The Cisco Nexus 1010 is a networking appliance that hosts up to four Nexus 1000V virtual supervisor modules to manage virtual switches. It allows network administrators to manage the Nexus 1000V supervisor like a standard Cisco switch. The Nexus 1010 provides ample scalability to support up to 256 virtual hosts. It also functions as a launching pad for future virtualized services and is supported by Cisco's network management tools. The Nexus 1010 hardware is based on a Cisco UCS C200 physical appliance and costs $24,995, which includes 32 Nexus 1000V licenses until December 31, 2010.