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Add a Cisco Switch to vShield Manager
You can add a Cisco switch to vShield Manager and manage its implementation.
Prerequisites
The N1K switch must have been installed on vCenter Server.
Procedure
1 Click Settings & Reports from the vShield Manager inventory panel.
2 Ensure that you are in the Configuration tab.
3 Click the Networking tab.
4 Click Add Switch Provider.
5 Type a name for the switch.
6 Type the API interface with which the switch can communicate in the following format:
https:// IP_of_VSM /n1k/services/NSM.
7 Type your N1K user name and password.
8 Click OK.
The switch is added to the switch provider table.
Working with Services and Service Groups
A service is a protocol-port combination, and a service group is a group of services.
Create a Service
You can create a service and then define rules for that service.
Procedure
1 Do one of the following.
Option Description
To create a service at the global
scope
a Log in to the vShield Manager user interface.
b Click Settings & Reports.
c Click Object Library.
To create a service at the datacenter
scope
a In the vSphere Client, go to Inventory > Hosts & Clusters.
b Select a datacenter from the inventory panel.
c Click the vShield tab.
To create a service at the port group
scope
a In the vSphere Client, go to Inventory > Networking.
b Select a network from the inventory panel.
c Click the vShield tab.
To create a service at the vShield
Edge scope
a In the vSphere Client, go to Inventory > Hosts & Clusters.
b Select a datacenter resource from the inventory panel.
c Click the Network Virtualization tab.
d Click the Edges tab.
e Double-click a vShield Edge instance.
f Click the Configure tab.
2 Click the Services tab.
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