C Commands


This chapter describes the Cisco Nexus 1000V commands that begin with the letter, C.

cache size

To specify a cache size for a Netflow flow monitor, use the cache size command. To remove the cache size for a flow monitor, use the no form of this command.

cache size value

no cache size value

Syntax Description

value

Size in number of entries. The range is 256 to 16384 entries.


Defaults

4096 entries

Command Modes

Netflow Monitor Configuration (config-flow-monitor)

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Use the cache-size command to limit the impact of the Netflow flow monitor cache on memory and performance.

Examples

This example shows how to configure the cache size for a Netflow flow monitor named MonitorTest, and then display the configuration:

n1000v# config t
n1000v(config)# flow monitor MonitorTest
n1000v(config-flow-monitor)# cache size 15000
n1000v(config-flow-monitor)# show flow monitor MonitorTestFlow 
Monitor monitortest: 
     Use count: 0 
     Inactive timeout: 600 
     Active timeout: 1800 
     Cache Size: 15000
n1000v(config-flow-monitor)#


This example shows how to remove a cache size from a flow monitor:

n1000v# config t
n1000v(config)# flow monitor MonitorTest
n1000v(config-flow-monitor)# no cache size 
n1000v(config-flow-monitor)#show flow monitor MonitorTestFlow
n1000v(config-flow-monitor)# 
Monitor monitortest: 
     Use count: 0 
     Inactive timeout: 600 
     Active timeout: 1800 
     Cache Size: 4096
n1000v(config-flow-monitor)#

Related Commands

Command
Description

show flow monitor

Displays information about the flow monitor cache module.

flow monitor

Creates a flow monitor.

timeout

Specifies an aging timer and its value for aging entries from the cache.

record

Adds a flow record to the flow monitor.

exporter

Adds a flow exporter to the flow monitor.


capability

To set a particular profile capability, use the capability command. To remove the profile capability, use the no form of this command.

capability {uplink | l3control}

no capability [uplink | l3control]

Syntax Description

uplink

Sets the uplink capability for this profile.

l3control

Sets the L3AIPC capability for this profile. Used for configuring ERSPAN enabled port profiles for l3 control.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Port Profile Configuration (config-port-prof)

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

This command allows the port to be used as an uplink port. In vCenter Server, the port groups with uplink port profiles can be selected and assigned to physical ports (a vmnic or a pnic).


Note If a port profile is configured as an uplink, then it cannot be used to configure VMware virtual ports.


Examples

This example shows how to configure a particular port profile capability:

n1000v(config-port-prof)# capability uplink

This example shows how to remove the port profile configuration:

n1000v(config)# no capability uplink

Related Commands

Command
Description

port-profile

Places you into CLI Global Configuration mode for configuring the specified port profile.

show port-profile name

Displays information about the port profile(s).


cd

To change to a different directory from the one you are currently working in, use the cd command.

cd [filesystem:[//directory] | directory]

Syntax Description

filesystem:

(Optional) Name of the file system. Valid file systems are bootflash and volatile.

//directory

(Optional) Name of the directory. The directory name is case sensitive.


Defaults

bootflash

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

You can only change to the directories that are on the active supervisor module.

Use the present working directory (pwd) command to verify the name of the directory you are currently working in.

Examples

This example shows how to change to a different directory on the current file system:

n1000v# cd my-scripts

This example shows how to change from the file system you are currently working in to a different file system:

n1000v# cd volatile:

This example shows how to revert back to the default directory, bootflash:

n1000v# cd

Related Commands

Command
Description

pwd

Displays the name of the directory you are currently working in.


cdp advertise

To specify the CDP version to advertise, use the cdp advertise command. To remove the cdp advertise configuration, use the no form of this command.

cdp advertise {v1 | v2}

no cdp advertise [v1 | v2]

Syntax Description

v1

CDP Version 1.

v2

CDP Version 2.


Defaults

CDP Version 2

Command Modes

Global Configuration (config)

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

This example shows how to set CDP Version 1 as the version to advertise:

n1000v(config)# cdp advertise v1

This example shows how to remove CDP Version 1 as the configuration to advertise:

n1000v(config)# no cdp advertise v1

Related Commands

Command
Description

show cdp global

Displays the CDP configuration.


cdp enable (global)

To enable Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) globally on all interfaces and port channels, use the cdp enable command. To disable CDP globally, use the no form of this command.

cdp enable

no cdp enable

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

Global Configuration (config)

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

CDP can only be configured on physical interfaces and port channels.

Examples

This example shows how to enable CDP globally and then show the CDP configuration:

n1000v# config t
n1000v(config)# cdp enable
n1000v(config)# show cdp global
Global CDP information:
    CDP enabled globally
    Refresh time is 60 seconds
    Hold time is 180 seconds
    CDPv2 advertisements is enabled
    DeviceID TLV in System-Name(Default) Format

This example shows how to disable CDP globally and then show the CDP configuration:

n1000v(config)# no cdp enable
n1000v# show cdp global
Global CDP information:
    CDP disabled globally
    Refresh time is 60 seconds
    Hold time is 180 seconds
    CDPv2 advertisements is enabled
    DeviceID TLV in System-Name(Default) Format
n1000v(config)# 

Related Commands

Command
Description

show cdp global

Displays the CDP configuration.

cdp enable (interface or port channel)

Enables CDP on an interface or port channel.


cdp enable (interface or port channel)

To enable Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) on an interface or port channel, use the cdp enable command. To disable it, use the no form of this command.

cdp enable

no cdp enable

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

Interface Configuration (config-if)

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

CDP must be enabled globally before you configure the device ID format.

CDP can only be configured on physical interfaces and port channels.

Examples

This example shows how to enable CDP on port channel 2:


n1000v# config t
n1000v(config)# interface port-channel2
n1000v(config-if)# cdp enable
n1000v(config-if)# 

This example shows how to disable CDP on mgmt0:


n1000v# config t
n1000v(config)# interface mgmt0
n1000v(config-if)# no cdp enable
n1000v(config-if)# show cdp interface mgmt0
        mgmt0 is up 
        CDP disabled on interface 
        Sending CDP packets every 60 seconds 
        Holdtime is 180 seconds
n1000v(config-if)#

Related Commands

Command
Description

show cdp interface

Displays the CDP configuration for an interface.

show cdp neighbors

Displays your device from the upstream device.

cdp advertise

Assigns the CPD version the interface will advertise—CDP Version 1 or CDP Version 2.

cdp format device ID

Assigns the CDP device ID

cdp holdtime

Sets the maximum amount of time that CDP holds onto neighbor information before discarding it.


cdp format device-id

To specify the device ID format for CDP, use the cdp format device-id command. To remove it, use the no form of this command.

cdp format device-id {mac-address | serial-number | system-name}

no cdp format device-id {mac-address | serial-number | system-name}

Syntax Description

mac-address

MAC address of the Chassis.

serial-number

Chassis serial number.

system-name

System name/Fully Qualified Domain Name (Default).


Defaults

System name/Fully Qualified Domain Name

Command Modes

Global Configuration (config)

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

CDP must be enabled globally before you configure the device ID format.

You can configure CDP on physical interfaces and port channels only.

Examples

This example shows how to configure the CDP device ID with the MAC address format and then display the configuration:

n1000v(config)# cdp format device-id mac-address
n1000v(config)# show cdp global 
Global CDP information: 
CDP enabled globally 
     Sending CDP packets every 5 seconds 
     Sending a holdtime value of 10 seconds 
     Sending CDPv2 advertisements is disabled 
     Sending DeviceID TLV in Mac Address Format

This example shows how to remove the CDP device ID MAC address format from the configuration:

n1000v(config)# no cdp format device-id mac-address

Related Commands

Command
Description

show cdp global

Displays CDP global configuration parameters.

show cdp interface

Displays the CDP configuration for an interface.

show cdp neighbors

Displays your device from the upstream device.

cdp advertise

Assigns the CPD version the interface will advertise—CDP Version 1 or CDP Version 2.

cdp enable interface

Enables CDP on an interface or port channel.

cdp holdtime

Sets the maximum amount of time that CDP holds onto neighbor information before discarding it.


cdp holdtime

To do set the maximum amount of time that CDP holds onto neighbor information before discarding it, use the cdp holdtime command. To remove the CDP holdtime configuration, use the no form of this command.

cdp holdtime seconds

no cdp holdtime seconds

Syntax Description

seconds

The range is from 10 to 255 seconds.


Defaults

180 seconds

Command Modes

Global Configuration (config)

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

CDP must be enabled globally before you configure the device ID format.

You can configure CDP on physical interfaces and port channels only.

Examples

This example shows how to set the CDP holdtime to 10 second:

n1000v(config)# cdp holdtime 10

This example shows how to remove the CDP holdtime configuration:

n1000v(config)# no cdp holdtime 10

Related Commands

Command
Description

show cdp global

Displays CDP global configuration parameters.

show cdp neighbors

Displays the upstream device from your device.


cdp timer

To set the refresh time for CDP to send advertisements to neighbors, use the cdp timer command. To remove the CDP timer configuration, use the no form of this command.

cdp timer seconds

no cdp timer seconds

Syntax Description

seconds

The range is from 5 to 254 seconds.


Defaults

60 seconds

Command Modes

Global Configuration (config)

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

This example shows how to configure the CDP timer to 10 seconds:

n1000v(config)# cdp timer 10

This example shows how to remove the CDP timer configuration:

n1000v(config)# no cdp timer 10

Related Commands

Command
Description

show cdp global

Displays CDP global configuration parameters.

show cdp neighbors

Displays the upstream device from your device.


channel-group auto (port profile)

To create and define a channel group for all interfaces belonging to a port profile, use the channel-group auto command. To remove the channel-group, use the no form of this command.

channel-group auto [mode channel_mode] [sub-group cdp]

no channel-group

Syntax Description

mode channel_mode

(Optional) Specify a channeling mode:

•on

•active (uses LACP)

•passive (uses LACP)

sub-group cdp

(Optional) Creates subgroups, using CDP, for managing the traffic flow when the port profile connects to two upstream switches, also called virtual port channel host mode (vPC-HM).


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Port Profile Configuration (config-port-prof)

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

The channel-group auto command creates a unique port channel for all interfaces belonging to the same module. The channel-group is automatically assigned when the port profile is assigned to the first interface. Each additional interface belonging to the same module is added to the same port-channel. In VMware environments, a different port channel is created for each module.

•The channel group mode must be set to on.

•When configuring a port channel for a port profile that connects to two upstream switches, also called virtual port channel host mode (vPC-HM):

–You know whether CDP is configured in the upstream switches.

If so, then CDP creates a subgroup for each upstream switch to manage its traffic separately.

If CDP is not configured in the upstream switch, then you must manually configure subgroups to manage the traffic flow on the separate switches.

–If vPC-HM is not configured when port channels connect to two different upstream switches, then the VMs behind the Cisco Nexus 1000V receive duplicate packets from the network for broadcast/unknown floods/multicast.

vPC-HM can also be configured on the interface. For more information, see the Cisco Nexus 1000V Interface Configuration Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(1).

Examples

This example shows how to configure a port channel for a port profile that connects to a single upstream switch, and then display the configuration:

n1000v# config t
n1000v(config)# port-profile AccessProf
n1000v(config-port-prof)# channel-group auto mode on
n1000v(config-port-prof)# show port-profile name AccessProf
port-profile AccessProf
  description: allaccess4
  status: disabled
  capability uplink: yes
  port-group: AccessProf
  config attributes:
    switchport mode access
    channel-group auto mode on
  evaluated config attributes:
    switchport mode access
    channel-group auto mode on
  assigned interfaces:
n1000v(config-port-prof)# 


This example shows how to remove the channel group configuration from the port profile and then 
display the configuration:

n1000v# config t
n1000v(config)# port-profile AccessProf
n1000v(config-port-prof)# no channel-group 
n1000v(config-port-prof)# show port-profile name AccessProf
port-profile AccessProf
  description: allaccess4
  status: disabled
  capability uplink: yes
  port-group: AccessProf
  config attributes:
    switchport mode access
evaluated config attributes:
    switchport mode access
assigned interfaces:
n1000v(config-port-prof)# 

This example shows how to configure an uplink port profile, to be used by the physical NICs in the VEM, in vPC-HM when the ports in the port channel connect to two different upstream switches:

n1000v# config t
n1000v(config)# port-profile uplinkProf
n1000v(config-port-prof)# channel-group auto mode on sub-group cdp
doc-n1000v(config-port-prof)# show port-profile name uplinkProf
port-profile uplinkProf
  description: 
  status: disabled
  capability uplink: no
  capability l3control: no
  system vlans: none
  port-group: 
  max-ports: 32
  inherit:
  config attributes:
    channel-group auto mode on sub-group cdp
  evaluated config attributes:
    channel-group auto mode on sub-group cdp
  assigned interfaces:
n1000v(config-port-prof)# 


Related Commands

Command
Description

show port-profile name profile-name

Displays the port profile configuration.

port-profile profile-name

Creates a port profile and places you into CLI Global Configuration mode for the named port profile.


channel-group (interface)

To create a port channel group or to move an interface from one port channel group to another, use the channel-group command. To remove the channel group configuration from an interface, use the no form of this command.

channel-group number [force] [mode {active | on | passive}]

no channel-group [number]

Syntax Description

number

Number of the channel group. The maximum number of port channels that can be configured is 256. The allowable range of channel group numbers that can be assigned is from 1 to 4096.

force

Forces the interface to join the channel group, although some parameters are not compatible. See Usage Guidelines below for information about the compatibility parameters and which ones can be forced.

mode

Specifies the port channel mode of the interface.

on

This is the default channel mode.

All port channels that are not running LACP remain in this mode. If you attempt to change the channel mode to active or passive before enabling LACP, the device returns an error message.

After you enable LACP globally, you enable LACP on each channel by configuring the channel mode as either active or passive. An interface in this mode does not initiate or respond to LACP packets. When an LACP attempts to negotiate with an interface in the on state, it does not receive any LACP packets and becomes an individual link with that interface; it does not join the channel group.

active

Specifies that when you enable the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), this command enables LACP on the specified interface. Interface is in active negotiating state, in which the port initiates negotiations with other ports by sending LACP packets.

passive

Specifies that when you enable LACP, this command enables LACP only if an LACP device is detected.The interface is in a passive negotiation state, in which the port responds to LACP packets that it receives but does not initiate LACP negotiation.


Defaults

The default mode is on.

Command Modes

Interface Configuration (config-if)

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

A port channel in the on channel mode is a pure port channel and can aggregate a maximum of eight ports. It does not run LACP.

If an existing port channel is not running LACP you cannot change the mode for it or any of its interfaces. If you try to do so, the channel mode remains on and an error message is generated.

When you delete the last physical interface from a port channel, the port channel remains. To delete the port channel completely, use the no form of the port-channel command.

When an interface joins a port channel, the following attributes are removed and replaced with the those of the port channel:

•Bandwidth

•Delay

•Extended Authentication Protocol over UDP

•VRF

•IP address

•MAC address

•Spanning Tree Protocol

•NAC

•Service policy

•Quality of Service (QoS)

•ACLs

The following attributes remain unaffected when an interface joins or leaves a port channel:

•Beacon

•Description

•CDP

•LACP port priority

•Debounce

•UDLD

•MDIX

•Rate mode

•Shutdown

•SNMP trap

You do not have to create a port channel interface before you assign a physical interface to a channel group. A port channel interface is created automatically when the channel group gets its first physical interface, if it is not already created.

Examples

This example shows how to add an interface to LACP channel group 5 in active mode:

n1000v(config-if)# channel-group 5 mode active
n1000v(config-if)#

Related Commands

Command
Description

show interface port-channel

Displays information about the traffic on the specified port channel interface.

show port-channel summary

Displays information on the port channels.

feature lacp

Enables the LACP feature globally

show lacp port-channel

Displays LACP information.

show port-channel compatibility-parameters

Displays the list of compatibility checks that the Cisco Nexus 1000V uses.


check logflash

To check the compactFlash, use the check logflash command.

check logflash [bad-blocks]

Syntax Description

bad-blocks

(Optional) Finds bad blocks in compactFlash.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

This example shows how to check compactFlash:

n1000v# check logflash

class (policy map type qos)

To add an existing Quality of Service (QoS) class to a policy map, use the class command. To remove a QoS class from a policy map, use the no form of this command.

class [type qos] {class-map-name | class-default} [insert-before [type qos] before-class-map-name]

no class {class-map-name | class-default}

Syntax Description

type qos

(Optional) Specifies the class type to be QoS. QoS is the default class type.

class-map-name

Adds the specified name of an existing class to the policy map.

class-default

Adds the class-default to a policy map. The class-default matches all traffic not classified in other classes.

insert-before before-class-map-name

(Optional) Specifies the sequence of this class in the policy by identifying the class map it should precede. If not specified, the class is placed at the end of the list of classes in the policy. Policy actions in the first class that matches the traffic type are performed.


Defaults

type QoS

The default is to reference a new class map at the end of the policy map.

The class named class-default matches all traffic not classified in other classes.

Command Modes

Policy Map Configuration (config-pmap)

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Policy actions in the first class that matches the traffic type are performed.

The class named class-default matches all traffic not classified in other classes.

Examples

This example shows how to add a class map in sequence to the end of a policy map:

n1000v(config)# policy-map my_policy1
n1000v(config-pmap)# class traffic_class2
n1000v(config-pmap-c-qos)# 

This example shows how to insert a class map in sequence before an existing class map in a policy map:

n1000v(config)# policy-map my_policy1
n1000v(config-pmap-qos)# class insert-before traffic_class2 traffic_class1
n1000v(config-pmap-c-qos)# 

This example shows how to add the class-default class map to a policy map:

n1000v(config)# policy-map my_policy1
n1000v(config-pmap-qos)# class class-default
n1000v(config-pmap-c-qos)# 

This example shows how to remove a class map reference from a policy map:

n1000v(config)# policy-map my_policy1
n1000v(config-pmap)# no class traffic_class1
n1000v(config-pmap)# 

Related Commands

Command
Description

policy-map

Creates or modifies a policy map.

set cos

Assigns a CoS to a QoS policy map.

set dscp

Assigns a DSCP value for a traffic class in a QoS policy map.

set precedence

Assigns a precedence value for the IP headers in a specific traffic class in a QoS policy map.

set discard-class

Assigns a discard-class value for a class of traffic in a QoS policy map.

show class-map qos

Displays class maps.

show policy-map

Displays policy maps and statistics.



class-map

To create or modify a QoS class map that defines a class of traffic, use the class-map command. To remove a class map, use the no form of this command.

class-map [type qos] [match-any | match-all] class-map-name

no class-map [type qos] [match-any | match-all] class-map-name

Syntax Description

type qos

(Optional) Specifies the component type QoS for the class map. By default, the class map type is QoS.

match-any

(Optional) Specifies that if the packet matches any of the matching criteria configured for this class map, then this class map is applied to the packet.

match-all

(Optional) Specifies that if the packet matches all the matching criteria configured for this class map, then this class map is applied to the packet. This is the default action if match-any is not specified.

class-map-name

Name assigned to the class map. The name class-default is reserved.


Defaults

type QoS
match-all

Command Modes

Global configuration (config)

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Hyphen, underscore, and alphabetic characters are allowed in the class map name.

Forty characters are the maximum allowed in the class map name.

Characters in the class map name are case sensitive.

Examples

This example shows how to create a class map and enter the QoS class map configuration mode to configure the specified map:

n1000v# configure terminal
n1000v(config)# class-map my_class1
n1000v(config-cmap-qos)#

This example shows how to remove the QoS class map named my_class1:

n1000v(config)# no class-map my_class1
n1000v(config)#

Related Commands

Command
Description

show class-map qos

Displays class maps.

match class-map

Configures the traffic class by matching packets based on match criteria in another class map.

match packet length

Configures the traffic class by matching packets based on packet lengths.




clear access-list counters

To clear the counters for IP and MAC access control list(s) (ACLs), use the clear access-list counters command.

clear access-list counters [access-list-name]

Syntax Description

access-list-name

(Optional) Name of the ACL whose counters the device clears. The name can be up to 64 alphanumeric, case-sensitive characters.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

If you specify an ACL, the name can be up to 64 alphanumeric, case-sensitive characters.

Examples

This example shows how to clear counters for all IP and MAC ACLs:

n1000v# clear access-list counters
n1000v#

This example shows how to clear counters for an IP ACL named acl-ip-01:

n1000v# clear access-list counters acl-ip-01
n1000v#

Related Commands

Command
Description

clear ip access-list counters

Clears counters for IP ACLs.

clear mac access-list counters

Clears counters for MAC ACLs.

show access-lists

Displays information about one or all IP and MAC ACLs.


clear cdp

To clear Cisco Discovery Protocol(CDP) information on an interface, use the clear cdp command.

clear cdp {counters [interface slot/port] | table [interface slot/port]}

Syntax Description

counters

Clear CDP counters on all interfaces.

interface slot/port

(Optional) Clear CDP counters on a specified interface .

table

Clear CDP cache on all interfaces.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin
network-operator

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

This example shows how to clear CDP counters on all interfaces:

n1000V# clear cdp counters

This example shows how to clear CDP cache on all interfaces:

n1000V# clear cdp table

Related Commands

Command
Description

show cdp all

Displays all interfaces that have CDP enabled.

show cdp entry

Displays the CDP database entries

show cdp global

Displays the CDP global parameters.

show cdp interface intrface-type slot-port

Displays the CDP interface status


clear cli history

To clear the history of commands you have entered into the CLI, use the clear cli history command.

clear cli history

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Use the show cli history command to display the history of the commands that you entered at the command-line interface (CLI).

Examples

This example shows how to clear the command history:

n1000v# clear cli history

Related Commands

Command
Description

show cli history

Displays the command history.


clear cores

To clear the core files, use the clear cores command.

clear cores [archive]

Syntax Description

archive

(Optional) Clears the core file on the logflash filesystem.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Use the show system cores command to display information about the core files.

Examples

This example shows how to clear the core file:

n1000v# clear cores

This example shows how to clear the core on the logflash filesystem:

n1000v# clear cores archive

Related Commands

Command
Description

show system cores

Displays the core filename.

system cores

Configures the core filename.


clear counters

To clear interface counters, use the clear counters command.

clear counters [ interface {all | ethernet slot/port | loopback virtual-interface-number | mgmt | port-channel port-channel-number | vethernet interface-number} ]

Syntax Description

interface

Clears interface counters.

all

Clears all interface counters.

ethernet slot/port

Clears Ethernet interface counters. The range is 1 to 66.

loopback virtual-interface-number

Clears loopback interface counters. The range is 0 to 1023.

mgmt

Clears the mangement interface (mgmt0).

port-channel port-channel-number

Clears port-channel interfaces. The range is 1 to 4096.

vethernet interface-number

Clears virtual Ethernel interfaces. The range is 1 to 1048575.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin
network-operator

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

This example shows how to clear the Ethernet interface counters:

n1000v(config)# clear counters ethernet 2/1

Related Commands

Command
Description

show interface counters

Displays the interface status, which includes the counters.


clear debug-logfile

To clear the contents of the debug logfile, use the clear debug-logfile command.

clear debug-logfile filename

Syntax Description

filename

Name of the debug logfile to clear.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

This example shows how to clear the debug logfile:

n1000v# clear debug-logfile syslogd_debugs

Related Commands

Command
Description

debug logfile

Configures a debug logging file.

debug logging

Enable debug logging.

show debug logfile

Displays the contents of the debug logfile.


clear flow exporter

To clear the statistics for a Flexible NetFlow flow exporter, use the clear flow exporter command in Any.

clear flow exporter {name exporter-name | exporter-name}

Syntax Description

name

Indicates that a flow exporter will be specified by name.

exporter-name

Name of an existing flow exporter.


Command Default

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

You must have already enabled traffic monitoring with Flexible NetFlow using an exporter before you can use the clear flow exporter command.

Examples

The following example clears the statistics for the flow exporter named NFC-DC-PHOENIX:

n1000v# clear flow exporter name NFC-DC-PHOENIX
n1000v#

Related Commands

Command
Description

clear flow exporter

Clears the statistics for exporters.

flow exporter

Creates a flow exporter.

show flow exporter

Displays flow exporter status and statistics.


clear ip access-list counters

To clear the counters for IP access control lists (ACLs), use the clear ip access-list counters command.

clear ip access-list counters [access-list-name]

Syntax Description

access-list-name

(Optional) Name of the IP ACL whose counters you want cleared. The name can be up to 64 alphanumeric, case-sensitive characters.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

If specifying an ACL by name, it can be up to 64 alphanumeric, case-sensitive characters.

Examples

This example shows how to clear counters for all IP ACLs:

n1000v# clear ip access-list counters
n1000v#

This example shows how to clear counters for an IP ACL named acl-ip-101:

n1000v# clear ip access-list counters acl-ip-101
n1000v#

Related Commands

Command
Description

clear access-list counters

Clears counters for IP and MAC ACLs.

clear mac access-list counters

Clears counters for MAC ACLs.

show access-lists

Displays information about one or all IP and MAC ACLs.

show ip access-lists

Displays information about one or all IP ACLs.


clear ip igmp interface statistics

To clear the IGMP statistics for an interface, use the clear ip igmp interface statistics command.

clear ip igmp interface statistics [if-type if-number]

Syntax Description

if-type

(Optional) Interface type. For more information, use the question mark (?) online help function.

if-number

(Optional) Interface number.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin
network-operator

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

This example shows how to clear IGMP statistics for an interface:

n1000v# clear ip igmp interface statistics ethernet 2/1
n1000v# 

Related Commands

Command
Description

show ip igmp interface

Displays information about IGMP interfaces.


clear ip igmp snooping statistics vlan

To clear the IGMP snooping statistics for VLANs, use the clear ip igmp snooping statistics vlan command.

clear ip igmp snooping statistics vlan {vlan-id | all}

Syntax Description

vlan-id

VLAN number. The range is from 1 to 3967 and 4048 to 4093.

all

Applies to all VLANs.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin
network-operator

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

This example shows how to clear IGMP snooping statistics for VLAN 1:

n1000v# clear ip igmp snooping statistics vlan 1
n1000v# 

Related Commands

Command
Description

show ip igmp snooping statistics vlan

Displays IGMP snooping statistics by VLAN.


clear lacp counters

To clear the statistics for all interfaces for Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) groups, use the clear lacp counters command.

clear lacp counters [interface port-channel channel-number]

Syntax Description

channel-number

(Optional) LACP port-channel number. The range of values is from 1 to 4096.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

If you clear counters for a specific port channel, the allowable port channel numbers are from 1 to 4096.

If you do not specify a channel number, the LACP counters for all LACP port groups are cleared.

If you clear counters for a static port-channel group, without the aggregation protocol enabled, the device ignores the command.

Examples

This example shows how to clear all the LACP counters:

n1000v(config)# clear lacp counters
n1000v(config) # 

This example shows how to clear all LACP counters for the LACP port-channel group 20:

n1000v(config)# clear lacp counters interface port-channel 20
n1000v(config)# 

Related Commands

Command
Description

show lacp counters

Displays information about LACP statistics.


clear license

To uninstall a license file from a VSM, or to uninstall an evaluation license before installing a permanent license, use the clear license command.

clear license filename

Syntax Description

filename

Name of the license file to be uninstalled.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

If a license is in use, you cannot uninstall it. Before uninstalling the license file, all licenses must first be transferred from the VEMs to the VSM license pool.


Caution Service Disruption
When you uninstall a license file from a VSM, the vEthernet interfaces on the VEMs are removed from service and the traffic flowing to them from virtual machines is dropped. This traffic flow is not resumed until you add a new license file with licenses for the VEMs. We recommend notifying the server administrator that you are uninstalling a license and that this will cause the vEthernet interfaces to shut down.

Examples

This example shows how to remove the Enterprise.lic license file from a VSM:

n1000v# clear license Enterprise.lic 
Clearing license Enterprise.lic:
SERVER this_host ANY
VENDOR cisco

Do you want to continue? (y/n) y
Clearing license ..done
n1000v# 

Related Commands

Command
Description

show license

Displays license information.

install license

Installs a license file(s) on a VSM

svs license transfer src-vem

Transfers licenses from a source VEM to another VEM, or to the VSM pool of available licenses.


clear line

To end a session on a specified vty, use the clear line command.

clear line word

Syntax Description

word

Specifies the vty name.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin
network-operator

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

This example shows how to end a session on a specified vty:

n1000v(config)# clear line

Related Commands

Command
Description

show users

Displays active user sessions.


clear logging logfile

Use the clear logging logfile command to clear messages from the logging file.

clear logging logfile

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

Super user

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

This example shows how to clear messages from the logging file:

n1000v# clear logging logfile 
n1000v# 

Related Commands

Command
Description

show logging logfile

Displays the logs in the local log file.


clear logging session

Use the clear logging session command to clear the current logging session.

clear logging session

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

Super user

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

This example shows how to clear the current logging session:

n1000v# clear logging session 
n1000v#

Related Commands

Command
Description

show logging session

Displays logging session status


clear mac access-list counters

To clear the counters for MAC access control lists (ACLs), use the clear mac access-list counters command.

clear mac access-list counters [access-list-name]

Syntax Description

access-list-name

(Optional) Name of the MAC ACL whose counters you want to clear. The name can be up to 64 alphanumeric, case-sensitive characters.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

If you want counters cleared for a specific MAC ACL, the name can be up to 64 alphanumeric, case-sensitive characters.

Examples

This example shows how to clear counters for all MAC ACLs:

n1000v# clear mac access-list counters
n1000v#

This example shows how to clear counters for a MAC ACL named acl-mac-0060:

n1000v# clear mac access-list counters acl-mac-0060
n1000v#

Related Commands

Command
Description

clear access-list counters

Clears counters for IP and MAC ACLs.

clear ip access-list counters

Clears counters for IP ACLs.

show access-lists

Displays information about one or all IP and MAC ACLs.

show mac access-lists

Displays information about one or all MAC ACLs.


clear mac address-table dynamic

To clear the dynamic address entries from the MAC address table in Layer 2, use the clear mac address-table dynamic command.

clear mac address-table dynamic [[address mac_addr] [vlan vlan-id] [interface {type slot/port | port-channel number}]

Syntax Description

address mac_addr

(Optional) Specifies the MAC address to remove from the table. Use the format XXXX.XXXX.XXXX.

vlan vlan-id

(Optional) Specifies the VLAN from which the MAC address should be removed from the table. The range of valid values is from 1 to 4094.

interface {type slot/port | port-channel number}]

(Optional) Specifies the interface. Use either the type of interface, the slot number, and the port number, or the port-channel number.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Use the clear mac address-table dynamic command with no arguments to remove all dynamic entries from the table.

To clear static MAC addresses from the table, use the no mac address-table static command.

If the clear mac address-table dynamic command is entered with no options, all dynamic addresses are removed. If you specify an address but do not specify an interface, the address is deleted from all interfaces. If you specify an interface but do not specify an address, the device removes all addresses on the specified interfaces.

Examples

This example shows how to clear all the dynamic Layer 2 entries from the MAC address table:

n1000v(config)# clear mac address-table dynamic 
n1000v(config) # 

This example shows how to clear all the dynamic Layer 2 entries from the MAC address table for VLAN 20 on port 2/20:

n1000v(config)# clear mac address-table dynamic vlan 20 interface ethernet 2/20
n1000v(config)# 

Related Commands

Command
Description

show mac address-table

Displays the information about the MAC address table.


clear ntp statistics

To clear the Network Time Protocol statistics, use the clear ntp statistics command.

clear ntp statistics {all-peers | io | local | memory}

Syntax Description

all-peers

Clear statistics for all NTP peers.

io

Clear IO statistics.

local

Clear local statistics.

memory

Clear memory statistics.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin
network-operator

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

This example shows how to clear statistics for all NTP peers:

n1000v(config)# clear ntp statistics all-peers

Related Commands

Command
Description

show ntp peers

Displays information about NTP peers.


clear port-security

To clear dynamically-learned, secure MAC address(es), use the clear port-security command.

clear port-security {dynamic} {interface vethernet veth-number | address address} [vlan vlan-id]

Syntax Description

dynamic

Specifies that you want to clear dynamically-learned, secure MAC addresses.

interface vethernet veth-number

Specifies the interface of the dynamically learned, secure MAC addresses that you want to clear.

address address

Specifies a single MAC address to be cleared, where address is the MAC address.

vlan vlan-id

Specifies the VLAN of the secure MAC addresses to be cleared. Valid VLAN IDs are from 1 to 4096.


Defaults

dynamic

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

This example shows how to remove dynamically learned, secure MAC addresses from the veth1 interface:

n1000v# config t
n1000v(config)# clear port-security dynamic interface veth 1

This example shows how to remove the dynamically learned, secure MAC address 0019.D2D0.00AE:

n1000v# config t
n1000v(config)# clear port-security dynamic address 0019.D2D0.00AE

Related Commands

Command
Description

debug port-security

Provides debugging information for port security.

show port-security

Shows information about port security.

switchport port-security

Enables port security on a Layer 2 interface.


clear qos statistics

To clear the counters for QoS statistics, use the clear qos statistics command.

clear qos statistics {interface [ethernet type/slot | vethernet number | port-channel number] } [input type qos | output type qos]}

Syntax Description

interface

(Optional) Identifies a specific interface for which to clear statistics.

input type qos

(Optional) Clears only input QoS statistics.

output type qos

(Optional) Clears only output QoS statistics.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin
network-operator

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

If you do not specify an interface, the counters are cleared for all interfaces.

Examples

This example shows how to clear QoS statistics for all interfaces:

n1000v# clear qos statistics
n1000v# 

This example shows how to clear all input QoS statistics for veth2:

n1000v# clear qos statistics veth2 input type qos
n1000v# 

Related Commands

Command
Description

qos statistics

Enables or disables QoS statistics.

show qos statistics

Displays QoS statistics.




clear ssh hosts

To clear the Secure Shell (SSH) host sessions, use the clear ssh hosts command.

clear ssh hosts

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

This example shows how to clear all SSH host sessions:

n1000v# clear ssh hosts

Related Commands

Command
Description

ssh server enable

Enables the SSH server.


clear system reset-reason

To clear the device reset-reason history, use the clear system reset-reason command.

clear system reset-reason

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

This example shows how to clear reset-reason history:

n1000v# clear system reset-reason

Related Commands

Command
Description

show system reset-reason

Displays the device reset-reason history.


clear user

To clear a user session, use the clear user command.

clear user user-id

Syntax Description

user-id

User identifier.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Use the show users command to display the current user sessions on the device.

Examples

This example shows how to clear all SSH host sessions:

n1000v# clear user user1

Related Commands

Command
Description

show users

Displays the user session information.


cli var name

To define a command line interface (CLI) variable for a terminal session, use the cli var name command. To remove the CLI variable, use the no form of this command.

cli var name variable-name variable-text

cli no var name variable-name

Syntax Description

variable-name

Name of the variable. The name is alphanumeric, case sensitive, and has a maximum of 31 characters.

variable-text

Variable text. The text is alphanumeric, can contain spaces, and has a maximum of 200 characters.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

You can reference a CLI variable using the following syntax:

$(variable-name)

Instances where you can use variables in include the following:

•Command scripts

•Filenames

You cannot reference a variable in the definition of another variable.

You can use the predefined variable, TIMESTAMP, to insert the time of day. You cannot change or remove the TIMESTAMP CLI variable.

You must remove a CLI variable before you can change its definition.

Examples

This example shows how to define a CLI variable:

n1000v# cli var name testinterface interface 2/3

This example shows how to reference the TIMESTAMP variable:

n1000v# copy running-config > bootflash:run-config-$(TIMESTAMP).cnfg

This example shows how to remove a CLI variable:

n1000v# cli no var name testinterface interface 2/3

Related Commands

Command
Description

show cli variables

Displays the CLI variables.


clock set

To manually set the clock, use the clock set command.

clock set time day month year

Syntax Description

time

Time of day. The format is HH:MM:SS.

day

Day of the month. The range is from 1 to 31.

month

Month of the year. The values are January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December.

year

Year. The range is from 2000 to 2030.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Use this command when you cannot synchronize your device with an outside clock source, such as NTP.

Examples

This example shows how to manually set the clock:

n1000v# clock set 9:00:00 1 June 2008

Related Commands

Command
Description

show clock

Displays the clock time.


clock summer-time

To configure the summer-time (daylight saving time) offset, use the clock summer-time command. To revert to the default, use the no form of this command.

clock summer-time zone-name start-week start-day start-month start-time end-week end-day end-month end-time offset-minutes

no clock summer-time

Syntax Description

zone-name

Time zone string. The time zone string is a three-character string.

start-week

Week of the month to start the summer-time offset. The range is from 1 to 5.

start-day

Day of the month to start the summer-time offset. Valid values are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.

start-month

Month to start the summer-time offset. Valid values are January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December.

start-time

Time to start the summer-time offset. The format is hh:mm.

end-week

Week of the month to end the summer-time offset. The range is from 1 to 5.

end-day

Day of the month to end the summer-time offset. Valid values are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.

end-month

Month to end the summer-time offset. Valid values are January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December.

end-time

Time to end the summer-time offset. The format is hh:mm.

offset-minutes

Number of minutes to offset the clock. The range is from 1 to 1440.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Global Configuration (config)

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

This example shows how to configure the offset for summer-time or daylight saving time:

n1000v# configure terminal
n1000v(config)# clock summer-time PDT 1 Sunday March 02:00 1 Sunday November 02:00 60

This example shows how to remove the summer-time offset:

n1000v# configure terminal
n1000v(config)# no clock summer-time

Related Commands

Command
Description

show clock

Displays clock summer-time offset configuration.


clock timezone

To configure the time zone offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), use the clock timezone command. To revert to the default, use the no form of this command.

clock timezone zone-name offset-hours offset-minutes

no clock timezone

Syntax Description

zone-name

Zone name. The name is a 3-character string for the time zone acronym (for example, PST or EST).

offset-hours

Number of hours offset from UTC. The range is from -23 to 23.

offset-minutes

Number of minutes offset from UTC. The range is from 0 to 59.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

This example shows how to configure the time zone offset from UTC:

n1000v# clock timezone EST 5 0

This example shows how to remove the time zone offset:

n1000v# no clock timezone

Related Commands

Command
Description

show clock

Displays the clock time.


collect counter

To configure the number of bytes or packets in a flow as a non-key field and collect the number of bytes or packets seen for a Flexible NetFlow flow record, use the collect counter command. To disable the counters, use the no form of this command.

collect counter {bytes [long] | packets [long]}

no collect counter {bytes [long] | packets [long]}

Syntax Description

bytes

Configures the number of bytes or packets seen in a flow as a non-key field and enables collecting the total number of bytes from the flow.

long

(Optional) Enables collecting the total number of bytes from the flow using a 64 bit counter.

packets

Configures the number of bytes seen in a flow as a non-key field and enables collecting the total number of packets from the flow.


Command Default

This command is not enabled by default.

Command Modes

Flow Record Configuration

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

The following example enables collecting the total number of bytes from the flows as a non-key field:

n1000v(config)# flow record FLOW-RECORD-1
n1000v(config-flow-record)# collect counter bytes

The following example enables collecting the total number of bytes from the flows as a non-key field using a 64 bit counter:

n1000v(config)# flow record FLOW-RECORD-1
n1000v(config-flow-record)# collect counter bytes long

The following example enables collecting the total number of packets from the flows as a non-key field:

n1000v(config)# flow record FLOW-RECORD-1
n1000v(config-flow-record)# collect counter packets

The following example enables collecting the total number of packets from the flows as a non-key field using a 64 bit counter:

n1000v(config)# flow record FLOW-RECORD-1
n1000v(config-flow-record)# collect counter packets long

Related Commands

Command
Description

collect counter

Configures the counters as a non-key field and collects the counter values.

flow record

Creates a flow record.

show flow record

Displays flow record status and statistics.


collect timestamp sys-uptime

To collect the TIMESTAMP SYS-UPTIME for a NetFlow flow record, use the collect timestamp sys-uptime command. To disable the collection, use the no form of this command.

collect timestamp sys-uptime {first | last}

no collect timestamp sys-uptime {first | last}

Syntax Description

first

Configures the sys-uptime for the time the first packet was seen from the flows as a non-key field and enables collecting time stamps based on the sys-uptime for the time the first packet was seen from the flows.

last

Configures the sys-uptime for the time the last packet was seen from the flows as a non-key field and enables collecting time stamps based on the sys-uptime for the time the most recent packet was seen from the flows.


Command Default

This command is not enabled by default.

Command Modes

Flow Record Configuration

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

The following example enables collecting the sys-uptime for the time the first packet was seen from the flows:

n1000v(config)# flow record FLOW-RECORD-1
n1000v(config-flow-record)# collect timestamp sys-uptime first


The following example enables collecting the sys-uptime for the time the most recent packet was seen from the flows:

n1000v(config)# flow record FLOW-RECORD-1
n1000v(config-flow-record)# collect timestamp sys-uptime last

Related Commands

Command
Description

flow record

Creates a flow record.

show flow record

Displays flow record status and statistics.


collect transport tcp flags

To collect a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) flags for a NetFlow flow record, use the collect transport tcp flags command. To disable the collection, use the no form of this command.

collect transport tcp flags

no collect transport tcp flags

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords

Command Default

This command is not enabled by default.

Command Modes

Flow Record Configuration

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Examples

The following example collects the TCP flags:

n1000v(config)# flow record FLOW-RECORD-1
n1000v(config-flow-record)# collect transport tcp flags

Related Commands

Command
Description

flow record

Creates a flow record.

show flow record

Displays flow record status and statistics.


configure terminal

To access configuration commands in the CLI Global Configuration mode, use the configure terminal command.

configure terminal

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

The configuration changes you make in the Global Configuration mode are saved in the running configuration file. To save these changes persistently across reboots and restarts, you must copy them to the startup configuration file using the copy running-config startup-config command.

Examples

This example shows how to access configuration commands in the CLI Global Configuration mode:

n1000v# configure terminal
n1000v(config)# 

Related Commands

Command
Description

where

Displays the current configuration mode context.

pwd

Displays the name of the present working directory.

copy run start

Saves the running configuration persistently through reboots and restarts by copying it to the startup configuration.


connect

To initiate a connection with vCenter, use the connect command. To disconnect from vCenter, use the no form of this command.

connect

no connect

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

no connect

Command Modes

SVS Connect Configuration (config-svs-conn)

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Upon connection to vCenter, if a username and password have not been configured for this connection, you are prompted to enter them.

There can be only one active connection at a time. If a previously-defined connection is up, an error message displays and the connect command is rejected until the previous connection is closed by entering no connect.

Examples

This example shows how to connect to vCenter:

n1000v(config#) svs connection vcWest
n1000v(config-svs-conn#) protocol vmware-vim
n1000v(config-svs-conn#) remote hostname vcMain
n1000v(config-svs-conn#) vmware dvs datacenter-name HamiltonDC
n1000v(config-svs-conn#) connect

This example shows how to disconnect from vCenter:

n1000v(config#) svs connection vcWest
n1000v(config-svs-conn#) no connect

Related Commands

Command
Description

show svs connections

Displays the current connections to the Cisco Nexus 1000V.


control vlan

To assign a control VLAN to the Cisco Nexus 1000V domain, use the control vlan command. To remove the control VLAN, use the no form of this command.

control vlan number

no control vlan

Syntax Description

number

control VLAN number.


Defaults

None

Command Modes

SVS Domain Configuration (config-svs-domain)

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Newly-created VLANs remain unused until Layer 2 ports are assigned to them.

If you enter a VLAN ID that is assigned to an internally allocated VLAN, the CLI returns an error message.

Examples

This example shows how to configure control VLAN 70 for domain ID 32:

n1000v# config t 
n1000v(config)# svs-domain
n1000v(config-svs-domain)# domain id 32
n1000v(config-svs-domain)# control vlan 70
n1000v(config-svs-domain)#

This example shows how to remove control VLAN 70 from domain ID 32:

n1000v# config t 
n1000v(config)# svs-domain
n1000v(config-svs-domain)# domain id 32
n1000v(config-svs-domain)# no control vlan 70
n1000v(config-svs-domain)#



Related Commands

Command
Description

show vlan-id

Displays the configuration for the specified VLAN.

svs-domain

Creates the domain and places you into CLI   SVS Domain Configuration mode.

domain id

Assigns a domain ID to the domain.

packet vlan

Assigns a packet VLAN to the domain.

show svs-domain

Displays the domain configuration.


copy

To copy a file from a source to a destination, use the copy command.

copy source-url destination-url

Syntax Description

source-url

Location URL (or variable) of the source file or directory to be copied. The source can be either local or remote, depending upon whether the file is being downloaded or uploaded.

destination-url

Destination URL (or variable) of the copied file or directory. The destination can be either local or remote, depending upon whether the file is being downloaded or uploaded.


The format of the source and destination URLs varies according to the file or directory location. You may enter either a command-line interface (CLI) variable for a directory or a filename that follows the Cisco NX-OS file system syntax (filesystem:[/directory][/filename]).

The following tables list URL prefix keywords by the file system type. If you do not specify a URL prefix keyword, the device looks for the file in the current directory.

Table 1 lists URL prefix keywords for bootflash and remote writable storage file systems.

Table 1 URL Prefix Keywords for Storage File Systems 

Keyword
Source or Destination

bootflash:[//module/]

Source or destination URL for boot flash memory. The module argument value is sup-active, sup-local, sup-remote, or sup-standby.

ftp:

Source or destination URL for a FTP network server. The syntax for this alias is as follows:
ftp:[//server][/path]/filename

scp:

Source or destination URL for a network server that supports Secure Shell (SSH) and accepts copies of files using the secure copy protocol (scp). The syntax for this alias is as follows:
scp:[//[username@]server][/path]/filename

sftp:

Source or destination URL for an SSH FTP (SFTP) network server. The syntax for this alias is as follows:
sftp:[//[username@]server][/path]/filename

tftp:

Source or destination URL for a TFTP network server. The syntax for this alias is as follows:
tftp:[//server[:port]][/path]/filename


Table 2 lists the URL prefix keywords for nonwritable file systems.

Table 2 URL Prefix Keywords for Special File Systems 

Keyword
Source or Destination

core:

Local memory for core files. You can copy core files from the core: file system.

debug:

Local memory for debug files. You can copy core files from the debug: file system.

log:

Local memory for log files. You can copy log files from the log: file system.

system:

Local system memory. You can copy the running configuration to or from the system: file system. The system: file system is optional when referencing the running-config file in a command.

volatile:

Local volatile memory. You can copy files to or from the volatile: file system. All files in the volatile: memory are lost when the physical device reloads.


Defaults

The default name for the destination file is the source filename.

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

The entire copying process may take several minutes, depending on the network conditions and the size of the file, and differs from protocol to protocol and from network to network.

The colon character (:) is required after the file system URL prefix keywords (such as bootflash).

In the URL syntax for ftp:, scp:, sftp:, and tftp:, the server is either an IP address or a host name.

Examples

This example shows how to copy a file within the same directory:

n1000v# copy file1 file2

This example shows how to copy a file to another directory:

n1000v# copy file1 my_files:file2


This example shows how to copy a file to another supervisor module:

n1000v# copy file1 bootflash://sup-remote/file1.bak

This example shows how to copy a file from a remote server:

n1000v# copy scp://10.10.1.1/image-file.bin bootflash:image-file.bin

Related Commands

Command
Description

cd

Changes the current working directory.

cli var name

Configures CLI variables for the session.

dir

Displays the directory contents.

move

Moves a file.

pwd

Displays the name of the current working directory.


copy running-config startup-config

To copy the running configuration to the startup configuration, use the copy running-config startup-config command.

copy running-config startup-config

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(4)SV1(1)

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Use this command to save configuration changes in the running configuration to the startup configuration in persistent memory. When a device reload or switchover occurs, the saved configuration is applied.

Examples

This example shows how to save the running configuration to the startup configuration:

n1000v# copy running-config startup-config
[########################################] 100%

Related Commands

Command
Description

show running-config

Displays the running configuration.

show running-config diff

Displays the differences between the running configuration and the startup configuration.

show startup-config

Displays the startup configuration.

write erase

Erases the startup configuration in the persistent memory.