About the Broadcom Shell
The Cisco Nexus 3000 Series device front panel and fabric module line cards contain Broadcom Network Forwarding Engines (NFE). The number of NFEs varies depending upon the specific model of the front panel line card (LC) or the fabric module (FM).
Guidelines and Limitations
You can access and read information from the T2 ASICs without any limitations. However, Cisco does not recommend changing the T2 configuration settings. Use caution when accessing the Broadcom Shell.