combination of ERSPAN data source from Cisco Nexus ® 1000V Switch and IP subnet). Gain visibility into traffic to and from virtual machines Gain visibility into traffic to and from virtual machines - Select OracleDB, right-click, and choose Analyze Application Traffic. - For Filter, change the time range to match the time for which Oracle needs troubleshooting (1 day). - For top application traffic, specify the traffic mix in the virtual machine network. - Return to the original screen and zoom into the time period with the traffic spike. - Select the host that contributed to the spike, right-click, and choose Host Details.

C © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 4 - Choose Quick Filter > Application: OracleDB to help identify all hosts using the application. - Return to original screen, right-click the top host, and choose Analyze Host Traffic. - Zoom into spike and view the host conversation; then return to the original screen. Analyze vNIC and PortChannels on the Virtual Switch Analyze vNIC and PortChannels on the Virtual Switch - Choose Analyze > Managed Device > Interface. - Look at the virtual interface errors and discards. Monitor virtual machine traffic during Vmware vMotion migration and perform troubleshooting Monitor virtual machine traffic during Vmware vMotion migration and perform troubleshooting - Return to the original screen and click Home. - Select a host, right-click, and choose Real Time. - Return to the original screen, select Host, right-click, and choose Capture.

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