Cisco Nexus 1000V InterCloud Security Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)IC1(1.2)

Audience

This publication is for network administrators who configure and maintain Cisco Nexus devices.

This guide is for network and server administrators with the following experience and knowledge:

An understanding of virtualization
Using Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) software to create a virtual machine and configure a VMware vSwitch
Ability to create an account on provider cloud such as Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Knowledge of VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch is not required.

Document Conventions

Command descriptions use the following conventions:

Convention	Description
bold	Bold text indicates the commands and keywords that you enter literally as shown.
`Italic`	Italic text indicates arguments for which the user supplies the values.
[x]	Square brackets enclose an optional element (keyword or argument).
[x \| y]	Square brackets enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical bar indicate an optional choice.
{x \| y}	Braces enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical bar indicate a required choice.
[x {y \| z}]	Nested set of square brackets or braces indicate optional or required choices within optional or required elements. Braces and a vertical bar within square brackets indicate a required choice within an optional element.
`variable`	Indicates a variable for which you supply values, in context where italics cannot be used.
string	A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.

Examples use the following conventions:

Convention	Description
`screen font`	Terminal sessions and information the switch displays are in screen font.
`boldface screen font`	Information you must enter is in boldface screen font.
`italic screen font`	Arguments for which you supply values are in italic screen font.
< >	Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets.
[ ]	Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.
!, #	An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line.

This document uses the following conventions:

Note

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Caution

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Book Title

Cisco Nexus 1000V InterCloud Security Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)IC1(1.2)

Chapter Title

Preface

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Chapter: Preface

Preface

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