This document is a collaboration between Cisco and VMware. It documents a set of suggested best
practices for deploying VMware Infrastructure (VI) 3.x and VMware ESX Server 3.x in a Cisco network
environment. The document provides details regarding the internal constructs of the ESX Server and
their relation to external Cisco network devices are discussed.
This document is intended for network architects, network engineers, and server administrators
interested in understanding and deploying VMware ESX Server 3.x hosts in a Cisco data center
environment.