Virtualization has become a cornerstone technology in data centers today and is used extensively to enable faster provisioning and improve resource utilization rates. These virtualized servers are frequently moved between compute resources to satisfy demands for performance and service-scale.

When operators have a need to track the location of VMs or groups of VMs within a network, this workload mobility can present significant challenges. For example, in the diagram below, a workload has been moved but the network operations team is unaware of it. An automated means of tracking these changes is needed.

Tracking VMs in the Infrastructure with Open NX-OS Tools