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vCenter Integration

Step 1 - Navigate to VMware vCenter and Login

You will connect to VMware vSphere via its HTML5 interface. Login using the information in the Credentials dropdown or, for your convenience, below:

  1. Enter the User name: pod21u1
  2. Enter the Password: cisco.123
  3. Click Login

Step 2 - vCenter Environment

Upon a successful login, you will have a view similar to the screenshot below. For this lab, you have your own DataCenter and Cluster. Within the Cluster, you have a Cisco UCS C-Series ESXi host that has several provisioned virtual machines with no operating system.

Step 3 - Navigate to vCenter Networking

To navigate to and view this APIC created vDS:

  1. Click the 4th icon, Network

Step 4 - Verify vCenter vSphere Distributed Virtual Switch Created by APIC

vSphere Distriubted Switches extend across DataCenters in vCenter. To view the APIC created vDS:

  1. Expand the Cisco Live folder
  2. Expand your DataCenter: dc_pod21
  3. The vDS created by APIC resides in a vDS folder. Expand your vDS folder: aci_p21_dc3_vds
  4. Click on your APIC created vDS: aci_p21_dc3_vds

Now that you have seen that the APIC can create and manage vSphere Distributed Switches through VMM integration, continue to the next section to complete the integration.