CCNA Data Center DCICT 640-916 Official Cert Guide

Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Virtual Switch Architecture

As briefly identified in the overview section, the Cisco Nexus 1000V Series switch has two major components: the virtual Ethernet module (VEM), which runs inside the hypervisor, and the virtual supervisor module (VSM), which manages these VEMs.

Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Supervisory Module

The Virtual Supervisory Module (VSM) is the virtual equivalent of the supervisor module that exists in physical Cisco modular devices running Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS), such as Nexus 7000 Series switches. The VSM provides the platform for NX-OS and controls other components (VEMs) that are part ...