Recently there has been a ton of interest in the Hyper-V N1k running on Nutanix.  This post goes through what is needed to get this working.  For a general Hyper-V quickstart guide check out this Cisco doc.  I wrote it during my time as  TAC engineer there, and it covers most of what you need to know (some things changed in 2012R2 but the general post is there).

In a nutshell, the Nexus 1000v is a virtual switch that replaces the default switch in Hyper-V or ESXi.  It utilizes a NXOS base (the same code that makes the Nexus product line work) and gives switching teams a familiar view in to the virtualized environment.  You also get the benefits of logical switches (namely unified configuration across your hosts).

I've recently been doing a bunch of work on Windows and with Powershell, and the biggest thing I miss from MacOS so far is the unified terminal and the *nix commands I use on a daily basis.  Powershell has come a long way, but is still missing what I consider basics for management (SSH is the one that comes to mind).  So how can you adopt powershell while keeping the linux commands you know?

It's super easy, just install cygwin and add the cygwin bin directory to your path.  This post will show you how.

I wrote up 1 page document that goes over how to configure VLAN tagging in Hyper-V - check it out!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7jBUgXAvE-jWktUYXZtRl9sY2s/edit?usp=sharing